World Athletics 1500m and Indoor 3000m Champion and Olympic 1500m bronze medallist Josh Kerr has been named as Captain to the Paris 2024 athletics team.
Kerr, who will compete for Team GB in the 1500m, was voted into the role by his fellow athletics team-mates and will be tasked with making the traditional Captain’s speech at the final team meeting tonight (Sunday 28 July) to inspire the 64-strong athletics squad.
Olympic Head Coach at UK Athletics, Paula Dunn, said, “Congratulations to Josh for receiving this honour from his team-mates for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. It is testament to his character and the way he carries himself that they’ve voted for him to take this role.
“I know how respected he is by the rest of the team for his professionalism, and his complete dedication to his performance is inspiring everyone here at preparation camp.”
Kerr said: “I’m truly honoured with the trust shown by my teammates to lead us into these Games. I want to be a supporter for the most experienced and an open book for our first timers, and do all I can to help us win those percentage battles over the next couple of weeks.
“Us athletes have had the ‘best of the best’ support staff and set-up provided to us in preparing for these Games and we want to repay that with our performances out there next week.”
Source link : https://www.britishathletics.org.uk/news-and-features/double-world-champion-josh-kerr-to-captain-athletics-team-for-paris-2024-olympic-games/
Author :
Publish date : 2024-07-28 08:04:01
Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
