{"id":54227,"date":"2026-03-28T19:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T19:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=54227"},"modified":"2026-03-28T19:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T19:40:08","slug":"c62jq00z14voat_mediumrssat_campaignrss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/03\/28\/c62jq00z14voat_mediumrssat_campaignrss\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Kerr to target long-standing men&#8217;s mile world record in London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The London Athletics Meet, one of 15 stops in this season&#8217;s Diamond League schedule, takes place on Saturday, 18 July.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Kerr reclaimed the indoor 3,000m title he won in Glasgow two years ago to complete his post-injury return to global success.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">That came six months after the 28-year-old&#8217;s world 1500m title defence in Tokyo was ruined when he tore a calf muscle during the final.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Back to full health and with no outdoor world championship to target in 2026, the Olympic 1500m medallist has decided to chase the mark of Morocco&#8217;s El Guerrouj over a mile, the distance at which he will seek Commonwealth gold on home soil two weeks later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;This sport needs moments. I think that setting my goals and being very clear on that is a huge part of giving this record the respect that it deserves,&#8221; Kerr said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;To do it in front of a British crowd would just make it extremely special. It&#8217;s going to be a tough one but I truly think that I&#8217;m capable of going after these times.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Josh #Kerr #target #longstanding #mens #mile #world #record #London<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The London Athletics Meet, one of 15 stops in this season&#8217;s Diamond League schedule, takes place on Saturday, 18 July.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54228,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54227"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54229,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54227\/revisions\/54229"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}