Oslo GL: New lifetime best for Birmingham

Australia's middle distance men were in rare form at the Bislett Games in Oslo, the second leg of the $US1 million IAAF Golden League on Friday night.

Australian 10000m record holder Collis Birmingham continued his stellar season by running a sensational personal best of 13.14.43 in a 5000m race won by world record holder Kenenisa Bekele (13.04.87).  

Birmingham found the pace too fast early on and was five metres off the back of the leading pack for the first half of the race. However the gutsy Victoria... More