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Matt Majendie

Josh Kerr exclusive: The trash talk among us runners is fun but it's a different story on the track

When Josh Kerr broke Mo Farah's two-mile indoor world record, his rival Jakob Ingebrigtsen suggested he would have beaten that time "blindfolded".

It came after the Scot had suggested the Norwegian, whom he beat to the 1500metre world title in Budapest last year, had weaknesses "on the track and in the manners realm".

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