Josh Kerr ‘not scared of failure’ as he targets one-mile world record in London

‘I like goals that are lofty and sport needs moments’ Keely Hodgkinson races in 800m in Diamond League A bullish Josh Kerr has insisted he is in the shape of his life and “not scared of failure” as he attempts to break the one-mile world record at Saturday’s London Diamond League. The former 1500m world champion and double Olympic medallist has developed a reputation as an admirably straight-talker throughout his career, unafraid to publicly state his ambitions. Few have ever been so lofty as the one that awaits this weekend though, as he attempts to surpass the great Hicham El Guerrouj’s one-mile mark of three minutes 43.13 seconds that has stood since 1999. An entire generation of athletics fans were not even alive to see it happen. Continue reading...