EmailPrintOpen Extended ReactionsLONDON -- British runner Josh Kerr ran 3 minutes, 42.66 seconds to break the long-standing men's mile record at a Diamond League meeting in London on Saturday.Kerr, 28, broke Moroccan Hicham El Guerrouj's mark of 3 minutes, 43.13 seconds, set in Rome in 1999 and set off on a lap of honor at London Stadium.Kerr's previous best time was 3:45.34 in 2024.He had targeted the mile race at the Diamond League meet as a main goal in a track season with neither Olympics nor world championships.The mile is not a championship event, yet it has iconic status in track history, with the four-minute barrier finally broken in 1954 by another British runner, Roger Bannister.Kerr was a silver medalist in the 1,500 meters at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
