British middle distance runner Josh Kerr has shattered the 27-year world mile record at London Stadium as he made his "Project 222" a reality, shaving almost three seconds off his personal best in the process.The 28-year-old, roared on by a capacity 60,000 crowd 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. His achievement has made him the seventh Briton to hold the mile record and the first since Steve Cram in 1985.El Guerrouj set his world record in 1999 when Kerr was only a year old.Josh Kerr during his successful mile world record attempt.HENRY NICHOLLSKerr, the 2023 world 1500m champion, said in March that he would target the Moroccan's record, building 222-second ice-bath recoveries into his training."Going after records like that is not really anything about fitness, it's about wrapping your mind around that time. That's why this was called Project 222," Kerr said.He was presented with a cheque for $50,000 for breaking the record."I feel very lucky to push this forward and bring it back to the UK because I feel like that's where the mile belongs. Hopefully it can stay for a while."I knew I had 3:42 in me. If I'm going to leave my mark on this sport as a British athlete ... I have to be able to do those performances. And those performances take every single part of you and every single part of your team. This feels incredible," he said.- Reuters