WELTREKORD! Brooks Beasts' Josh Kerr takes down the 27-year old mile world record...
LONDON-- Josh Kerr (Paul Merca photo) of Seattle's Brooks Beasts called his shot in March when he publicly declared that he was going for the world record in the mile that stood for twenty seven years at the Novuna London Athletics Meet at London Stadium Saturday. Josh Kerr delivered on that declaration in the eleventh stop of the Wanda Diamond League tour in front of a crowd of over 60,000 spectators. Racing at the venue which hosted both the 2012 Olympics and the 2017 world championships, Hicham El Guerrouj of Morocco's world record of 3:43.13, which stood since July 7, 1999, finally fell, as the Beast ran 3:42.66 in a race touted as "Project 222" by his team. With Brooks Beasts teammate Brannon Kidder leading the way, Kidder took the field through the first 800 in 1:50.63, before Slovenia's Žan Rudolf took over pacing duties, dropping out past the 1000 mark. Kerr, the 2024 Paris Olympic silver medalist and 2023 world outdoor champion at 1500 meters, took ove...
