/ 13 July 1999

MOROCCAN BREAKS MILE RECORD

MOROCCO’S Hicham El Guerrouj broke the men’s mile world record on Wednesday when he clocked three minutes 43.13 seconds in a dramatic race at the second Golden League meeting of the season. Guerrouj, who broke the 1,500 world mark on the same track last year, was pushed all the way to the finish line by Kenya’s Noah Ngeny in a fast last lap and finished just a few strides ahead. He shaved 1.26 seconds off the previous best of 3:44.39 set by Algeria’s Noureddine Morceli in Rieti, Italy, in September 1993.Ngeny also finished inside the old record with a time of 3:43.40.