2026-07-18 21de4bc0713f5830094f49cfa988e51846e7a4c3 /feed/2026/07/18/at-the-london-athletics-meet-british-runner-josh-kerr-sets-a-new-world-record-of-3-4266-for-the-mile-the-previous-re At the London Athletics Meet, British runner Josh Kerr sets a new world record of 3:42.66 for the mile. The previous record of 3:43.13 by Hicham El Guerrouj had been set in 1999. 1784461941 2026-07-18 7e8c0aa7cfe9cd8f5695e526af9e55bfc57bbeeb 42 2026 Diamond League 1 /wiki/2026%20diamond%20league Hicham El Guerrouj 116 /wiki/hicham%20el%20guerrouj Josh Kerr 14 /wiki/josh%20kerr%20(runner) London Athletics Meet 2 /wiki/2026%20london%20athletics%20meet mile 71 /wiki/mile%20run new world record 37 /wiki/mile%20run%20world%20record%20progression 2026 Diamond League Hicham El Guerrouj Josh Kerr London Athletics Meet mile new world record 2026 Diamond League 2026-07-10 8119c6dffef42f5a0e26527813dee411cee8e944 14 2026 Diamond League 1 /feed/2026/07/10/kenyan-middle-distance-runner-emmanuel-wanyonyi-breaks-the-men-s-1000-metres-world-record-in-two-minutes-and-1183-sec Kenyan middle-distance runner Emmanuel Wanyonyi breaks the men's 1,000 metres ​world record in two minutes ‌and 11.83 seconds at the Herculis in Monaco. /feed/2026/07/18/at-the-london-athletics-meet-british-runner-josh-kerr-sets-a-new-world-record-of-3-4266-for-the-mile-the-previous-rec BBC Sport 18 b2fc9b352b59316d498c7473b0ca083da6407533 7 https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/articles/cx2jl1wge2po 2026 At the London Athletics Meet, British runner Josh Kerr sets a new world record of 3:42.66 for the mile. The previous record of 3:43.13 by Hicham El Guerrouj had been set in 1999.