7:34.50 - Not bad for 3km

Craig Mottram broke his own Australian record and clocked the fastest time over 3000 metres in the United States when he won the event over that distance at the Boston Indoor Games on Saturday night.

Mottram, aiming to make up for the disappointment of finishing 13th in the 5000m at last year's world championships, cruised to victory in an impressive time of seven minutes, 34.50 seconds in the men's 3000m.

His time bettered Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie's 2004 indoor US all-comers record of 7:35.24 and topped the outdoor best of 7:35.44 run in 2005 by Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge. He also eclipsed his national record of 7:39.24 set at the same meet last year.

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