Bekele breaks Farah’s course record

Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele broke Mo Farah’s course record in the men’s Vitality Big Half race in London with a time of one hour and 22 seconds.
Bekele shaved 1:18 minutes off the record set in 2019 by Briton Farah, who missed out with an Achilles injury.
Britain’s Lily Partridge won the elite women’s race for the first time with a time of 1:10:50.
Two-time marathon winner Shelly Woods made a successful return to the capital in the women’s wheelchair race.
Brent Lakatos won the men’s wheelchair event with six-time Paralympic champion David Weir in second.