Tyrone sensation Nick Griggs breaks European U20 indoor mile record

17-year-old starlet just shy of world U20 indoor record at Abbotstown

Nick Griggs: Broke the European U20 indoor mile record.  Picture: ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy

After a year spent rampaging through the record books, this was the most ridiculous performance of all.

At the NIA Live event in Abbotstown on Thursday, teenage sensation Nick Griggs broke the European U20 indoor mile record, the Tyrone star – who only turned 17 in December – finishing a close second to Olympic semi-finalist Andrew Coscoran in 3:56.40.