Jake Wightman targeting summer hat-trick after being inspired by Lord Coe
New world champion Jake Wightman is targeting a summer hat-trick after being inspired by Lord Coe.
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Highlights from the World Championships in Eugene
The World Championships finished in Eugene, Oregon, on Sunday with Great Britain winning seven medals.
Dominant Ingebrigtsen wins world 5,000m gold
EUGENE, Ore. : Jakob Ingebrigtsen made up for his 1,500 metres disappointment by winning the world 5,000m title in emphatic style on Sunday, taking the lead with three laps to go and driving home at a pace that nobody could live with.
Coe lauds spectacular Wightman win among his world highlights
EUGENE, Oregon : Sebastian Coe, the head of world athletics and twice Olympic champion over 1,500 metres, said it was spectacular to have a British male winner over the distance at the World Championships, particularly an athlete he knows very well.
Jake Wightman owed a Mars bar by Edinburgh club president after gold medal triumph
The 28-year-old, who moved to Linlithgow from Nottingham as a child, produced the performance of his life to beat Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen to the line in the men's 1,500 metres in Eugene, Oregon on Wednesday morning.
Jake Wightman will let gold medal sink in before turning attention to Birmingham
New world champion Jake Wightman admits he will be under the spotlight at the Commonwealth Games but needs time to process his achievement.
Jake Wightman takes sensational 1500m gold in World Athletics Championships
The 28-year-old won Great Britain's first gold in Eugene, Oregon to become the first Briton to win the 1500m in 39 years, since Steve Cram's victory in 1983.