Josh Kerr broke the world record for the mile at the Diamond League event in London on Saturday, but Keely Hodgkinson failed in her bid to break the oldest world record in athletics.
Great Britain's Kerr ran a remarkable time of 3.42.66, which saw him take 0.47 seconds off Moroccan Hicham El Guerrouj's mark of 3.43.13 set in 1999.
The mile is an event which is not typically run at World Championships or Olympic Games, but in March the former world 1500 metres champion announced his intention to try to break the record which had stood for 27 years.
Kerr took almost half a second off the time and the feat earned him a cheque for $50,000 (£37,000) in front of a rapturous crowd at the London Stadium.
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