Tune sets new one hour world record at Ostrava Grand Prix

In athletics, a new world record was set today at the Ostrava Grand Prix in the north of the Czech Republic by the Ethiopian long-distance runner Dire Tune. Tune smashed the existing One Hour event world record by running 18,517 meters in sixty minutes. This was 177 meters more than the previous world best, set by Kenyan Tegla Loroupe ten years ago. Second in Thursday’s one hour run was Czech Ivana Sekyrová, who ran 16,422 metres.