Josh Kerr breaks men's mile world record in London

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Josh Kerr broke the mile world record at the London Diamond League on Saturday, running 3:42.66 to better Hicham El Guerrouj’s 3:43.13 mark from 1999. Kerr said the performance capped an eight-month plan he called Project 222 and credited his team and Brooks for a bespoke spike and speed suit. Pacemakers Brandon Kidder led him through 800m and Zan Rudolf through 1,000m, and Kerr ran laps of 54.75s, 55.88s and 55.76s to reach the bell. U.S. record-holder Yared Nuguse and Jake Heyward chased over the final lap but Kerr pulled away, winning by about three seconds and shaving 0.47s off the world record. Kerr covered the first 1,500m in 3:27.62, improving on his British record from the 2024 Olympic final, and finished as nine men broke 3:50 in the race. German Robert Farken set a national record of 3:46.82 for fourth place, one of six personal bests in the field. Kerr became the seventh British man to hold the mile world record and the first since Steve Cram in 1985.

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Breaking News from @theathletic.com: The Olympian Josh Kerr broke the world record for fastest mile, which had stood for 27 years.

2224h ago

Jason Lewis1

Amazing achievement! What's even more amazing is that El Guerrouj ran his record without today's super shoes!

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Bradley P. Moss56

Yeah, well, I can do a push up. So there.

Will Craft21

this is insane. I ran my best mile this week at 6:30 and this dude cut 3 minutes off that

the hype14

I drove a mile in like 53 seconds this morning, but ok

Kris Wernowsky6

People do know you can just walk or take an electric scooter, right?

Jim Clifford3

I’d like to see the mile back in the Olympics. They run on a 400m track. 4 laps and a bit, feels like a better distance than 1500m and has the history of the 4 minute mile. 3:42.66 is crazy fast.

River_Tam3

Imagine if the best US athletes ran the mile

Sally McSurly2

.34 seconds faster than the 1983 Billy Joel classic THE LONGEST TIME

Jesse Raub2

i guess he got tired of losing the 1500m every time

Dr. Jack Brown

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A big congrats to Josh Kerr who just broke the 27 year-old world record in the mile run with a time of 3:42.66

2195h ago

Marie-Fleur - I stand with Zelensky3

Question for you (I've been wondering abt tennis too, it's not specific to one kind of sport) Why do winners look and act as if they were in rage when they win ? It seems recent to me and it feels a bit weird. Did you notice ?

Democracy Lover1

Omg. That is insane. 🔥

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Dan Isaacs (Kelce's Version)2

Every year that goes by, my HS PR of 5:23 gets slower and slower

Horatio Cornblower2

Aww man; I was just gonna try that today, too.

Ukrainska Pravda 🇺🇦

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👏 Ukrainian high jumper Mahuchikh finishes second at Diamond League stage in London

623h ago

John Grindrod

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Josh Kerr breaking the mile world record is a bigger and more joyous story than some boring golf and some football that hasn’t yet happened, but you’d never know that from the news

404h ago

AlanFricker2

I was there ! Absolute joy

joeybee12.bsky.social1

Yep. Golf is for the Epstein Class and the World Cup is fixed. This is real

Michael Pacholek1

Breaking track & field's most famous record, after it stood for 27 years, should be a huge story. But with his country in the process of getting a new Prime Minister, Trump futzing things up at home and abroad, and the World Cup Final tomorrow, it's getting lost in the shuffle.

Dave Levitan

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Pretty wild it took almost three decades for this record to fall

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Dave Levitan19

Look how far ahead he was of a bunch of the other best milers in the world just before the finish.

Mekka Okereke

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🤯New mile world record! Josh Kerr has beaten the previous record holder's time, and beaten the record holder before that's confidence world record. Morcelli: "When I enter a race, my mind is full of doubts. Who will come in second? Who will come in third? Who will come in fourth?"

244h ago

Steve Magness

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Josh Kerr called his shot! And backed it up. New mile world record: 3:42.66. Said he was going to break it back in March, and got the job done. What a performance! And the mindset and approach Kerr has is simply phenomenal: substack.com/home/post/p-...

181h ago

Jonathan Calder

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The 28-year-old became the seventh British athlete to claim the mile record, and first since Steve Cram in 1985.

83h ago

Travis Miller

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Incredible crowd noise in London helped 🇬🇧Josh Kerr to a 3:42.66 mile world record! ⚡️🎉 #LondonDL

105h ago

Geoff Grammer

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How bout former UNM Lobo Josh Kerr breaking the world record in the mile this morning? www.abqjournal.com/sports/unm-a...

82h ago

Tim Carmody

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Broke it by half a second! That doesn’t sound like much but even at this distance it’s a lot www.espn.com/olympics/sto...

105h ago

Nick Barlow

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Josh Kerr broke the mile world record by half a second on the same day I broke my Parkrun PB by 39 seconds. Using internet maths, this means I am a 78 times better athlete than him.

106h ago

TrackAthletes.ie

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Mark English becomes the 2nd Irish athlete to break 1:43 in the 800m, finishing 2nd at the London Diamond League in 1:42.97 NL. National record holder Cian McPhillips finished 7th in 1:43.97 SB, big improvement from his run in Budapest on Tuesday. www.trackathletes.ie/athlete/mark...

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