Mo Farah made his indoor finale something to remember.
The British star, who trains with the Portland-based Nike Oregon Project, won the 5,000 meters Saturday at the Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix. He set a European indoor record in the process.
Farah crossed in 13 minutes, 9.16 seconds, breaking his own European record of 13:10.60 from 2011.
The 33-year-old Farah, a four-time Olympic gold-medalist, had announced before the meet that the 5,000 in Birmingham would be the last indoor race of his career.
Farah wasn’t the only Oregon-based athlete to shine in Birmingham.
Olympian Ben Blankenship of Eugene’s Oregon Track Club Elite won the 1,500 in 3:36.42, edging Ryan Gregson for the victory. Gregson’s time of 3:36.50 is an Australian indoor record.
The Oregon Project’s Sifan Hassan finished second to Olympic silver medalist Hellen Obiri of Kenya in the women’s 3,000. Obiri’s winning time was 8:29.41. Hassan crossed in 8:30.76. Three-time U.S. Olympian Shannon Rowbury of the Oregon Project was eighth.
Breakthrough star Laura Muir reset the British Indoor 1,000 record while winning the race. U.S. Olympian Kate Grace was second and former University of Oregon runner Zoe Buckman fourth. Buckman’s time of 2:39.47 is an Australian record.
Here are complete results from Birmingham.
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Farah calls President Trump’s immigration order ‘crazy and unfair.’
Muir is the next British superstar.
Tom Walsh has scores to settle in a Sunday shot competition in New Zealand that also includes Ryan Crouser.
New Jersey-New York Track Track Club — minus ex-Duck Colby Alexander, who withdrew because of illness — speeds to the indoor world record in the men’s 4xMile.
The record-setting quartet talks to DyeStat about the crazy run in the 4xMile. (Video)
Canadian mid-distance runner Kate Van Buskirk’s comeback from spondyloarthropathy (a chronic joint inflammation) has ben spectacular.
Sydney McLaughlin breaks the U.S. indoor high school record in the girls 300.
Omar McLeod breaks the Jamaican indoor record in the 200 90 minutes after he clocked a personal record in the 60 hurdles.
USA Track & Field selects Ajee’ Wilson as athlete of the week after she set the U.S. Indoor record in the 800.
Belgian heptathlon gold medalist Nafissatou Thiam remembers when she first burst onto the international stage.
Jesse Squire writes about the weekend’s best matchups for the Daily Relay.
Why the U.S. never will have a Russian-like doping scandal.
Former Grant High star Harrison Schrage is part of a big day for Arkansas in the Razorbacks’ indoor home finale.
Concordia teammates McKenzie Warren and Christina MacDonald go 1-2 in the GNAC women’s indoor shot final.
Western Oregon athletes take down a pair of school records on the first day of the GNAC Indoor.
Paul Merca: Seattle Pacific Women assume the first-day lead in the GNAC Indoor championships.
The House of Run guys recap the Millrose Games, among other things, on their latest podcast.
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— Ken Goe
kgoe@oregonian.com | @KenGoe
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