Josh Kerr triumphs in the mile race at the Diamond League meet in Eugene, Oregon, breaking Steve Cram's 39-year-old national record with a time of 3:45.34, and defeating his rival Jakob Ingebrigtsen.
Josh Kerr, born in Edinburgh, made a significant decision to move to the US for an athletics scholarship at the University of New Mexico, where he has since excelled in middle-distance running, culminating in his recent record-breaking victory.
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Josh Kerr is a Scottish middle-distance runner who competes primarily in the 1500 metres. He won a gold medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships.
Kerr represented Great Britain at the 2017 World Championships but did not reach the semifinals. At th
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Jakob Ingebrigtsen is a Norwegian middle-distance runner. He won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the 1500 metres event, setting the new Olympic and European record.
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The inaugural season was
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Stephen Cram, CBE is a British retired track and field athlete. Along with fellow Britons Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett, he was one of the world's dominant middle distance runners during the 1980s.
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Andrea Fuentes Fache is a retired Spanish synchronised swimmer. She is the most decorated swimmer in the history of the Spanish national team, with four Olympic, 16 World Championship and 11 European Championship medals: her four Olympic medals also make
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Laura Muir is a British middle-distance runner. She specialises in the 800m, 1500m, 3000m and 5000m. She is the 2018 European champion in the 1500 metres, a two-time 2017 European Indoor champion, winning the 1500m/3000m double, a feat repeated in 2019, a