Britain's Josh Kerr smashes long-standing world mile record

LONDON, July 18 : Josh Kerr shattered the 27-year-old world mile record at London Stadium on Saturday as he made his "Project 222" a reality, shaving almost three seconds off his own personal best in the process.The 28-year-old Briton, 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.As part of Project 222 Kerr had targeted a sub-223-second race, and with Saturday's run he became the sixth Briton to hold the mile record. El Guerrouj set his world record in 1999 when British record holder Kerr was only 1 year old.The 2023 world 1,500m champion said in March he would target the Moroccan's record, building 222-second ice-bath recoveries into his training. Kerr w