JOSH KERR is a reigning world champion and Olympic bronze medallist but a supreme competitive streak means he does not yet feel he has made Britain proud.
The plan is to change that at the World Indoor Championships, which start in Glasgow today.
The Scot has flown in from his adopted home in Albuquerque, United States, with a firm goal to win 3,000m gold in front of family and friends.
Only then will he feel worthy of headline status.
"There's an element that I have to go out and earn being the figurehead," said Kerr, 26.
"I don't feel like I've done the British fans as proud as I could have over the past couple of years in terms of performances in the UK.
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