05 June,2011 07:39 AM IST | | AFP
Kenya's Moses Mosop broke the 30-year-old world record for 30,000 meters run on a track here on Friday at the Prefontaine Classic athletics meeting.
Mosop, 25, clocked 1hr 26minutes 47.4sec for the rarely contested event. Along the way he broke the record for 25,000 meters run on the track with a time of 1hr 12min 25.4sec.
Both previous records had been set by Japan's Toshihiko Seko in Christchurch on March 22, 1981. Seko clocked 1:13:55.8 for the 25,000m and 1:29:18.8 for the 30,000m.
The race was part of special Distance Night festivities on the eve of the main Prefontaine meeting, which is the fourth stop in the prestigious Diamond League series.
Eight men lined up for the daunting 75-lap contest. Mosop lapped all the other runners with 16 laps to go.
Mo breaks Euro record
Britain's Mohammed "Mo" Farah smashed the European record in winning the 10,000m with a time of 26min 46.57sec.
Farah, who is enjoying a strong season after moving to Oregon, to train with former distance great Alberto Salazar, sliced more than five seconds off the previous record of 26:52.30, set by Belgian Mohammed Mourhit in 1999.
