Photos by Danielle Alakija for British Athletics
Brilliant in Budapest: Josh Kerr added another global crown to his stellar career with Ultimate World Champs 1500m victory in Hungary.
The Mile World Record holder was home in 3:29.35 after pulling clear of all his challengers on the last lap, with young Australian Cameron Myers duly taking second place.
Josh had been typically confident in advance and the only bizarre surprise of the whole evening was a predicted 13th place finish on TV screen captions. Only 12 men raced !
That coverage error mattered not one jot to Josh as he landed a $150,000 pay-day and completed what has been a truly remarkable calendar year.
The highlights reel will feature winning World Indoors gold over 3000m; his stunning World Record run in London in July; and, of course, that ‘home win’at Scotstoun in the Commonwealth Games Men’s Mile when representing Team Scotland.
There is a very cogent argument now for promoting the Scotsman as World Athletics Male Athlete of the Year. Watch this space!
Jake Wightman, after sixth place finishes in the Commonwealth Games and the European Champs, rounded off his season in Budapest, too. Jake was ninth in 3:31.96.
Norwegian idol Jakob Ingebrigtsen didn’t make the 15000m start-line after winning the Men’s 5000m title on Friday night.
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