When you give your best but fate has other plans, the pain cuts deeper than the injury itself. That’s exactly what Josh Kerr felt in the 1500m final. The defending champion saw his reign crumble in heartbreaking fashion after pulling his calf mid-race. “I felt pretty confident going into the final and was just ready to send it, and then with 600m to go in the world final, fully pulled my calf,” Kerr recalled. But quitting wasn’t in his DNA. Despite the searing pain, he fought on, limping across the line in 14th place with a time of 4:11.23. The injury was brutal, so much so that he couldn’t even walk up the stairs to face the media. Later, he revealed it was a stage 2 calf tear. Days have passed since that cruel twist of fate, and Kerr has finally broken his silence, opening up about how

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