Four-time Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah showed why he’s one of the best runners on the planet as he returned in scintillating fashion.
Three years after having opted for road running, Farah showed no sign of cobwebs as he ran 21.330 kilometres over the 60 minutes behind closed doors at the Brussels Diamond League meet at the King Baudouin Stadium.Get your 14-day free trial & start streaming instantly >
Farah, who won 5,000-10,000m doubles for Britain at both the London and Rio Olympics, bettered Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie’s previous best of 21.285km, set back in 2007, by 45 metres. “I’m very pleased to break the world record today,” said Farah. “What an amazing way to do it and show people what is possible.”
It was a formidable record: the equivalent of 52-and-a-half laps at an average of 67 seconds per lap, or 2:47min per kilometre.Mo ran 21,330m, bettering the record of 21,285m set by Haile in 2007.
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