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Mohammed Ahmed breaks 9-year-old Canadian record

Mohammed Ahmed has set a new Canadian men's 3,000-metre outdoor record at the IAAF World Challenge. Ahmed, from St. Catharines, Ont., finished third in the event in a time of seven minutes 40.49 seconds.

St. Catharines, Ont., native sets new mark in 3,000m outdoor race

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Mohammed Ahmed, pictured here at the 2016 Canadian Track and Field Championships, broke Kevin Sullivan's nine-year-old 3,000-metre outdoor record. (Kevin Light/CBC Sports)

Mohammed Ahmed has set a new Canadian men's 3,000-metre outdoor record at the IAAF World Challenge.

Ahmed, from St. Catharines, Ont., finished third in the event in a time of seven minutes 40.49 seconds.

That time broke the mark of 7:41.61 set by Kevin Sullivan in 2008.

Ahmed also owns the 3,000 indoor record of 7:40.11, set at the 2016 Millrose Games.

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