Londoner Idowu, who is the defending Commonwealth Games and world indoor champion, beat his previous best of 17.68, set in 2002, although he has jumped 17.75 indoors.

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Bekele, a two-time winner when the event was staged in Newcastle, is scheduled to run in the Boston Indoor Games on 29 January, the Norwich Union Grand Prix in Birmingham in February and the World Cross Country Championships at the end of March.

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