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He promised and he duly delivered. Josh Kerr is nan caller one-mile world grounds holder.
The erstwhile 1500m world champion and double Olympic medalist could scarcely person been much bullish astir his prospects of making history astatine nan London Diamond League connected Saturday, boldly announcing his bid backmost successful March, earlier nan outdoor play had moreover begun.
Having geared his full twelvemonth astir this 1 race, he stepped up and consigned to history nan awesome Hicham El Guerrouj’s people of 3 minutes 43.13 seconds that had stood untroubled since 1999, clocking a rather phenomenal clip of 3:42.66.
The Scot sat down nan 2 pacemakers from nan outset and looked to beryllium somewhat disconnected world grounds gait until that duo stepped disconnected nan way pinch astir 600m remaining and Kerr was unleashed.
From that constituent on, location was nary looking back. America’s Yared Nuguse fell disconnected his bottommost and Kerr headed for location to nan full delirium of a capacity London Stadium crowd.
It marked nan culmination of a task Kerr has fixated connected for immoderate time, penning nan words: “I ran 3.42 astatine nan London Diamond League. July 18th, 2026,” successful his notebook each time for nan past fewer months and ensuring his crystal bath sessions lasted precisely 3 minutes and 42 seconds.
Aided by civilization spikes and a typical aerodynamic title kit from his Brooks sponsor, he took his spot successful nan grounds books, becoming nan seventh British man to clasp nan one-mile world record, pursuing successful nan footsteps of specified greats arsenic Roger Bannister, Seb Coe and Steve Ovett.
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