to take victory at the World Championships<\/a> in Budapest last year.<\/p>\nIt led to barbed comments between the pair – Ingebrigtsen calling Kerr \u201cjust the next guy\u201d while the Scot hit back saying his rival had \u201cmajor weaknesses\u201d.<\/p>\n
The pair face off for the first time since that race at the Prefontaine Classic on Saturday in Eugene, Oregon on Saturday, when they will compete in the mile race.<\/p>\n
Fellow Briton Jake Wightman – who similarly beat Ingebrigtsen at the 2022 Worlds – is also in the line-up.<\/p>\n
For Ingebrigtsen, it will be a first race of 2024 following an Achilles injury.<\/p>\n
At a news conference on Friday before the Diamond League event the athletes were asked about their relationship.<\/p>\n
“If we take a step back and look at it, it’s good for the sport,” said Ingebrigtsen, citing the \u201chype and attention\u201d around their rivalry and how it could generate attention.<\/p>\n
Kerr, however, says he doesn\u2019t care about ruffling up rivals.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are fierce competitors who both want to be the best in the world and that’s not going to change,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
“I’m here trying to be the best in the world. I showed I could do that last year and I want to continue that pursuit.<\/p>\n
“If that annoys people or ruffles up competitors I am sure it will because the whole world is trying to do what I am doing.<\/p>\n
“I don’t really care how this race affects anyone else. It’s going to affect my season and my career and that’s the selfish way that I look at my racing because it’s an individual sport.”<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, American sprinter Sha’carri Richardson will run her first 100m of the Olympic year at the event.<\/p>\n
The world champion will be up against a field which includes Jamaican great Elaine Thompson-Herah, a five-time Olympic gold medallist.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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