British middle-distance runner Josh Kerr breaks the long-standing men’s mile world record at the London Diamond League. Kerr runs 3 minutes 42.66 seconds in the one-mile event, improving on the previous record of 3:43.13 set by Morocco’s Hicham El Guerrouj in Rome in 1999. Multiple outlets describe the performance as decisive, with the new time bettering El Guerrouj’s mark by nearly half a second. The record is widely reported as coming during the Saturday meeting at the London Stadium, where Kerr clocks the fastest verified mile time in men’s athletics history.

Several reports also note Kerr is a former 1500 metres world champion and a double Olympic medallist, and that he had publicly indicated earlier in the year that he was aiming to challenge the mile record. The Athletic and others frame the achievement as the first change to the 27-year-old record, while BBC News and France 24 summarise the result and the previous benchmark. Overall, the sources agree on the record-breaking time, the location, and the identity and time of the former holder.