New British men’s 5,000m record-holder George Mills says beating Sir Mo Farah’s long-standing benchmark shows he “can be in the mix with the best” racers in the world and compete for major championship success.
Mills finished fourth in an extremely quick race at the Diamond League event in Oslo, but clocked 12 minutes 46.59 seconds to beat Sir Mo Farah’s previous UK best of 12:53.11 which had stood for 14 years.
As well as knocking more than six seconds off the British record, Mills also beat his personal best by more than 12 seconds.
He was watched in the Norwegian capital by his family including his father, former England footballer Danny Mills, who described the achievement as “very special”.
