Dhaka, June 14 -- George Mills set a UK record in the men's 5,000m as he finished fourth in a lightning-fast race at the Diamond League meeting in Oslo on Thursday.

Mills, 26, led at the bell but was passed in the final 400m as Nico Young of the United States came through to win in a personal best of 12 minutes 45.27 seconds.

Mills clocked 12:46.59 to beat Sir Mo Farah's previous UK best of 12:53.11 which had stood since 2011.

In doing so, Mills took 12 seconds off his own personal best.The race was seen as an assault on the world record, and while the field were ultimately 10 seconds off the mark set by Joshua Cheptegei in 2020, Young's time was the second best this year, with even 10th-placed Dominic Lobalu setting a Swiss record.

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