Sam Atkin breaks Mo Farah's British 3,000m record in Boston

Atkin represented England astatine past summer's Commonwealth Games successful Birmingham

Sam Atkin broke a grounds acceptable by Mo Farah arsenic helium recorded the fastest 3,000m clip successful past by a British runner.

Atkin acceptable the clip by finishing 2nd down American Yared Nuguse, who won the contention successful 7:28.24.

"The contention program was to beryllium connected Nuguse and spot what I could do. It went well," said Grimsby-born Atkin.

Speaking to letsrun.com, helium added: "I privation I'd gone a small spot earlier but I can't kick arsenic it's a British record.

"It's a bully archetypal triumph of the season."

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