Olympic star Josh Kerr tells Netflix to exploit fierce 1500m rivalry and insists it is made for TV drama

Scotland's Olympic poster boy Josh Kerr has urged Netflix to capitalise on the men’s 1500m rivalry for their next documentary by promising: 'We could spice it up', writes Fraser Wilson in Paris.

The world champion Edinburgh runner - based in Albuquerque - was pipped to the gold medal in Paris by USA star Coke Hocker in a final for the ages on Tuesday night. The 1500m final was billed the showdown of the Games after the build-up was dominated by Kerr’s running war of words with Norwegian nemesis Jakob Ingebrigtsen. But it was outsider Hocker who rewrote the script as he produced a sensational home-straight burst to pip Kerr to the gold medal.

Now the Scot, who is featuring in Netflix documentary Sprint, reckons his 1500m rivals would make for compelling viewing. He said: “I think it would be cool. There would be some compelling stories. Maybe some of the guys are a little bit boring but I’m sure we could spice it up enough. I’ve not finished Sprint yet but I’m really enjoying it. I think they did a really good job with it. If you were going to pick another discipline it’s difficult not to look at the men’s 1500. That’s a biased opinion.

"I’m going to try and work on stuff like that this year and give a bit more behind the scenes of what I do. We’re going to have the grand slam track series this year coming up and that’s going to bring in a whole new dynamic. I’m coming in as two-time defending world champion next year indoor and outdoor so lots of work to be done.”

Kerr’s feud with Ingebrigtsen goes back over a year to when he beat the Norwegian to the world championship gold. Ingebrigtsen claimed he wasn’t feeling 100 per cent for the Budapest showdown and dubbed Kerr “just the next guy”. Leading up to the Olympics the