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.

His success came just hours after Edinburgh AC had moved back into their home at Meadowbank Stadium after a long absence due to a major refurbishment.

"It's amazing," said club president Yvonne Jones. "We have been out of Meadowbank for four and a half years. We've been all across the city, we've had coaches working in parks.

"We just went back to Meadowbank last night and less than 24 hours later we've got a gold medal in a World Championships. I'm a bit excited."

Wightman joined the club as a teenager and was a student at Erskine Stewart’s Melville and Fettes College before he went on to study at Loughborough University.

He has continued to represent Edinburgh AC even after moving back south and having a schedule that now takes him around the world.

His time of three minutes 29.23 in Eugene was a lifetime best and the fastest time in the world this year.

Jones said: "He's very loyal to the club. He still wears that vest and is proud to put it on.

"I don't see him a lot but I am in touch with him regularly. I owe him a Mars bar every time he gets a PB. I've been doing that since he was a kid.

"He does occasionally say, 'remember you owe me that Mars bar’. You can tell I was never the coach. I was always the team manager."

Olympic bronze medallist Josh Kerr, another Edinburgh athlete, finished fifth in the same race.

Jones said: "It was a really exciting race, packed with inspirational athletes. It was great to see them both there.

"As we go back into Meadowbank, with new kids coming into the club