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Josh Kerr breaks 39-year-old British mile record

Josh Kerr broke Steve Cram’s 39-year-old record at the Diamond League meet in Oregon.

He led in the final lap and finished with a time of three minutes 45.34 seconds.

The 26-year-old raced against his rival Jakob Ingebrigtsen – the first time since Kerr won the 1500m at the World Championships last year.

He told 5 Live Breakfast that he could β€œfeel the presence” of Ingebrigtsen behind him but that he just wanted to press on.

Kerr overtook him with 600 meters to go, holding his lead to take the win.

β€œIt was probably one of the best mile fields ever assembled”, Kerr said.

Fellow Britons Neil Gourley and Jake Wightman finished fourth and fifth.

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