Britain's Josh Kerr clocked 3min 42.66sec in the men's mile at a high-octane Diamond League on Saturday, smashing the record set by Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj in Rome in 1999.
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Britain's Josh Kerr clocked 3min 42.66sec in the men's mile at a high-octane Diamond League on Saturday, smashing the record set by Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj in Rome in 1999.
Britain's Josh Kerr clocked 3min 42.66sec in the men's mile at a high-octane Diamond League on Saturday, smashing the record set by Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj in Rome in 1999. England's Josh Kerr celebrates after winning the men's one mile final and setting a new world record during a Diamond League event on Saturday in London. Josh Kerr smashed the 27-year-old world record for the men’s mile, rewriting track history with a super shoe by Brooks Running that puts him atop the small cast of runners to break new ground over the lored distance.
The record in the event had stood for 27 years. British runner Josh Kerr has broken the 27-year-old world record for the mile in front of a sell-out crowd in London.
France 24 English reported the story as "Josh Kerr smashes men’s mile world record that stood unbroken since 1999." The Independent reported the story as "Josh Kerr sets mile world record at Diamond League event in London." Sky News reported the story as "Josh Kerr breaks 27-year-old mile record in front of packed London stadium."
5 sources have covered this story, including France 24 English, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Independent and Bloomberg and 1 other outlet. The earliest reporting in the cluster landed about 12 hours ago.
Source accounts have not fully aligned on every figure tied to this story (different reports cite 1999, 27); the published L1FE summary holds those specifics open until more sources converge.
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