Britain’s Josh Kerr Breaks Men’s Mile Record that Stood Since 1999
Kerr ran 3:42.66 to beat Hicham El Guerrouj’s 1999 mark, with nearly 60,000 fans at London Stadium.
- On Saturday, Josh Kerr set a new world record winning the 1 mile final at London Stadium, carried home by a raucous near 60,000-capacity crowd.
- The 28-year-old US-based Scot, a two-time world indoor 3,000m winner, was paced to perfection by training partners Brannon Kidder and Zan Rudolph before punching the air in triumph.
- Norwegian Karsten Warholm raced to a world lead of 46.61sec, while American Brandon Miller won the 800m and Ja'Kobe Tharp set a meet record of 12.89sec in the 110m hurdles.
- Keely Hodgkinson claimed the 800m in 1:56.21, Alfred won the 200m, and Cierra Jackson set a Diamond League record of 71.72m in the women's shot put.
- Injury-Hit Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis withdrew from the pole vault with a thigh issue, leaving American Sam Kendricks to win with 5.95m just three weeks before the European championships in Birmingham.
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Great Britain's Josh Kerr Sets World Record in Mile 3:42.66, Set After 27 Years. British athlete Josh Kerr set a new world record in the mile (approximately 1.609 km) running event, breaking the record after 27 years. Kerr recorded a time of 3:42.6 in the men's mile race at the 2026 World Athletics Diamond League held in London, UK, on the 18th (local time).
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Josh Kerr is once again making headlines after his record-breaking performance. On July 18, 2026, he competed in the London Diamond League and ran the mile race in nearly 3 minutes and 42 seconds, setting a new world record. It is grabbing even more attention because a few months ago, Josh opened up about the same and expressed his wish to break this record. Amid the world record, a lot of attention has shifted towards his personal life, includi…
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