The 28-year-old clocks 4:56.23 on the Boris Hanžeković Memorial in Croatia to go fifth on the UK 2000m all-time listing
James West has recorded the quickest 2000m by a Brit since 1988, with 4:56.23 on the Boris Hanžeković Memorial in Zagreb, Croatia (September 8).
The Brit goes fifth on the UK all-time listing within the course of and solely Steve Cram, Peter Elliott, Jack Buckner and Gary Staines have gone quicker.
West’s 4:56.23 is the quickest time since Cram and Elliott ran 4:55.20 and 4:55.72 respectively in 1988.
The pair ran these instances in late August and the 2000m is mostly famend for being a distance that’s tried both very early on or late within the season.
It isn’t an Olympic or world occasion however is an official world document self-discipline.
World record-holders have ranged from the likes of Paavo Nurmi and John Walker to Noureddine Morceli and Hicham El Guerrouj.
James West (Getty)
Jakob Ingebrigtsen holds the present document after bettering El Guerrouj’s long-standing mark of 4:44.79 with an unbelievable 4:43.13 in Brussels final season.
Britain has solely ever had one world record-holder within the 2000m and that was Cram, who ran 4:51.39 in 1985.
Given the power of British center distance working via the generations, the truth that West is now within the prime 5 on the UK all-time listing over the space is mightily spectacular.
West, who is predicated in Manchester with New Steadiness, retained each of his nationwide titles this season – indoor 3000m and outside 5000m – and recorded various private bests.
The Brit additionally completed seventh over 5000m on the European Championships and went ninth on the UK all-time listing within the self-discipline with 13:09.07 again in Might.
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