With the exception of Steve Cram’s mile record, set in 1985, Farah now holds every notable British record between 1,500 metres and half-marathon. Lord Coe, watching, half-joked that he feared his 800 metres record Farah said that his performance was a personal tribute to Ali, whom he described as a hero Richard Heathcote/GettyMo Farah was not even born when David Moorcroft became the last man to break the British 3,000 metres record, but that mark fell at today’s Diamond League meeting in Birmingham, plugging one of the few gaps in his collection of national records and giving the best indication yet that he is on target to retain his two Olympic titles in Rio de Janeiro this summer.

Source: The Times June 05, 2016 16:52 UTC