Josh Kerr shattered the 27-year-old world mile record at London Stadium on Saturday in extraordinary scenes.
The 28-year-old Brit, roared on by a capacity 60,000 crowd at the London Diamond League meeting, ran a time of three minutes 42.68 seconds to break Hicham El Guerrouj’s long-standing mark by 0.45 seconds.
He had targeted a 222-second race, and he pulled it off to become the sixth British athlete in history to hold the record for the distance.
El Guerrouj set his world record in 1999 when British record holder Kerr was only one year old.
The 2023 world 1500m champion announced in March that his
To provide well-rounded coverage and a breadth of insight across various events, we rely on contributions from several staff writers, each bringing their own area of expertise to our publication.
