Efrem Gidey breaks John Treacy's 10k record

Efrem Gidey. Photo by Sam Barnes/Sportsfile

They call it the “world’s fastest 10K”, and Efrem Gidey showed further proof of that by breaking John Treacy’s national record in Valencia this morning, the 24-year-old clocking 27:43 to take three seconds off Treacy’s mark.

Gidey came home 20th in the 10K Valencia Ibercaja, won by Sweden’s Andreas Almgren in a European record of 26:53, the Dubliner smashing his previous best of 27:57 and surpassing Treacy’s Irish record of 27:46, which was run in 1985.