George Mills goes top of the world – overseas results round-up

Briton continues great form to run 3:49.64 mile plus results from Brussels Diamond League and a world 10km record

Pfungstadt, Germany, September 6

George Mills went top of the outdoor world mile rankings for 2023 and moved him to seventh outdoors all-time in the UK with a time of 3:49.64 as he won easily and confirmed his great run in Zurich a few days earlier. It was the fastest British outdoor mile since 2008.

Men:

800: 1 Callum Dodds GBR 1:46.97; 2 Ramon Wipfli SUI 1:47.30
Mile: 1 George Mills GBR 3:49.64; 2 Noah Baltus NED 3:52.47 NU23R; 3 Charles Grethen LUX 3:52.57 NR; 4 Arthur Gervais FRA 3:53.17; 5 Mael Gouyette FRA 3:53.63; 6 Luke McCann IRL 3:53.82; 7 Sam Parsons 3:54.08; 8 Eduardo Herrera MEX 3:56.40; 9 Mahadi Abdi Ali NED 3:59.59
1500m times: 1 George Mills GBR 3:34.64; 2 Charles Grethen LUX 3:35.20; 3 Noah Baltus NED 3:36.19; 4 Mahadi Abdi Ali NED 3:36.33; 5 Luke McCann IRL 3:37.08; 6 Mael Gouyette FRA 3:37.30; 7 Sam Parsons 3:37.30; 8 Arthur Gervais FRA 3:37.58; 9 Sam Blake AUS 3:40.07; 10 Eduardo Herrera MEX 3:40.28

Van Damme Memorial, Brussels Diamond League, Belgium, September 7-8

Jakob Ingebrigtsen set a world 2000m record finally breaking Hicham El Guerrouj’s mark set in 1999.

Laura Muir’s assured 1500m victory was the British highlight while there were fast sprint wins for Kenny Bednarek, Elaine Thompson-Herah and Shericka Jackson.

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Men:
200 (-0.1): 1 Kenny Bednarek USA 19.79; 2 Zharnel Hughes GBR 19.82; 3 Andre De Grasse CAN 19.89; 4 Aaron Brown CAN 19.98; 5 Joe Fahnbulleh LBR 20.24; 6 Filippo Tortu ITA 20.30; 7 Kyree King USA 20.52; 8 Reynier Mena CUB 20.93

400: 1 Rusheen McDonald JAM 44.84; 2 Alexander Ogando DOM 44.93; 3 Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen NOR 45.07; 4 Leungo Scotch BOT 45.14; 5 Gilles Biron FRA 45.26; 6 Dylan Borlée 45.39; 7 Alexander Doom 45.77
800: 1 Djamel Sedjati ALG 1:43.60; 2 Yanis Meziane FRA 1:43.94; 3 Tshepiso Masalela BOT 1:44.03; 4 Daniel Rowden GBR 1:44.12; 5 Ben Pattison GBR 1:44.32; 6 Bryce Hoppel USA 1:44.37; 7 Wycliffe Kinyamal KEN 1:44.38; 8 Saul Ordóñez ESP 1:44.84; 9 Slimane Moula ALG 1:45.80

Jakob Ingebrigtsen (Getty)

2000: 1 Jakob Ingebrigtsen NOR 4:43.13 WR; 2 Raynold Kipkorir KEN 4:48.14 WU20R; 3 Stewart McSweyn AUS 4:48.77 AR; 4 Niels Laros NED 4:49.68 NR NU23R NU20R; 5 Mario García ESP 4:49.85 NR; 6 Narve Gilje Nordås NOR 4:50.64; 7 Abel Kipsang KEN 4:50.68; 8 Charles Philibert-Thiboutot CAN 4:51.54 AR; 9 Ruben Verheyden 4:52.37 NR; 10 Samuel Tanner NZL 4:53.09; 11 Jochem Vermeulen…