Mills beats Farah's UK record at Oslo Diamond League

George Mills group a UK grounds successful nan men's 5,000m arsenic he vanished 4th successful a lightning-fast title astatine nan Diamond League gathering successful Oslo.

Mills, 26, led astatine nan doorbell but was passed successful nan last 400m arsenic Nico Young of nan United States came done to triumph successful a individual champion of 12 minutes 45.27 seconds.

Mills clocked 12:46.59 to hit Sir Mo Farah's erstwhile UK champion of 12:53.11 which had stood since 2011.

In doing so, Mills took 12 seconds disconnected his ain individual best.

The title was seen arsenic an battle connected nan world record, and while nan section were yet 10 seconds disconnected nan people group by Joshua Cheptegei successful 2020, Young's clip was nan 2nd champion this year, pinch moreover 10th-placed Dominic Lobalu mounting a Swiss record.

Mills said of his ain grounds run: "The nationalist grounds was decidedly 1 of nan things I came for.

"The title was stacked and billed arsenic a world grounds attempt, truthful to beryllium successful nan operation was important. My target for nan play is simply a world badge and this shows I americium successful nan correct space."

Britain's Dina Asher-Smith was 3rd successful nan women's 100m, down Olympic champion Julien Alfred and seasoned Marie-Josee Ta Lou-Smith.

Asher-Smith grounded to make nan 100m last astatine past year's Olympics but is hopeful of amended astatine this year's World Championships successful Tokyo successful September.

She said aft moving a season's champion 11.08 seconds: "I consciousness awesome - I person been training really good and I'm patient truthful I'm really happy to beryllium here.

"I scheme to tally faster and this twelvemonth is evidently each astir nan World Championships successful Tokyo - nan purpose of people is to make nan 100m and 200m finals, and I do judge I tin tally really good and get into nan medals."

Alfred looked soft successful her first 100m of nan year, clocking 10.89, and could beryllium nan 1 to hit again successful Japan.

She said: "It was my first title of nan season, truthful I was a small rusty, but I sewage nan triumph nether my belt, which is nan main thing.

"I americium Olympic champion, truthful I americium nan 1 to beat, but I really want to adhd world champion to my name."

Swedish rod vault prima Armand Duplantis easy won again, clearing 6.15m but for erstwhile not troubling a world record, while location was a grounds of sorts for nan crowd to observe successful nan last event.

Karsten Warholm, who trains connected nan Oslo track, won nan seldom tally 300m hurdles successful a world grounds of 32.67 seconds.

The event's celebrated 'Dream Mile', won successful nan past by greats specified arsenic Seb Coe, Steve Ovett, Steve Cram and Jakob Ingebrigtsen, this clip went to Portugal's Isaac Nader successful 3:48.25, pinch Britain's Elliot Giles mounting a individual champion of 3:49.16 successful seventh.