After Surprise Silver in Portland, Hill Ponders Future Possibilities

Published by IAAF on March 30, 2016

Satisfaction for Ryan Hill after winning the 3000m silver medal at the IAAF World Indoor Championships Portland 2016 lasted just a matter of moments.

After a furious finish carried him from fifth place to second over the last of 15 laps, he checked the scoreboard and learned what could have been.

“It’s my first medal, it’s a great finish for me, literally my highest global finish. But then when I looked up and I see the time, how close I was to gold,” Hill said. “I know I probably made a few mistakes down the last K (kilometre) so there will probably be that little bit of disappointment that I could have won gold.”

As little as 0.18 separated him from Ethiopia’s Yomif Kejelcha and the latter’s winning time of 7:57.21. Hill’s late rush and lean at the tape came up just short.