Mo Farah breaks one hour run world record at Diamond League in Brussels

Mo Farah breaks one hour run world record at Diamond League in Brussels

Mo Farah poses next to the board after setting a world record (Virginia Mayo/AP)

Mo Farah set the first world record of his illustrious career in the Diamond League meeting in Brussels today.

Farah covered 21.330 kilometres in an hour to break the previous record of 21.285km (13.255 miles) set by Haile Gebrselassie in 2007.

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