Mo Farah wins Chicago Marathon with record run

Updated 20/11/2018 at 07:50 GMT

Mo Farah shattered the European record as he claimed a first marathon win in Chicago in only his third race at the distance.

Mo Farah

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The four-time Olympic champion hit the front in the final four miles, eventually breaking Ethiopia’s Mosinet Geremew as he clocked 2:05:11.

It is Farah’s third continental record, adding to those over 1500m (3:28.81) and 10,000m (26:46.57).

Geremew took second ahead of Japan’s Suguru Osako. Farah’s former training partner Galen Rupp finished fifth.

Farah told NBC Chicago: “It was great to run with Galen who won last year, then to be able to come back and win it for myself.

The conditions weren’t great and everyone was thinking about conditions rather than time, but towards the end we picked it up.

“I felt good towards the end of the race. At the beginning I felt a bit sluggish but overall I’m very happy with it.”

Norway’s Sondre Nordstad Moen's previously held the European best over 26.2 miles with a time of 2:05:48.

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