Jenny Meadows broke the British 800metres indoor record belonging to double Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes at the Birmingham NIA.

Meadows clocked a time of one minute and 59.11 seconds at the Aviva Grand Prix, taking a tenth of a second off the mark set by Holmes in Belgium in 2003, to complete her preparations for the World Indoor Championships in perfect style.

The World Championship bronze medallist took advantage of some perfect pacemaking at the National Indoor Arena, the 28-year-old taking over the lead just after halfway and powering to victory to claim a bonus of 5,000 US dollars (£3,200).

Meadows, who also collected another $1,500 (£970) for the performance of the day, said: "It's amazing. I knew I was in really good shape from last week but then you look at the record, someone like Dame Kelly Holmes owns it and you think I've got no right to try to target that.

"Kelly didn't run an awful lot indoors but it's still a fantastic time so I'm very, very honoured and thrilled to get that time.

"When Kelly did the double gold in Athens I was still running 400m and only decided that winter to move to the 800m. I knew I didn't have the basic speed to be world-class at 400m and when you see a British athlete win at a global event it makes you think maybe I've got a chance.

"She definitely was a huge role model for me."

Meadows also revealed that the prize money will come in handy.

"Trevor (her coach and husband) is going part-time in his job from April 1 so he can devote more time to the training group so that will definitely help," she added.

World champion Phillips Idowu had to settle for fourth place in the triple jump, but the 31-year-old was fairly satisfied with a season's best of 17.25m, just seven centimetres behind winner Christian Olsson, the former Olympic champion making a comeback after several years of injury problems.

"I'm not too concerned," said Idowu, who will defend his world indoor title in Doha next month. "Christian is another competitor to beat and I went into Valencia showing similar form two years ago."

Scotland's Nick Smith gave the British selectors something to think about ahead of Monday's team announcement for Doha as he set a new national record of 6.60secs in the 60m, finishing third behind Michael Rodgers and Daniel Bailey but ahead of Mark Lewis-Francis in fourth and Harry Aikines-Aryeetey in fifth.

"I was happy to make the final but to run a PB and a Scottish record I can't really believe it," said Smith, who broke the record of 6.62 set by Elliot Bunney back in 1987.

"I don't know what the selectors will do now. I expect they'll take Harry because he was second at the trials and has the qualifying but I hope I've given them something to think about."

Olympic finalist Tom Parsons achieved the qualifying height for Doha in the high jump, clearing 2.28m with his first attempt.

The local favourite, born in Solihull, finished third on countback to British team-mate Samson Oni, with world champion Yaroslav Rybakov of Russia winning with a clearance of 2.31m.

Parsons said: "It's nice to finally get the qualifying height, I'd entered an open meeting tomorrow just in case but thankfully I don't need to jump now."

Kate Dennison set yet another British record in the pole vault, improving her own mark for the third time this year by clearing 4.60m, an improvement of three centimetres. Brazil's Fabiana Murer won with a national record of 4.82m.

Olympic champion and world record holder Dayron Robles stamped his authority on the field with victory in 7.44secs and Ireland's David Gillick, the former European indoor champion, equalled his personal best and national record with a time of 45.52secs in winning the 400m in impressive fashion.

Gillick said: "It's my first race of the year and it was tough but it's a fast track and it's not often we get to run in such a stadium in front of such a crowd. I won the European Indoors here in exactly the same time so it's a pity I couldn't dip and break my record."

In the 800m Andrew Osagie and Ed Aston both achieved Doha qualifying standards with personal bests of 1:47.71 and 1:48.24 respectively after finishing third and fifth behind winner Marcin Lewandowski of Poland.

"I'm really chuffed to get the time, training has been going well and it's all paying off now," Osagie said.

