Josh Kerr breaks long-standing world mile record

18 Jul 2026 10:56PM July 18 - Josh Kerr shattered the 27-year-old world mile record at London Stadium on Saturday as he made Project 222 a reality.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.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. Source: Reuters