Kenenesa Bekele 2 Mile World Record 8:04.35 - Birmingham 2008 (2 of 2) [HQ]

Kenenisa Bekele set a new world record for the two miles at the Norwich Union Grand Prix in Birmingham on Saturday.

The Ethiopian took 0.34 off the mark of eight minutes 04.69 seconds run by countryman Haile Gebrselassie at the same National Indoor Arena in 2003.

Bekele, the world and Olympic 10,000m champion, had announced his intention to attack the indoor world record before the race.

"I'm very pleased. It's incredible for me," he told the BBC.

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[babyboyremix4u]

This is the World Indoor Record not the World 2 Mile Record

which is 7:58.61 by Daniel Komen set on July 1997

[mc1703]

@babyboyremix4u they are both 2 mile world records. this is the indoor one, komen's is the outdoor one. not sure what point you are trying to make.

[redsan305]

this is not world record

[mc1703]

urrr yes it is - i was there filming it...

[keptinthedark0911]

WASTE

[Rogerio34567]

@mc1703 They are both considered "World Best" times as 2mile is not an olympic distance

[ZachAndHimself]

Yeah, I'll continue to run my 12min 2 miles. :P

[Davidcadena2]

My PR is 10:43 im almost there :P

[JoshMcRay]

Put indoor 2 mile world record in the title...

[hearitherefirst]

@mc1703 your a dick

[mc1703]

@hearitherefirst tell someone who cares

[hearitherefirst]

@mc1703 your a dik