Josh Kerr crosses the finish line to win the men's mile event during a Diamond League meet in London on Saturday. | AFP-JIJI
REUTERS
Jul 19, 2026
London – Josh Kerr shattered the 27-year-old world mile record at London Stadium on Saturday as he made his “Project 222” a reality, shaving almost three seconds off his own personal best in the process.
The 28-year-old Briton, roared on by a capacity crowd of 60,000 at the London Diamond League meeting, ran a time of 3 minutes, 42.66 seconds to break Hicham El Guerrouj’s long-standing mark by 0.47 seconds.
As part of Project 222 Kerr had targeted a sub-223-second race, and with Saturday’s run he became the seventh Briton to hold the mile record and first since Steve Cram in 1985.
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