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.

He came home won in three minutes 29.23 seconds ahead of Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen, the pre-race favourite, and Spain's Mohamed Katir. Wightman's GB and Edinburgh AC teammate Josh Kerr finished fifth.

Dad and coach Geoff was chief executive at Scottish Athletics, which led to Wightman being schooled in Edinburgh at Stewart's Melville and Fettes College.

He is also the stadium announcer at Hayward Field and commentated on his son winning gold. Wightman hopes his achievement managed to break his dad's commentating style.

"Dad can be a bit of a robot on the mic sometimes, some people say robot some say professional," he smiled. "I hope he broke that down today. It will be interesting to watch it back. My mum was in tears, at least someone was crying.

"I didn't hear him, hopefully that's because he was a bit emotional. One of the first things he said was 'get ready for Commies (Commonwealth Games) now'.

"I'm 28 now, I don't know how many more opportunities I will get to do this and I hope there is a lot more to come. I need to make the most of it. It's important to hit the milestone like this, seven, eight-year-old me would never have believed.

"There are so many people who have helped me get to this point. My dad has coached me since I was 14 or 15. Every club coach from Edinburgh, Loughborough Uni, British Athletics have all played a part. The main thing is to now thank everyone who has helped me."

Wightman was already the fastest man this year and went for the win with 200m to go. Ingebrigtsen was unable to react and Wightman held on to take the biggest win