Nico Young broke the American record in the men’s outdoor 5000m to win at a Diamond League meet in Oslo on Thursday.
Young, a 22-year-old who placed 12th in the Olympic 10,000m, clocked 12 minutes, 45.27 seconds.
Grant Fisher, the Olympic 5000m and 10,000m bronze medalist, held the previous American record of 12:46.96, set in 2022.
Young’s previous outdoor 5000m personal best was 13:11.30 from 2022, which put him outside the 30 fastest Americans in history going into Thursday.
Young also ran 12:51.56 indoors on March 2, ranking him fifth all-time worldwide and second among Americans indoors behind Fisher’s world record of 12:44.09.
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