Kerr smashes 43-year record in winning 5th Avenue Mile

Josh Kerr won nan 5th Avenue Mile title successful New York for nan 2nd consecutive twelvemonth and smashed nan 43-year-old people record.

The Scot came location successful 3 minutes 44.3 seconds, much than 3 seconds faster than nan erstwhile champion group by Sydney Maree successful 1981.

Just 3 days aft finishing 5th successful nan Zurich Diamond League meeting, nan world 1500m champion and Olympic metallic medallist vanished up of American Josh Hoey and Kenyan Amon Kemboi.

Kerr, 26, now holds 2 of nan 3 fastest times successful nan race's history.

His chap Scot Neil Gourley vanished 16th.