Diamond League Oslo: George Mills breaks Sir Mo Farah's British record in 'stacked' 5000m and targets 'global medal'

George Mills finished fourth in the men's 5,000m at a Diamond League event in Oslo, and in turn, broke a British record that had been held for 14 years. The 26-year-old registered a time of 12:46.59, more than six seconds faster than Sir Mo Farah’s previous British best of 12:53.11. The United States' Nico Young ultimately clocked a personal best of 12:45.27 to win the race.

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George Mills finished fourth in the men’s 5,000m at a Diamond League event in Oslo, and in the process broke a long-standing British record.

The 26-year-old, who represented Team GB in last year’s Paris Olympic Games, was leading at the bell, only to be overtaken in the final lap.

The United States' Nico Young ultimately clocked a personal best 12:45.27 to claim victory, ahead of second-placed Biniam Mehary and Kuma Girma in third.

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Mills, meanwhile, registered a time of 12:46.59, more than six seconds faster than Sir Mo Farah’s previous British best of 12:53.11, which had stood for 14 years.

Mills, who also took 12 seconds off his personal best, said via the BBC: "The national record was definitely one of the things I came for.

"The race was stacked and billed as a world record attempt, so to be in the mix was important.

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"My target for the season is a global medal and this shows I am in the right space."

Mills has enjoyed a successful season so far, winning silver in the 3000m at the European Athletics Indoor Championships and gold in the 3000m at the British Indoor Athletics Championships.

Elsewhere, Dina Asher-Smith claimed third place in the women’s 100m, behind Olympic champion Julien Alfred and Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith.

Upon running a season's best 11.08 seconds, Asher-Smith said: "I feel great - I have been training really well and I'm healthy so I'm really happy to be here.

"I plan to run faster and this year is obviously all about the World Championships in Tokyo - the aim of course is to make the 100m and 200m finals, and I do believe I can run really well and get into the medals."

Moreover, Olympic champion Armand Duplantis cleared 6.15m to win the pole vault, but failed to break another world record.

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