Scottish runner Josh Kerr has set a new world record in the men’s one mile, smashing the previous time, which stood for 27 years. The 28-year-old clocked three minutes 42.66 seconds at the London Stadium on Saturday,
The previous record of three minutes 43.13 seconds was set by Morocco’s Hicham El Guerrouj in Rome in 1999.
Kerr had announced in March that he would target the record in London and shaped his season around the attempt, racing sparingly before Saturday's meeting.
The race unfolded as planned, with pacemakers taking the field through the opening kilometre before Kerr took over in the closing stages. American Yared Nuguse attempted to stay with him but finished more than three seconds behind as Kerr accelerated over the final lap.
Roared on by a capacity crowd of 60,000 at London Stadium, Kerr crossed the line inside El Guerrouj's long-standing mark to become the seventh British man to hold the world mile record.
World Athletics President Sebastian Coe, himself a former mile world record-holder, praised Kerr's performance.
"Absolutely incredible," Coe said. "Foot perfect. To go into there with that kind of mental resilience, not off that many races this year. He executed it brilliantly."
Kerr said the record attempt had been years in the making, although he remained cautious about predicting success.
"It's silly to call it that early because there are a lot of things which can go wrong," he said.
"But I am surrounded by amazing people and was just able to stay consistent, [and] put the work in.”
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