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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