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Mo Farah set a new world record in the rarely held one-hour event on her return to the track on Friday at an empty Brussels stadium that also saw Sifan Hassan set a new record in the women’s equivalent race. Three years after opting to run on the road, Farah showed no sign of cobwebs as he ran 21,330 kilometers during the 60 minutes behind closed doors at the Brussels Diamond League match.
Farah, who won between 5,000 and 10,000 doubles for Great Britain at both the London Olympics and Rio, surpassed Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie’s previous record of 21,285 kilometers, set back in 2007, by 45 meters. “What an amazing way to do it and show people what is possible,” Farah said. It was a formidable record – the equivalent of 52 1/2 laps averaging 67 seconds per lap, or 2:47 minutes per kilometer.
While Farah holds all British records in all events between 1,500m and the marathon, it was her first world record. Ethiopian-born Dutch runner Hassan broke the women’s world record. Hassan, the reigning 1,500m and 10,000m world champion, produced a thrilling kick in the last minute to beat Kenyan marathon world record holder Brigid Kosgei (who was later disqualified) to climb 18,930km.
Hassan’s final distance added 413m – over one lap – to the previous record of 18,517km set by Ethiopian Dire Tune Arissi in 2008.
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