Great Britain's Jemma Reekie
Great Britain's Jemma Reekie

Jemma Reekie breaks Laura Muir's British indoor mile record in New York


Jemma Reekie has broken training partner Laura Muir's British indoor mile record in New York.

Reekie, who took half-a-second off her fellow Scot's 800 metres mark in Glasgow last week, ran four minutes 17.88 seconds at the Millrose Games.

Only Ethiopian great Genzebe Dibaba (4:13.31) and Romanian Doina Melinte (4:17.14) have run quicker indoor miles than 21-year-old Reekie, who took nearly a second off Muir's 4:18.75 best.

Reekie ran the first 1500m in 4:00.56, which would also have been a British record.

She rang her coach Andy Young after the race, tweeting: "I just called Andy to ask if 4.17 was a good mile time for him to tell me it was a British record. WOW."