we start at the world athletics championship in budapest, and what a day for great britain sjosh kerr, he s taken gold in the men s 1500m after a thrilling race in hungary. the olympic bronze medallist, timed his surge to perfection, he was neck and neck with norway s jakob ingebrigtsen going into the final 200m, before breaking his rival in the final50. the 25 year old clocked a season s best 3.29.38 seconds to make his first podium at a world championships. but it was history repeating itself for ingebrigtsen. the reigning olympic champion, beaten into silver as he was in similar circumstances at the last world championships in eugene. the day and the gold though belonging tojosh kerr. it s been a long time coming. it s quite an overwhelming experience. but i m so proud of myself, i m so proud of my team and my family, they got me here. i didn t feel like i ran the best race either, i just threw my whole 16 years
hello. i m marc edwards, welcome to sportsday. here s what we ve got coming up on our show. kerr the conqueror. the british olympic bronze medallist takes gold at the world championships. bernardo silva stays at city stopping the summer of speculation, the portuguese playmaker signs until 2026. billy banned. vunipola joins owen farrell on the suspended list with england s rugby world cup plans in disarray. hello and thanks for joining us on sportsday.
joining us on sportsday. we start at the world athletics championship in budapest, and what a day for great britain sjosh kerr, he s taken gold in the men s 1500 metres after a thrilling race in hungary. the olympic bronze medallist, timed his surge to perfection, he was neck and neck with norway s jakob ingebrigtsen going into the final 200m, before breaking his rival in the final50. the 25 year old clocked a season s best 3.29.38 seconds to make his first podium at a world championships. but it was history repeating itself for ingebrigtsen. the reigning olympic champion, beaten into silver as he was in similar circumstances at the last world championships in eugene. the day and the gold though belonging tojosh kerr. it s been a long time coming. it s been a long time coming. it is quite an overwhelming experience. but i m so proud of myself, i m so proud of my team
hello. i m marc edwards, welcome to sportsday. here s what weve got coming up on our show. kerr the conqueror. the british olympic bronze medallist takes gold at the world championships. bernardo silva stays at city stopping the summer of speculation, the portuguese playmaker signs until 2026. billy banned. vunipola joins owen farrell on the suspended list with england s rugby world cup plans in disarray. hello and thanks for
to become the 1500 metre world champion in budapest. our sports correspondent natalie pirks is there. the effort etched on his face was soon replaced by chest thumping joy. josh kerr was finally the world champion. it s a lifelong dream to be the best in the world at something and i can t believe i ve done it. i hope this isn t a dream. i want to see my fiance, i want to see my parents and just celebrate with them. and i wasn t able to do that in tokyo when i got the bronze there. and, yeah, this one was pretty sweet. there goesjosh kerr! ingebrigtsen cannot hold him! orcan he? for years, he d been telling anyone who would listen that this was his destiny. the olympic champion jakob ingebrigtsen stood in his way. going into the final bend, the norwegian was more thanjust in his sights he was chasing him down. as injured team mate jake wightman, last year s world champion, looked on, kerr ensured the title stayed in britain. josh is going to get there! it s gold! world champion josh k