MO FARAH smashed the British record to win the Bupa London 10,000 road race.

The 26-year-old crossed the line in a time of 27min 50 sec, knocking five seconds off the 25-year-old record of Mark Scruton, to easily beat Samuel Kosgei and Sergiy Lebid.

The Kenyan runner-up, who won the ‘World’s Best 10 kilometre race’ in Puerto Rico in March, clocked 28-03 with Ukraine’s Lebid, an eight-time European cross country champion, finishing in 28:36.

World Championship hope Farah, who won the European indoor 3,000m title in March having previously broken the national record, continued his brilliant year by producing what ranks as one of the best performances of his career.

The European 5,000m silver medalist was content to share the pace with Kosgei after they broke away from the field before pulling clear of the African with three kilometres of the race remaining.

“I knew I was in really good shape,” said Farah.