Grant Fisher: American runner achieves ‘super, super rare’ back-to-back world records

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For a six-day period, Grant Fisher felt like everything he touched would turn to gold.

The American distance runner had never held a world record at the start of the year, but over the course of back-to-back races in February, he broke two in the space of a week: first in the indoor 3,000 meters, then the indoor 5,000 meters.

Looking back, Fisher calls them both “super, super rare” moments when all the factors needed to break a record lined up in his favor. For a brief time in New York and then in Boston, he felt invincible.

Holding off the challenge of compatriot Cole Hocker at The Millrose Games on February 8, Fisher ran 7:22.91 for…