Bekele has shown superb form both indoors and outdoors
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Ethiopian Kenenisa Bekele is hoping to beat the world indoor two-mile record at the Norwich Union Grand Prix in Birmingham on 16 February.
The 25-year-old will attempt to better fellow countryman Haile Gebrselassie's mark of eight minutes 4.69 seconds set in the midlands five years ago.
Bekele, the Olympic and world 10,000m champion, set a world 5,000m indoor record in Birmingham in 2004.
He also posted a 2,000m world best at last year's meeting.
"Obviously I would like to break the world record, but this is a tough one," said Bekele, who won a third successive Great Edinburgh Cross Country title last Saturday.
"Let's hope there is lots of early pace which would help me in making it."
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