Josh Kerr reveals why his Olympic battles with Jakob Ingebrigtsen may be OVER – after the bitter rivals were upset by American underdog Cole Hocker in an epic 1500m final

Josh Kerr thinks he may have had his last Olympic showdown with Jakob Ingebrigtsen – as he does not expect his Norwegian rival to run the 1500 metres in Los Angeles.

British star Kerr won a silver medal in an epic 1500m final on Tuesday night, beating defending champion Ingebrigtsen, who came fourth, but losing to American underdog Cole Hocker.

Ingebrigtsen was back in action at the Stade de France on Wednesday morning, competing in the 5,000m.

And Kerr believes that might be the distance Ingebrigtsen, 23, chooses to concentrate on by the time the next Olympics come round in LA in 2028.

‘He’s obviously pretty dominant in the 5,000m,’ said Kerr. ‘I can’t see him running the 1500m for another whole Olympic cycle.

The pair were upset by the American underdog Cole Hocker, who came through in a new Olympic record time

‘But he’s running really, really fast times, so that’s not really down to me. I’ll be sticking to my 1500m.’

Tuesday night’s race was one of the best yet of the Paris Olympics, with Hocker sprinting through to take gold in an Olympic record of 3min 27.65sec, while Kerr broke Mo Farah’s British record with 3:27.79.

Such was the sporting spectacle, Kerr believes Netflix should make a documentary about the middle distances as a sequel to Sprint, which follows the world’s best 100m and 200m runners.

‘I think it would be cool, I think there would be compelling stories,’ said Kerr. ‘Maybe some of the guys are a little bit boring but I’m sure we’d be able to spice it up enough.

‘I think they did a really good job with Sprint but if you’re going to pick another discipline, it’s difficult not to look at the men’s 1500m.’

Kerr was forced to settle for a silver medal, having claimed bronze in Tokyo. He did manage to beat his rival, who failed to medal

Kerr also revealed he had a ‘handful’ of pints to celebrate his silver medal on Tuesday, an upgrade on the bronze he won at Tokyo three years ago.

‘The definition of handful was that my hand was full at all times,’ said the Scot with a smile. ‘It was good fun. My head was little bit sore this morning but it’s better than my legs being sore.’