Following Steve Cram's 39-year-old national record and Olympic 1500m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen's defeat at the Eugene Olympics, Josh Kerr has issued a statement of intent ahead of Paris 2024.
Last update: May 26, 2020 9:23 AM
Josh Kerr won in Eugene, Oregon, with a world record time of 3:45.34.
Josh Kerr beat Jakob Ingebrigtsen to victory in the mile race at the Diamond League meet in Eugene, breaking Steve Cram's 39-year-old national record.
The Scottish athlete won his much-anticipated showdown with Norwegian rival Ingebrigtsen by setting a world-leading time of 3 minutes 45.34 seconds.
Cram has held the British record of 3:46.32 since 1985.
Olympic 1500m champion Ingebrigtsen, who was shocked by Kerr at last year's World Championships in Budapest, finished second, while Britons Neil Gourley and Jake Wightman took fourth and fifth respectively. I did.
Josh Kerr broke Steve Cram's British mile record that had stood since 1985.
Earlier, Keely Hodgkinson showed a dominant performance in the women's 800m. The 22-year-old finished first in the world with a time of 1 minute 55.78 seconds, while her compatriot Jemma Reekie finished third behind Kenya's Mary Moraa with a time of 1 minute 57.45 seconds.
Sprinter Dina Asher-Smith finished third in the women's 100m with a season's best time of 10.98 seconds.
Compatriot Daryll Neita was fourth in 11 seconds, while USA's Sha'Carri Richardson (10.83) took the win ahead of St Lucia's Julien Alfred (10.93).
Laura Muir continued her preparations for this summer's Paris Olympics by finishing fourth in the women's 1500m with a season's best time of 3:56.35.
“I want to be in peak condition in August,” said the Tokyo 2020 silver medalist. “Running 56 seconds in May is a step towards that. It’s very promising.”
Elsewhere, Kenya's Beatrice Chebet set a new world record in the women's 10,000m with a time of 28:54.14.
