It took almost 39 years for Steve Cram's British one mile mark to fall and the record-breaker who beat it, Josh Kerr, used similarly bold front-running tactics

When Steve Cram ran 3:46.32 to win the Dream Mile in Oslo in July 1985, little did he realise it would survive as the British record for quite so long. Finally, on Saturday in Eugene, it fell to Josh Kerr as the world champion ran 3:45.34 to beat Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen. “It’s about time!” said Cram.