Aviva Grand Prix, Birmingham - Results
Men's
National 400m: 1 Chris Clarke (Gbr) 47.14secs, 2 Nigel Levine (Gbr) 47.23, 3 Nick Leavey (Gbr) 47.71, 4 Dale Garland (Gbr) 48.03, 5 Tom Druce (Gbr) 48.15, 6 Richard Strachan (Gbr) 49.38,
60m: 1 Michael Rodgers (USA) 6.57secs, 2 Daniel Bailey (Ant) 6.59, 3 Nick Smith (Gbr) 6.6, 4 Mark Lewis-Francis (Gbr) 6.61, 5 Harry Aikines Aryeetey (Gbr) 6.62, 6 Mark Jelks (USA) 6.68, 7 Craig Pickering (Gbr) 6.71, 8 Nesta Carter (Jam) 6.77
400m: 1 David Gillick (Irl) 45.52secs, 2 Rabah Yousif (Sud) 46.24, 3 Richard Buck (Gbr) 46.52, 4 Ricardo Chambers (Jam) 46.68, 5 Nery Brenes (Crc) 46.91, 6 Jamaal Torrance (USA) 46.91
800m: 1 Marcin Lewandowski (Pol) 1min 47.50secs, 2 Richard Kiplagat (Ken) 1:47.55, 3 Andrew Osagie (Gbr) 1:47.71, 4 Lukas Rifeser (Ita) 1:47.94, 5 Ed Aston (Gbr) 1:48.24, 6 Paul Bradshaw (Gbr) 1:48.99, 7 Abraham Chepkirwok (Uga) 1:50.33
DNF: Ben Green (Gbr)
1500m: 1 Deresse Mekonnen (Eth) 3mins 33.10secs, 2 Augustine Choge (Ken) 3:33.74, 3 Gideon Gathimba (Ken) 3:35.40, 4 Bernard Lagat (USA) 3:35.49, 5 Nick Willis (Nzl) 3:35.80, 6 Bethwel Birgen (Ken) 3:39.92, 7 Tim Bayley (Gbr) 3:40.16, 8 Bruno Albuquerque (Por) 3:41.38, 9 Peter Van Der Westhuizen (Rsa) 3:42.38, 10 Colin Mccourt (Gbr) 3:46.90
DNF: Cornelius Chirchir (Ken), David Krummenacker (USA), Alvaro Rodriguez (Spa)
3000m: 1 Sammy Mutahi (Ken) 7mins 44.58secs, 2 Dejene Gebremeskel (Eth) 7:45.42, 3 Saif Saaeed Shaheen (Qat) 7:46.97, 4 Brimin Kipruto (Ken) 7:47.61, 5 Andy Vernon (Gbr) 7:49.84, 6 Scott Overall (Gbr) 7:50.66, 7 Shedrack Korir (Ken) 8:00.05
DNS: David Krummenacker (USA), Tom Lancashire (Gbr)
60m Hurdles: 1 Dayron Robles (Cub) 7.44m, 2 Petr Svoboda (Cze) 7.57, 3 Ladji Doucoure (Fra) 7.65, 4 Gregory Sedoc (Ned) 7.66, 5 Dayron Capetillo (Cub) 7.68, 6 Garfield Darien (Fra) 7.69, 7 Tyrone Akins (USA) 7.69, 8 Dwight Thomas (Jam) 7.87
High Jump: 1 Yaroslav Rybakov (Rus) 2.31m, 2 Samson Oni (Gbr) 2.28, 3 Tom Parsons (Gbr) 2.28, 4 Peter Horak (Svk) 2.24, 5 Adam Scarr (Gbr) 2.2, 6 Sylwester Bednarek (Pol) 2.2, 7 Javier Bermejo (Spa) 2.15, 7 Filippo Campioli (Ita) 2.15
NM: Robbie Grabarz (Gbr)
Triple Jump: 1 Christian Olsson (Swe) 17.32m, 2 Yoandri Betanzos (Cub) 17.3, 3 David Girat (Cub) 17.26, 4 Phillips Idowu (Gbr) 17.25, 5 Alexis Copello (Cub) 17.18, 6 Jadel Gregorio (Bra) 16.92, 7 Tosin Oke (Ngr) 16.89, 8 Brandon Roulhac (USA) 16.13

