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.

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«It probably won't [sink in] until I've retired. It's mad. »I had such a disappointing year in Tokyo last year.

I don't think people realise how crushing it was to go in with such high expectations and come away hoping for a medal but ending up with tenth. «I just knew, here, take the pressure off, the only thing that can happen is that it is a better run than last year. »I just got a whiff of it on the last lap — I knew if I was there with 200 [metres] to go, I was going to do everything I