London, Feb 21: Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele broke the 5,000 metres indoor world record and Marion Jones won her first indoor long jump event at a grand prix meeting held at Birmingham's National Indoor Arena yesterday. Bekele lit up the night as he beat the previous time of 12:50.38 set by compatriot Haile Gebrselassie at the same event in 1999. The 21-year-old made his mark when he beat his mentor to gold in the world outdoor 10,000 metres in Paris last year.
Triple Olympic champion Jones had a night of mixed fortunes as she was beaten into second place in the 60 metres by Belgian European indoor champion Kim Gevaert, who won in 7.13 seconds against the American's season's best time of 7.16.
But Jones, who took last year off to give birth to a son fathered by world 100 metres record holder Tim Montgomery, won the long jump with a leap of 6.75 metres ahead of Spain's Concepcion Montaner (6.35) and Britain's Kelly Sotherton (6.23). Bureau Report