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Ethiopia’s Bekele breaks Mo Farah's London half-marathon record

Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele. [Courtesy]

Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele broke Mo Farah's course record as he won the London half-marathon on Sunday in a time of one hour and 22 seconds.

Bekele took 1min 18sec off the record set in 2019 by British distance great Farah, who missed this year's edition with an achilles injury.

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