Sam Atkin runs gorgeous 13:24 to win Carlsbad 5000

Sam Atkin kicked off his 2025 season in fashion on Sunday (April 6) by operating a sensational 13:24 to win the Carlsbad 5000 in California.

Nicknamed the “world’s quickest 5km”, the occasion was established in 1986 and has attracted a myriad of prime stars through the years, with athletes enticed by the flat and quick course on Coast Freeway 101.

Atkin, who’s now skilled by Pete Julian at Union Athletics Membership in Colorado, was one of many main entries on this 12 months’s version of Carlsbad 5000 and gained by a powerful eight seconds.

The 32-year-old’s time of 13:24 was his second quickest 5km and the third quickest by any Brit general, with solely Atkin himself and Marc Scott bettering it.

Sam Atkin (Jan Figueroa)

Final March, Atkin broke Scott’s British file for 5km with 13:16 in Lille. He positioned sixth in a race, gained by Ethiopian Yomif Kejelcha in 12:50, taking 4 seconds off Scott’s earlier mark.

Atkin solely competed in 4 races final season however a type of was the Olympics, the place the Brit positioned 18th in his 5000m warmth with 14:02.46 on the Stade de France.

The Brit, two years in the past, broke Mo Farah’s nationwide 3000m indoor file with a run of seven:31.97 in Boston. Nevertheless, that mark has since been improved on two events, first by Josh Kerr (7:30.14) after which by George Mills (7:27.92).

Atkin can also be second to Farah on the UK 5000m all-time record and narrowly missed out on the four-time Olympic champion’s nationwide file of 12:53.11, with a run of 12:54.66 final season.

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