There were some fantastic performances at one of the last major indoor athletics meetings of the year - the Sainsbury's Indoor Grand Prix at the NIA, Birmingham.
Genzebe Dibaba
(Ethiopia) providing a fitting highlight at the end of the day with a
world record in the Women’s two mile race, stopping the clock at
9.00.48.
The record marked her third World Record in as many races and she lapped
almost the whole field, including the first British finisher Steph
Twell (Mick Woods), who worked through the field well for third in
9.42.41.
Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia) enjoying her World record in the Women's two-mile race with the clock stopped at 9:00.48
Greg Rutherford (GBR) on his way to third place behind Aleksandr Menkov
(RUS) and Jinzhe Li (CHN) with a Personal Best of 8.00m in the Men's
Long Jump.
James Dasaolu (GBR) winning the Men's 60m sprint final with a 6.50sec
winning time in the final ahead of Jamaican Nesta Carter in 6.53 and
crowd favourite Kim Collins in 6.55.
The semi finals had seen Frenchman Jimmy Vicaut and Dasaolu win their
respective heats, with Dasaolu’s time of 6.47 the fastest in the world
this year.
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Andy Chubb Photography
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