Wheelchair champion Weir breaks three-minute mile mark

Athletics - 2016 Virgin Money London Marathon Previews - London - 22/4/16 Great Britain wheelchair athlete David Weir poses for a photograph in front of Tower Bridge Action Images via Reuters / Peter Cziborra

LONDON (Reuters) - Briton's Paralympic champion David Weir became the first wheelchair athlete to complete a mile in under three minutes on Sunday.

The six-times London Marathon winner raced to a record of two minutes 57 seconds -- breaking his own previous best by six seconds -- in the Westminster Mile event in London.