According to sketchy news reports and message board postings, Russian Olympian Vyacheslav Shabunin (sometimes spelled Shavunin) has broken three M45 world indoor records in recent months — all held by Americans. Reports say VS ran 3000 in 8:23.78, 1500 in 3:52.31 and 800 in 1:55.64. Vyacheslav, who turned 45 in September, saw his M40 WR at 3000 fall to Bernard Lagat in Boston. “On Saturday, at the Moscow Champs, [Shabunin] set a new age 45 world indoor record by running 1:55.64 for 800. On Sunday, he got his second age-45 world indoor record by running 3:52.31 for 1500,” said one posting. “In his prime, Shabunin was a stud as he was a 3-time Olympian for Russia. He still is the country’s 1500 (3:32.38) and mile (3:49.83) record holder.” I’m still looking for results of all three races. But a German site reported: “Vyacheslav Shabunin, now 45 years old, put forward in the 800 meters world record a masters in age group 45 in 1:55.64 minutes.”

Here are the listed M45 indoor WRs:

1:56.10 Nicholas Berra USA 45 08.03.14 New York, USA
3:57.91 Tony Young USA 46 01.03.09 Boston, USA
8:26.15 Brad Barton USA 47 08.03.14 New York, USA

How good is the Russian’s metric mile? His 3:52.31 equates to a 4:10.7 mile. The listed M45 indoor mile WR is Brad’s 4:16.83 from 2013. The outdoor M45 record is Tony’s 4:16.09 from 2008. So we’re in truly uncharted territory here.

I hope links to results show up confirming these marks.