First Ingebrigtsen-Kerr trash talk of 2025 is here

Kerr is a 2x World Champion. How many world 1500 titles does Jakob have?

Josh Kerr is full of it. I’d wish Jakob would just stop playing into his words and just beat him at European and World Indoors. Dude is a tool.

The last time Jakob won a non paced race was only 7 months ago. The last time Kerr won a non-paced race was a year ago. The guy clearly just wants to get into Ingebrigtsen’s head.

I never cared for Cole Hocker until the final meters of that Paris 1500.

Josh Kerr crap stinks like no other

Uhhh, how many olympic titles does Kerr have? In any event?

I like the rivalry. I think JI is the better runner, but Kerr is no slouch and can't be taken for granted.

They both have inferiority complexes. They are lousy human beings who can run pretty well.

The last time Jakob beat Josh in a race that mattered was Eugene 22 which he lost

Not sure I get the Kerr deer on ice thing considering he fell the last time he ran an 800? Fish out of water maybe a better turn of phrase.

Jakob responded that way because Kerr hurt him with the truth. Jakob knows he is more of a time trialer who is so good he can win medals.

Spicy! To be fair, Kerr also used some self-deprecating humor right after his Jakob comment when pondering whether he would move up from the 800-1500 GST group to try the 3k-5k group: "Listen, do you think 1:45 (Kerr's 800m PB) is bad? 13:23 (Kerr's 5,000m PB) ain't looking too sexy these days. So not too sure with that one."

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Dude, this is all for show and nothing else. They are both playing everyone else and clearly succeeded in doing so. It's anything but trash talk...it's "pretend talk" to create interest which helps them both financially. Geez, let's make a mountain out of a molehill people.

And to nitpick a bit: Kerr is a solid time-trialer no doubt but that’s an indoor World Best and not in the same league as the old/new outdoor 3,000/2mi records and a little behind the current indoor 3000m record when you apply the 1.08 conversion. Jakob can say Kerr has dodged him in a few record attempts outdoors like in Monaco or Poland last year, or in Pre in 2023.

On the Jakob side, I don’t think his counter was such a sick burn. He could’ve stung him harder by saying cheekily that he enjoyed Kerr’s last 800m race, or that Kerr should worry that his legs might fall off from all the racing this year. A Cybertruck dig also works.

Exactly, it's crazy that nobody talks about Jakob having the same number of world 1500 titles as Kerr despite it being his off event. And faster times too. Just legendary.

Will we see Jakob in the Wannamaker mile?

Jakob should've just said "I hope that means Kerr will race me at Euros this year since he keeps dodging me there". The world record racing bit doesn't hit as hard when Kerr got silver in the Olympics and Jakob didn't medal in the 1500, and Kerr beat him at WCs 2023, and Kerr won indoor world gold at a meet Jakob didn't even go to (although I'm sure he would've if he wasn't hurt).

Not supporting either of them from Team Cringe.

Team Hocker!

What truth? Josh Kerr since 2021 has won a total of 9 non paced track finals. Jakob has won 12. Correct me if I’m wrong but almost his entire argument falls apart. The only thing Kerr has on Jakob is that he has a faster 800m PB. If I were Kerr though, I wouldn’t be so proud of calling out somebody of being tactically deficient when the last 800m he raced, he fell and got 2nd to last.

Listen, the only reason Kerr is stirring up these fantasies is to bolster his own self confidence and get into Jakob’s head, which is clearly working. This is why Jakob should ignore him and keep doing what he loves doing. Kerr can continue to dodge non paced races that he claims Jakob is inferior in, and trash talk on interviews.

Actually, it does hit as hard because Jakob has more Golds and more non paced wins in track finals despite holding incredible World Records. Josh Kerr is truly grasping at straws here.