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Great Britain's Josh Kerr smashes the long-standing men's mile world record in a spectacular performance at the London Diamond League.
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'Unbelievable!' - GB's Kerr breaks mile world record
Great Britain's Josh Kerr breaks the world record for the mile, held by Moroccan Hicham El Guerrouj since 1999, by half a second in the London Diamond League event at London Stadium.
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Josh Kerr of Britain breaks 27-year-old world record in the mile
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Josh Kerr smashes 27-year-old world record for the fastest mile in front of 60,000 fans at London Stadium
Josh Kerr shattered the 27-year-old world mile record in London on Saturday. The 28-year-old was cheered on by the crowd as he completed his extraordinary feat.
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Josh Kerr makes athletics history by shattering one-mile world record in London
Time of 3min 42.66sec betters El Guerrouj in 1999 by 0.47 Kerr becomes seventh British man to hold record He promised and he duly delivered. Josh Kerr is the new one-mile world record-holder. The former 1500m world champion and double Olympic medallist could scarcely have been more bullish about his prospects of making history at the London Diamond League on Saturday, boldly announcing his bid in March, before the o…
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Britain's Kerr breaks 27-year mile world record in London
Great Britain's Josh Kerr smashes the long-standing men's mile world record in a spectacular performance at the London Diamond League.
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Josh Kerr breaks 27-year-old mile record in front of packed London stadium
British runner Josh Kerr has broken the 27-year-old world record for the mile in front of a sell-out crowd in London.
Guardian
Josh Kerr ‘not scared of failure’ as he targets one-mile world record in London
‘I like goals that are lofty and sport needs moments’ Keely Hodgkinson races in 800m in Diamond League A bullish Josh Kerr has insisted he is in the shape of his life and “not scared of failure” as he attempts to break the one-mile world record at Saturday’s London Diamond League. The former 1500m world champion and double Olympic medallist has developed a reputation as an admirably straight‑talker throughout his ca…
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Speed suits & altitude rooms - how Kerr plans to beat mile world record
On July 18 at the London Diamond League meeting, Josh Kerr intends to beat Hicham El Guerrouj's world record for the mile. But how will he do it?
