Kenyan Emmanuel Wanyonyi broke the men's 1,000 metres ​world record in two minutes ‌and 11.83 seconds at the Monaco Diamond League meet on ​Friday, shaving 0.13 seconds ​off compatriot Noah Ngeny's previous ⁠mark set 27 years ​ago.

• The 800m Olympic champion Wanyonyi ​finished nearly a full second ahead of Briton Jake Wightman, while Algeria's ​Djamel Sedjati was third.
• "This ​was the first time I ran ‌the ⁠1,000m, and directly breaking the World Record makes me so happy. I want to ​thank the ​other athletes for pushing me to my limit," ​he said.
• The 1,000 metres ​is ⁠a rarely contested event that does not feature in ⁠either ​the Olympics or ​the World Athletics Championships.