Middle-distance runner Josh Kerr has mounted an upset victory in the men’s 1,500 meter at world championships, pulling ahead of favorite Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway in a dramatic backstretch comeback that keeps the title in British hands for the second straight year.
The performance marks the second worlds in a row where a British runner has won gold in the 1,500. Jake Wightman took the title last year.
But before forsaking communication technology, Kerr spoke to Wightman, a personal friend, who offered to give him any advice he needed ahead of the championships. And he did, in a sign that British middle distance runners are looking to be a force to be reckoned with in an event where they’ve not performed so successfully in decades.
It was Coe who presented Kerr with the gold medal Wednesday in Budapest — two British runners a generation apart who fought to bring the same prize to their country.
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