Commonwealth Games poster boy Kerr delivers mile gold in Glasgow
Fresh from setting a new world record in the mile, Josh Kerr delivered Commonwealth Games gold for Scotland on home soil in the highlight of Saturday’s action, which saw 44 gold medals won. Kerr was 12 seconds slower than the mark of 3min 42.66sec he set in London last month to break Hicham El Guerrouj’s […] The post Commonwealth Games poster boy Kerr delivers mile gold in Glasgow appeared first on The Namibian .
Fresh from setting a new world record in the mile, Josh Kerr delivered Commonwealth Games gold for Scotland on home soil in the highlight of Saturday’s action, which saw 44 gold medals won.
Kerr was 12 seconds slower than the mark of 3min 42.66sec he set in London last month to break Hicham El Guerrouj’s record that had stood for 27 years.
But the Olympic silver-medallist could afford to whip up the crowd in celebration as he crossed the finish line in Glasgow after pulling well clear of the field.
Australia’s Cameron Myers took silver and Timothy Cheruiyot of Kenya the bronze as another Scot and former world champion Jake Wightman missed out on the podium.
Kenya’s Mathew Kipsang produced a decisive kick away from the pack on the final lap to win the men’s 5 000m and denied Australia’s Ky Robinson double gold after his success in the 10 000m.
