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.
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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.
Alison Dos Santos Dethrones Karston Warholm, Jake Wightman Shocks Jakob Ingebrigtsen
Alison Dos Santos ended Karsten Warholm's reign as hurdles king at the world championships on Tuesday while Britain's Jake Wightman won his country's first 1500m gold in 39 years on a day of upsets. Warholm may have been behind one of the most iconic moments in Olympic history when he smashed the 29-year-old world record to win the 400m hurdles at the Tokyo Games in a time of 45.94 sec. But the 26-year-old came to Eugene on the back of a hamstring injury which ultimately put paid to his medal attempt here. Instead, Dos Santos ran the third fastest time of all time and a championship record of 46.29 sec to win gold ahead of Americans Rai Benjamin and Trevor Bassitt.
World Athletics Championships: Jake Wightman stuns field to claim 1500 metres gold - with his father on commentary
Great Britain's Jake Wightman produced the finest run of his career to stun Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen and take gold in the 1500 metres at the World Championships in Eugene. Wightman, who secured European and Commonwealth medals in 2018, beat a strong field that also contained Kenyans Timothy Cheruiyot, the defending champion, and Abel Kipsang, who had not been beaten all year. Ad/> The 28-year-old British runner held strong position across the opening laps, moving towards the front as the runners took the bell.
World Championships: Dos Santos dethrones Warholm after storming to 400m hurdles gold
Alison Dos Santos ended Karsten Warholm's reign as hurdles king at the World Athletics Championships on Tuesday while Britain's Jake Wightman won his country's first 1500m gold in 39 years on a day of upsets.
Wightman wins gold with dad in the commentary box
Beating the Olympic champion to win a World Championship gold medal is a feeling few athletes get to experience but Jake Wightman is unique in doing it with his dad commentating on the race, live in the stadium.
Jake Wightman stuns 1500m field to claim world title as dad commentates
As Jake Wightman was celebrating the greatest and most dramatic heist of these world championships to snatch Britain’s first gold medal here in Eugene, the giant screen at Hayward Field suddenly switched to the stadium announcer.
Alison dos Santos, Jake Wightman dethrone Karsten Warholm, Jakob Ingebrigtsen
In Norway, the newspaper headline translated to, “Hunting Two Gold Tonight.” Neither Karsten Warholm nor Jakob Ingebrigtsen delivered.