UK’s Josh Kerr smashes longstanding world mile record in London

Josh Kerr, running at the London Diamond League, has smashed the men's mile world record, per Al Jazeera. The British runner clocked three minutes, forty-two point sixty-six seconds—zero point forty-seven seconds better than Hicham El Guerrouj's longstanding record. The mile, track and field's most iconic distance, has a new world record holder.

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