Kerr Confirms Sights Set On Glasgow 2026

Josh Kerr says he is readying for a "very special" Commonwealth Games aft confirming he intends to title successful Glasgow adjacent summer.

The Olympic metallic medalist and existent world champion from Edinburgh revealed he is targeting nan location arena connected nan backmost of coasting to triumph successful nan 5,000m astatine nan UK Athletics Championships.

Last week marked nan 1 twelvemonth to spell people for nan Games to return to Scotland, 11 years aft nan metropolis past hosted nan event.

"Of people nan Commonwealths are successful my plans and connected my mind for adjacent year," said Kerr.

"Racing for Team Scotland would beryllium a large woody for maine and I consciousness very fortunate we person nan Commonwealth Games again coming to nan UK. It is going to beryllium successful Glasgow and that tin beryllium very special.

"It is simply a large portion of my almanac for 2026 and I will look guardant to that. The Europeans are successful Birmingham a mates of weeks later."

The 28-year-old is presently preparing for his title defence astatine 1500m astatine nan World Championships successful September.

And Kerr, who eased to triumph complete nan weekend, says he is keen to springiness a amended relationship of himself astatine adjacent year's Games compared to Birmingham 3 years ago.

The Scot vanished 12th successful nan 1500m, and said: "Last clip around, present successful Birmingham, it was not a awesome acquisition aliases effort from maine – location were tons of reasons for that successful nan summertime of 2022.

'But my occupation is to execute consistently – and do that for everyone watching and for myself."