Aimee Lewis BBC Sport
Double Olympic champion Mo Farah broke Steve Cram’s 28-year 1500m British record at the Diamond League in Monaco.The Briton is remarkably the sixth fastest man over the distance, clocking three minutes and 28.81 seconds to also become the European record holder.
Farah, the 5,000m and 10,000m Olympic champion, was second behind Kenya’s Asbel Kiprop who recorded a world-leading time of 3:27.72.
“I’m pleased, it was weird competing in a new event,” said the 30-year-old.
– BBC Sport
