Mo Farah breaks Steve Cram's 1,500m British record

Mo Farah has broken the British record for the 1,500m at the Diamond League meeting in Monaco this evening.

The double Olympic champion knocked almost a second off the previous best, which was set by Steve Cram in 1985.

Cram, who was commentating for BBC Sport at the time, said: "I am shocked in a great way. Mo jokingly said he was after the British record and I laughed but hats off to him. For a 5,000m runner to run like that is unbelievable."

Farah's time of 3:28.81 also sets a new European record, and is the sixth-fastest time in history.