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Andrew Butchart breaks Scottish 5000m record in Hengelo
- Updated: May 22, 2016
Andrew Butchart broke the long-standing Scottish 5000m record on Sunday (May 22), clocking 13:13.30 at the AA Drink FBK Games in Hengelo despite running with only one shoe for the latter stages of the race.
In a contest won by Ethiopia’s Olympic silver medallist Dejen Gebremeskel in 13:00.99, Butchart took more than four seconds off a record which had been set by Nat Muir in 1980 to place ninth after losing a shoe with a lap to go. It is the 24-year-old’s second Rio Olympics qualifying time and puts him 10th on the UK all-time list. In that same race, Butchart’s fellow Briton Andrew Baddeley ran 14:05.81 to finish 17th.
“Wow!!! What an amazing race!” Butchart wrote on Twitter. “2nd Olympic QT + Scottish Record. Buzzing is an understatement.”
Two days after winning the Great CityGames 100m in …
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