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Emotional Kerr delivers moment Glasgow 2026 has waited for with men's mile gold
There were no pacers. No wave lights. No declarations about what time he would run or what record he would beat. This was a Saturday night scrap - Glasgow rules - and Josh Kerr wasn't going to let anyone beat him in that fight.
Not his childhood pal and Scotland team-mate Jake Wightman. Not the Australian prodigy Cam Myers. Not the former Olympic silver medallist Timothy Cheruiyot.
This Commonwealth Games men's mile was his race, in his country, in front of his people. This gold medal really meant something.
Kerr's explosion of joy after he crossed the line and swaddled himself in a Saltire - having conducted the crowd during his final few strides - made that clear.
And so did his halting attempts to sing along with Flower of Scotland, the 28-year-old repeatedly stopping to bite his lip before wiping away tears from each eye.
"We rush through these moments so quickly," Kerr told BBC Sport Scotland, having spent the best part of 45 minutes doing selfies and signatures. "So I was just telling myself to slow down.
"In my head, I was flashing through all the hard moments and realising that I've come a long way. And to have Flower of Scotland playing versus the GB national anthem, it's just different. Not many times in my career I'll ever have that."
Britain's Kerr breaks 27-year mile world record in London
When Kerr crossed the line, the clock showed he was almost eight seconds slower than when running the fastest time ever for the mile in London last month. Three minutes 54.12 seconds.
What it didn't show was that for three of the four laps, this was more rammy than race.