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London Diamond League results: Josh Ker smashes men's mile world record
Great Britain's Josh Kerr smashed the long-standing men's mile world record with a spectacular performance at the London Diamond League.
Having announced his intention back in March to break Hicham El Guerrouj's 27-year mark on home soil, Kerr delivered in emphatic fashion as he crossed the line in three minutes 42.66 seconds.
Roared on by a sell-out crowd of 60,000 at London Stadium, the five-time global medallist bettered the Moroccan's mark – untouched since 1999, when Kerr was aged one – by nearly half a second.
The 28-year-old became the seventh British athlete to claim the mile record, and first since Steve Cram in 1985.
Josh Kerr breaks mile world record with 3:42.66s run at London Diamond League
Kerr branded the eight months leading up to this meet as 'Project 222' S Bardens – British Athletics via Getty Images
Josh Kerr has broken the long-standing mile world record with a 3:42.66s run at the London Diamond League on Saturday.
This performance was the result of an eight-month build which Kerr branded Project 222, as he wanted to better the 3:43.13s record which Hicham El Guerrouj had held since 1999.
Led by pacemakers Brandon Kidder (his Brooks Beasts teammate) through to 800m, and then Zan Rudolf to 1,000m, he ticked off laps at a metronomic pace: 54.75s, 55.88s and 55.76s to hit the bell.
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Watch London Diamond League: Hodgkinson seeks 800m win after Kerr smashes mile world record
Britain's Josh Kerr breaks 27-year-old men's mile world record with time of three minutes 42.66 seconds in front of sold-out 60,000 London Stadium
Keely Hodgkinson holds off Femke Broeders-Bol to win women's 800m in one minute 56.21 seconds
GB's Matthew Hudson-Smith finishes second to American Rai Benjamin in men's 400m
Olympic champion Julien Alfred beats world champion Gabby Thomas to win women's 200m with Dina Asher-Smith fourth and Amy Hunt fifth
Nigeria's Kayinsola Ajayi wins men's 100m in 9.84 seconds from world champion Oblique Seville (9.87) with GB's Romell Glave third (9.97)
USA's Brandon Miller wins men's 800m with GB's Max Burgin third ahead of Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi
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