NEW YORK, May 13: Ethiopian Olympic champion Kenenisa Bekele will attempt to break his 10,000 metres world record at next month’s Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon, the organisers said on Monday.

The race will take place at the University of Oregon’s Hayward Field on June 8. The stadium is also the site of the June 27-July 6 US Olympic trials.

Bekele set his current record of 26min 17.53sec on Aug 26, 2005 in Brussels.

“The record is not easy,” Bekele’s manager Jos Hermens said. “But this is an absolutely serious attempt. His training is going well, and he is 100 per cent ‘go’ for the record.”

It will be the 25-year-old Bekele’s first outdoor appearance in the US.

Bekele, who also holds the world 5,000 metres record, will run in the morning ahead of other events at the 34th annual grand prix meeting to take advantage of what should be more favourable wind conditions.—Reuters