Britain’s Josh Kerr shatters men’s mile world record that had stood since 1999

London - Josh Kerr shattered the 27-year-old world mile record at London Stadium on Saturday as he made his “Project ⁠222” a reality, shaving almost three seconds off his own personal best in the process.The 28-year-old Briton, roared on by a capacity crowd of 60,000 at the London Diamond League meeting, ran a time of 3 minutes, 42.66 seconds to break Hicham El Guerrouj’s long-standing mark by 0.47 seconds.As part of Project 222 Kerr had targeted a sub-223-second race, and with Saturday’s run he became the seventh ​Briton to hold the mile record and first since Steve Cram in 1985.