Overview
- Kerr ran 3:42.66 at the London Diamond League on Saturday to better Hicham El Guerrouj’s 1999 mark of 3:43.13 and become the men’s mile world record holder.
- He followed two pacemakers early, took the lead after about 1,000 metres and held off Yared Nuguse, who finished second in 3:45.69.
- The race produced a new British 1,500m split of roughly 3:27.51 that also reset Kerr’s national best at that distance.
- World Athletics president Sebastian Coe presented Kerr with a prize cheque after the run as roughly 60,000 spectators at London Stadium cheered the performance.
- Kerr publicly framed the bid as ‘Project 222,’ documenting altitude work, timed recoveries, pacemakers and equipment choices, and he now enters a recovery phase with eyes on the Commonwealth Games and other upcoming races while joining Britain’s long line of famed milers.