Britain's Kerr smashes mile world record in London
Summary
Great Britain's Josh Kerr broke the men's mile world record at the London Diamond League event. He ran the mile in 3 minutes 42.66 seconds, beating a 27-year-old record previously held by Hicham El Guerrouj.Key Facts
- Josh Kerr is from Great Britain.
- He set a new men's mile world record with a time of 3:42.66.
- The previous record stood for 27 years and belonged to Hicham El Guerrouj from Morocco.
- Kerr beat the old record by nearly half a second.
- The event took place at London Stadium in front of 60,000 people.
- Kerr is 28 years old and a five-time global medal winner.
- He is the seventh British athlete to hold the mile world record.
- The last British runner to hold the record was Steve Cram in 1985.
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