BRUSSELS, (Reuters) – Britain’s Mo Farah returned to the track in style yesterday after three years away when he broke the world record for the one-hour run while Safan Hassan smashed the women’s equivalent by more than a lap at the Brussels Diamond League meeting. The rarely-run one-hour race took place without spectators due to novel coronavirus restrictions although there was simulated crowd noise in the stadium to help the runners. Farah is the 12th man to hold the record in the rarely-run one-hour event. The 27-year-old Ethiopian-born Hassan took control early on and surged away from Kenya’s world marathon record-holder Brigid Kosgei, who was subsequently disqualified for leaving the track. Sweden’s 20-year-old pole vault world record holder Armand Duplantis maintained his perfect run this year by winning the event for his 13th consecutive success.

Source: Ethiopian News September 04, 2020 22:41 UTC