Ben Flanagan breaks 35-year-old Canadian 10k record in Boston

Ben Flanagan broke one of the oldest records in Canadian running on Sunday.

The 27-year-old from Kitchener, Ont., ran 28 minutes 11 seconds to smash the national 10-kilometre road record at the BAA 10K competition in Boston. The previous record was 28:17 set by Paul McCloy in 1987.

Flanagan, the two-time defending Canadian 10K champion, was fifth in the race. Leonard Korir won in 28:00, while Kenyans Kenny Kimutai and Philemon Kiplimo were second and third respectively.

American Keira D'Amato won the women's race in 31:17.