Victor also believes that he can beat Kerley in the 1500m and he even dared to bet Ksh 7,305.
Former World 100m champion Fred Kerley and two-time Commonwealth Games champion Lindon Victor have challenged each other to take up the 1500m and Kerley has vowed that he will definitely win.
Victor also believes that he can beat Kerley in the 1500m and he even dared to bet Ksh 7,305 but Kerley still insisted that he can easily beat the decathlete.
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“You can’t even do a 1500m…you saw what you did the other day,” Kerley said in a video posted by World Athletics.
Victor interjected and said: “I know Fred, I know I can beat him in the 1500m. I can put anything on it…I’ll beat him in the 1500m.”
Kerley then asked him how much he would want to bet and the Grenadian said Ksh 7,305 as they all laughed. He then added and said he would buy Kerley food. “A meal…a steak dinner,” he said.
Olympic champion Marcel Jacobs was also in the mix and he asked Victor about his surety on beating Kerley since he is a great athlete. Jacobs said: “Are you sure?”
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Kerley then intimidatingly told Victor that he would easily run around him since he was not built for such races. “I can jog around you…you’re not built like that,” he said.