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Kerr continued the race, dragged himself to the finish in four minutes 11.23 seconds, and concedes he “definitely did some more damage” in the final 600m. <\/p>\n
Subsequent scans have determined he has suffered a grade two tear of the muscle, but the Scot has no regrets about forcing himself to complete the distance.<\/p>\n
“My job is to get to the finish line as quickly as possible and that’s what I wanted to commit to – you never know what can happen in these races,” he added.<\/p>\n
“It’s frustrating and the journey on the way back is going to be an interesting one but I’m getting better already and definitely feeling the fire for 2026.”<\/p>\n
Kerr also posted photographs of his injured calf and a video of him doing some work in the pool.<\/p>\n
He explained he had kept a low profile since the final to “process” the injury and “to keep the focus where the focus is supposed to be – on the winners and the medals of that race and not of the sob stories”.<\/p>\n
“Massive congrats to the medallists, massive congrats to Jake – huge result for him and so awesome to see him back on the podium,” Kerr said.<\/p>\n
“Massive congratulations to the new world champion.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n