Women's
One Mile: 1 Gelete Burka (Eth) 4mins 23.53secs, 2 Kakedan Gezahegn (Eth) 4:24.10, 3 Maryam Jamal (Brn) 4:24.71, 4 Sylwia Ejdys (Pol) 4:27.75, 5 Ingvill Makestad (Nor) 4:28.49, 6 Wioletta Frankiewicz (Pol) 4:29.27, 7 Helen Clitheroe (Gbr) 4:29.46, 8 Hilary Stellingwerff (Can) 4:30.89, 9 Charlotte Best (Gbr) 4:32.29
DNF: Karen Shinkins (Irl)
Two Miles: 1 Tirunesh Dibaba (Eth) 9mins 12.23secs, 2 Vivian Cheruiyot (Ken) 9:12.35, 3 Sentayehu Ejigu (Eth) 9:12.68, 4 Jessica Augusto (Por) 9:19.39, 5 Lidia Chojecka (Pol) 9:31.68, 6 Barbara Parker (Gbr) 9:35.83, 7 Renata Plis (Pol) 9:36.89, 8 Adrienne Herzog (Ned) 9:37.75, 9 Sara Moreira (Por) 9:47.99, 10 Ulrika Johansson (Swe) 9:48.85
DNF: Kelly Mcneice (Irl)
60m: 1 Carmelita Jeter (USA) 7.06secs, 2 Laverne Jones (ISV) 7.06, 3 Chandra Sturrup (Bah) 7.2, 4 Gloria Asumnu (USA) 7.32, 5 Angela Williams (USA) 7.33, 6 Me'lisa Barber (USA) 7.34, 7 Bernice Wilson (Gbr) 7.36, 8 Joice Maduaka (Gbr) 7.48
400m: 1 Novlene Williams (Jam) 52.03secs, 2 Christine Amertil (Bah) 52.43, 3 Ebonie Floyd (USA) 53.16, 4 Kim Wall (Gbr) 53.35, 5 Zuzana Bergrova (Cze) 53.39, 6 Dawn Hunt (Gbr) 54.53
800m: 1 Jenny Meadows (Gbr) 1min 59.11secs, 2 Yuliya Krevsun (Ukr) 2:00.36, 3 Vicky Griffiths (Gbr) 2:02.44, 4 Daniela Reina (Ita) 2:03.67, 5 Lenka Masna (Cze) 2:04.61, 6 Danielle Christmas (Gbr) 2:05.92
DNF: Rebecca Sweeney (Gbr)
60m Hurdles: 1 Danielle Carruthers (USA) 7.95m, 2 Anay Tejeda (Cub) 7.96, 3 Gemma Bennett (Gbr) 8.13, 4 Seun Adigun (Ngr) 8.13, 5 Miriam Cupakova (Svk) 8.35, 6 Zara Hohn (Gbr1) 8.36, 7 Louise Hazel (Gbr) 8.42
Long Jump: 1 Naide Gomes (Por) 6.69m, 2 Yargelis Savigne (Cub) 6.55, 3 Keila Costa (Bra) 6.54, 4 Brianna Glenn (USA) 6.38, 5 Kelly Proper (Irl) 6.33, 6 Jana Veldakova (Svk) 6.24, 7 Amy Woodman (Gbr) 6.18, 8 Cristina Sandu (Rou) 6.12, 9 Louise Hazel (Gbr) 5.75
Pole Vault: 1 Fabiana Murer (Bra) 4.82m, 2 Svetlana Feofanova (Rus) 4.72, 3 Anna Rogowska (Pol) 4.72, 4 Silke Spiegelburg (Ger) 4.6, 5 Kate Dennison (Gbr) 4.6, 6 Monica Pyrek (Pol) 4.6, 7 Jirina Ptacnikova (Cze) 4.5, 8 Cathrine Larsasen (Nor) 4.3, 9 Henrietta Paxton (Gbr) 4.15