Josh Kerr breaks the 1-mile world record which has stood since 1999

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► Subscribe to Sky Sports News: http://bit.ly/SkySportsNewsSub ► Watch Sky Sports with NOW: https://bit.ly/NOWSkySportsYT Josh Kerr broke the world record for the mile at the Diamond League event in London on Saturday, but Keely Hodgkinson failed in her bid to break the oldest world record in athletics. Great Britain's Kerr ran a remarkable time of 3.42.66, which saw him take 0.47 seconds off Moroccan Hicham El Guerrouj's mark of 3.43.13 set in 1999. The mile is an event which is not typically run at World Championships or Olympic Games, but in March the former world 1500 metres champion announced his intention to try to break the record which had stood for 27 years. Kerr took almost half a second off the time and the feat earned him a cheque for $50,000 (£37,000) in front of a rapturous crowd at the London Stadium. #SkySportsNews #SkySports #athletics ► For the latest developments on this story: https://qrcode.skysports.com/skysports/topstories ► For the latest transfer news: https://qrcode.skysports.com/skysports/TransferCentre   More from Sky Sports on YouTube: ► Sky Sports: http://bit.ly/SkySportsSub ► Sky Sports Boxing: http://bit.ly/SSBoxingSub ► Sky Sports Cricket: http://bit.ly/SubscribeSkyCricket ► Sky Sports Darts: https://bit.ly/SubSkySportsDarts ► Sky Sports Football: http://bit.ly/SSFootballSub ► Sky Sports F1: http://bit.ly/SubscribeSkyF1 ► Sky Sports Golf: https://bit.ly/SubscribeSkySportsGolf ► Sky Sports Premier League: https://bit.ly/SubscribeSkySportsPL ► Sky Sports Retro: http://bit.ly/SkySportsRetroSub ► Sky Sports WSL: https://bit.ly/SubscribeSkySportsWSL ► TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@skysportsnews ► X: https://x.com/SkySportsNews ► Website: https://www.skysports.com ► To enquire about licensing Sky Sports content, you can find out more here: https://www.skysports.com/more-sports/news/31754/11434270/license-sky-sports-footage