Sam Atkin has broken a record set by Mo Farah as he recorded the fastest 3,000m time in history by a British runner.
The 29-year-old ran seven minutes 31.97 seconds at the John Thomas Terrier Classic event in Boston, improving on Farah’s time of 7:32.62 from 2016.
Atkin set the time by finishing second behind American Yared Nuguse, who won the race in 7:28.24.