World 1,500m champion Josh Kerr got here to the 2024 World Indoor Championship to make an announcement, and that he did, successful one other world title within the males’s 3,000m in entrance of a Scottish crowd.
Kerr executed an ideal race plan, positioning himself on the entrance when it mattered, and trusting that no athlete within the discipline might beat him over a two-lap dash. Kerr surged previous Ethiopia’s Selemon Barega (the Olympic 10,000m champion) across the remaining bend, sprinting by the road in 7:42.98 to win Nice Britain’s first gold medal at these championships.
American Yared Nuguse gained the primary championship medal of his profession, crossing the road for silver in 7:43.59. Ethiopia’s Barega gained bronze in 7:43.64.
This medal was private for Kerr, who was referred to as “simply one other man” by his rival, Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen, after Kerr beat him within the males’s 1,500m in Budapest final 12 months. “It is a second I’ll keep in mind for the remainder of my profession,” Kerr advised Canadian Working on his world indoor gold. “I got here right here as a result of I knew I used to be able to win a world title. You’ll be able to’t flip down these alternatives.”
The second Kerr gained gold, the roar on the Emirates Enviornment in Glasgow was unmatched. Kerr instantly sprinted down the again straight, grabbing the primary Scottish flag he noticed. “I stole the flag off a toddler; I ‘m going to have to seek out her and provides it again,” laughed Kerr. “I didn’t know the place my household was; I believed the gang deserved to have a second to have fun. They got here out within the 1000’s.”
In the event you’re questioning the place Josh Kerr 🏴 received his flag, it’s a wild story. It’s a second one child will keep in mind perpetually!#WICGlasgow24 pic.twitter.com/lL7H9FPhih
— Canadian Working (@CanadianRunning) March 2, 2024
When Kerr was requested about his feud with Ingebrigtsen and what this world indoor win would do to the rivalry, he reiterated that he’s not enthusiastic about it. “I have to preserve believing in myself and giving myself these alternatives to win.”
Kerr gained one in every of two gold medals for the host nation, Group GB, on Saturday evening. British pole vaulter Molly Caudery continued her record-setting season on house soil, successful the ladies’s pole vault with a bounce of 4.80m. Canada’s Alysha Newman was one of many athletes poised to problem Caudery, however was compelled to not begin after struggling a coaching harm to her ankle within the days prior.
“I used to be cooling down from coaching day and clipped a hurdle, went to the hospital and came upon it was a Grade 2 ATFL sprain,” says Newman. “We knew there was going to be ache, however I felt nice this morning, however the second I hit that second gear of choosing up greater poles and sprinting arduous, my ankle wasn’t taking it.”
Regardless of the last-minute harm, Newman says she took a step in the precise path this indoor season as she appears forward to @Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/LUV1E6YUIG
— Canadian Working (@CanadianRunning) March 2, 2024
With Olympic success being Newman’s foremost focus this season, she was in good spirits about her bouncing again in time for Paris. By Day 2 on the 2024 World Indoor Championships, Canada’s medal rely stays at one, with Sarah Mitton’s gold within the shot put. Lucia Stafford and Kieran Lumb may have an opportunity so as to add to that whole Sunday night within the males’s and girls’s 1,500m finals.
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