3 h. ago The unexpected advantage behind Josh Kerr’s quest to retain 1500m world title

The reigning 1500m world champion has a target on his back as he defends his title in Tokyo but he reveals that’s just the way he likes it and could even boost his hopes of a famous double in Tokyo

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11 h. ago Josh Kerr challenges rivals to ‘come and get it’ ahead of World title defence

The likes of in-form Dutchman Niels Laros and the recovering Jakob Ingebrigtsen have dominated attention in the build-up to the event in Tokyo.

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11 h. ago Josh Kerr: ‘It’s my world 1500m title. If they want it they can come and get it’

Briton insists that winning gold at world championships will be the easiest thing he has done in the last six weeksAs Josh Kerr prepares for a men’s 1500m with more intrigue and mystery than a Seicho Matsumoto novel, he wants to make one thing clear. He is, without any doubt in his mind, the man to beat at these world championships.Kerr knows that everyone is bigging up Niels Laros, the staggeringly talented 20-year-old from the Netherlands who won the Diamond League final, and the 18-year-old Kenyan Phanuel Koech, who thumped him in London. Cole Hocker, the American who pipped him in an Olympic final for the ages, is one of many other dangers too. But as he prepares for Saturday’s heats, there is no mistaking Kerr’s supreme confidence. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago World Athletics Championships: Hunt, Kerr and Lake among Britons to watch

The action gets under way in Tokyo this weekend.

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40 h. ago Hunt, Kerr and Lake among British athletes to watch at World Championships

The action gets under way in Tokyo this weekend.

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2 w. ago Georgia Hunter Bell to challenge Keely Hodgkinson in 800m as Great Britain’s World Championship team announced

World champions Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Josh Kerr also handed wildcards to compete

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4 w. ago Livingston runner who beat Laura Muir sets sights on GB place at World Championships

Sarah Calvert stunned elite athlete Muir to win the UK 1500m title

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