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Matt Hudson-Smith sails into 400m final at Worlds and declares: 'I can win this'

The Jake Wightman effect also brought the best out of Aimee Pratt, who took more than three seconds off the British 3000m steeplechase record she broke for the first time just four days ago

Daily Mirror

Matt Hudson-Smith eases into 400m final at World Athletics Championships

Hudson-Smith reached the 400m final as the second-fastest qualifier

The Independent UK

Jake Wightman reveals change to training that gave him strength to rule world

Wightman's Olympic postmortem identified that while he had finishing speed, he needed to build strength to deliver him to the right position to take advantage of it

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Geoff Wightman lost for words as son Jake triumphed in the men’s 1500m final

JAKE WIGHTMAN's father was eventually lost for words at his son’s world championship victory – after sticking to his own script in commentating…

The National (Scotland)

Jake Wightman's stunning 1,500-meter win makes for surreal family moment

EUGENE, Ore. — In the uppermost row of Hayward Field's section 222, Geoff Wightman looked away from the men's 1,500-meter medal ceremony taking place on the track two decks of grandstands beneath him and allowed his gaze to drift into the Coburg Hills. He blinked twice, breathed deeply once and,…

Los Angeles Times

Jake Wightman's dad tells all after sharing world gold medal joy with his son

Geoff Wightman had provided the soundtrack to his son’s races for as long as he could remember, but this was something new. Jake had just become Britain’s first male world 1500m champion since Steve Cram in 1983

Daily Mirror

Jake Wightman will let gold medal sink in before turning attention to Birmingham

Wightman is back in action at the Commonwealth Games

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World Championships | Dos Santos dethrones Warholm, Wightman shocks Ingebrigtsen

Dos Santos ran the third fastest time of all time and a championship record of 46.29sec to win gold ahead of Americans Rai Benjamin and Trevor Bassitt

The Hindu

Jake Wightman owed a Mars bar by athletics club coach after ‘amazing’ gold medal

The Scot produced the performance of his life to beat Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen to the line in the men’s 1,500m

The Independent UK

Who is Nottingham-born Jake Wightman? The first British man to win World Championship gold in the 1,500m since Steve Cram

The Nottingham-born athlete stunned the world of athletics with his storming run at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon

Nottingham Post

‘It’s all been worth it’: Jake Wightman in dreamland after emulating Cram’s gold

Jake Wightman hopes to build on his stunning 1500m world championship gold medal by adding the Commonwealth title and the European 800m crown during the next five weeks

The Guardian - UK

Briton Wightman Takes Surprise 1,500m Gold with Dad Commentating

Briton Jake Wightman took a superb world championship 1,500m gold as he out-kicked Olympic champion and hot favorite Jakob Ingebrigtsen on the final lap on Tuesday, with his proud father Geoff calling him home as the stadium announcer. Wightman's father and coach, used to the combination by now but never…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Jake Wightman wins 1500m gold at World Championships as father commentates

Wightman won 1500m gold as his dad Geoff commentated

The Independent UK

Steve Cram hails Jake Wightman’s bravery to win World Championship gold

Wightman secured the country’s first victory in the event since Cram in 1983.

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Jake Wightman: From a running family with dreams of hitting the top

Wightman is the new world champion after his 1500m victory in Eugene.

Evening Standard

Jake Wightman holds off Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen to seal shock 1500m title

Jake Wightman produced the run of his life to become the first British man to win a 1500metre world title since Steve Cram in 1983.

The Guardian - AU

Jake Wightman stuns 1500m field to claim world title as dad commentates

A pre-race outsider in a stellar field, the 28-year-old delivered Team GB’s first gold medal of the World Athletics Championships in Eugene

The Independent UK

Family affair as Jake Wightman clinches 1500m gold at World Championships

Wightman won 1500m gold as his dad Geoff commentated

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The Independent UK

Jake Wightman claims 1500m world title as his father commentates

Wightman took a stunning 1500m world title in Eugene

Daily Mirror

Josh Kerr out to dazzle 1500m rivals with golden shades and Braveheart spirit

“I am Scottish. I never have any fear. I grew up racing against the English... and it was very much the same story with people bigging them up"

The National (Scotland)

Jake Wightman determined to follow up on British Championships success at worlds

IT says it all about Jake Wightman’s aspirations that despite finishing a hugely creditable tenth in the Olympic 1500m final last summer, he knew…

Daily Mirror

World Athletics Championships 2022: TV coverage, schedule and start times in Oregon

The World Athletics Championships are back - and you won't miss a moment of the action in Oregon with this full summary of each event, schedule and how to watch along

The National (Scotland)

Unburdened Laura Muir has sights set on title at World Athletics Championships

THERE’S nothing quite like getting the monkey off your back to release some pressure.

The National (Scotland)

Neil Gourley claims he's proved UK Athletics' experts wrong by securing selection for world championships

NEIL GOURLEY claims he has proved his backers right – and UK Athletics' experts wrong – by securing selection for next month’s world…

The Guardian - UK

Neita and Azu upset favourites to win 100m finals at UK Championships

The established pecking order of British sprinting was blown spectacularly off kilter with shocks in both the women’s and men’s 100m finals of the national trials after victories for Daryll Neita and Jeremiah Azu

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