11 h. ago Why Jake Wightman has no regrets over agonising World Championship silver medal

In a dramatic 1500m final, Wightman was dramatically pipped on the line by Isaac Nader but still brought home GB’s first medal of the Championships in Tokyo

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12 h. ago Josh Kerr limps over finish line after pulling up injured in World Championship 1500m final

Kerr’s hopes of emulating Seb Coe with back-to-back World Championship gold were ended by injury but the Scot battled on to complete the race

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13 h. ago Jake Wightman reveals how he overcame ‘very bleak years’ to land silver medal at World Athletics Championships

The Briton produced an outstanding run to claim 1500m silver to complete a remarkable comeback from injury, with defending champion and Team GB colleague Josh Kerr pulling up injured before finishing last

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13 h. ago Jake Wightman secures 1500m world silver as Josh Kerr pulls up in Tokyo final

Portugal’s Isaac Nader triumphed, with Dutch favourite Niels Laros finishing fifth.

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13 h. ago World Athletics Championships: Great Britain clinch first medal as Jake Wightman takes silver in 1500m

Reigning world champion Josh Kerr pulled up with an injury midway through the race

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13 h. ago Jake Wightman stuns to land medal in world 1500m final as Josh Kerr suffers title defence dejection

How Scots trio fared in final of men’s 1500m in Tokyo

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13 h. ago USA’s Katie Moon rises again to claim third successive world pole vault gold

34-year-old also won Olympic gold in Tokyo in 2021Sandi Morris wins silver at worlds for fourth timeUSA’s Katie Moon leapt to gold in Tokyo on Wednesday in a thrilling final to become the first woman to win three successive pole vault titles at the World Athletics Championships.Moon has fond memories of Japan – she won gold at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. This time she edged out compatriot Sandi Morris with a final successful leap at a season’s best 4.90m. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Jake Wightman pipped on line as Isaac Nader surges to 1500m World Championship gold

Silver medal for GB but injured Josh Kerr finishes lastJust 0.02sec second separates first from secondWe have seen some extraordinary men’s 1500m finals in recent years. Put Tokyo down as another stone-cold classic. Most expected a shootout between Britain’s Josh Kerr and the young Dutch superstar Niels Laros. Instead the Portuguese Isaac Nader swooped from the gods and ripped up the script.For much of the final 200m it looked as though Britain’s Jake Wightman was about to repeat his gold medal victory in Eugene in 2022. That would have been some story, given he has missed much of the past three years since due to succession of injuries, starting with a fractured foot while doing plyometrics.This report will be updated Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Jake Wightman’s ‘perfect fairytale’ denied on the line as Isaac Nader surges to 1500m gold

Silver medal for 31-year-old as injury thwarts Josh KerrJust 0.02sec separates first from second in Tokyo thrillerWhen Jake Wightman sat on the bus to the 1500m heats at the World Athletics Championships on Sunday, he told himself that if he failed to make it through he was done. He was 31. His body was breaking down so often he felt he had post-traumatic stress disorder. And he feared his best days were behind him. Yet, just three days later, what had seemed like a final hurrah became a glorious resurrection.What a fighter. What an athlete. What a 1500m final. Most expected this to be a shootout between Britain’s defending champion, Josh Kerr, and the young Dutch star Niels Laros. Instead the script was flipped on its head and ripped into pieces. Twice. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Jake Wightman’s ‘perfect fairytale’ denied on the line by Isaac Nader surge

Silver medal for Briton in Tokyo as injury thwarts KerrJust 0.02sec separates first from second in 1500m finalWhen Jake Wightman sat on the bus to the 1500m heats at the World Athletics Championships on Sunday, he told himself that if he failed to make it through he was done. He was 31. His body was breaking down so often that he felt he had post‑traumatic stress disorder. And he feared his best days were behind him. Yet, just three days later, what had seemed like a final hurrah became a glorious resurrection.What a fighter. What an athlete. What a 1500m final. Most expected this to be a shootout between Britain’s defending champion, Josh Kerr, and the young Dutch star Niels Laros. Instead the script was flipped on its head and ripped into pieces. Twice. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago Josh Kerr was put in his place after beating Mo Farah record and uses sunglasses to weird

Josh Kerr will start the 1500m final in Tokyo looking to secure back-to-back World Athletics Championships gold medals in the same event and join a select group of athletes

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32 h. ago When is World Athletics Championship men's 1500m final? How to watch Josh Kerr defend world title in Tokyo

TV channel and live stream details for men’s 1500m final

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41 h. ago Jake Wightman bidding to recreate history at World Athletics Championships in Tokyo

The Manchester-based runner is back in the World Championship final in Tokyo as one of three Brits

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61 h. ago Josh Kerr ready for ‘real battle’ as Niels Laros qualifies quickest for world 1500m final

Defending champion Kerr will be joined in the final by fellow Scots Jake Wightman and Neil Gourley.

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6 d. ago Study predicts Usain Bolt would have run 100m in 9.42 seconds in super spikes

Data showed Bolt would have knocked 0.16sec off recordLegend backs Jamaicans to beat Lyles in Tokyo 100mA new scientific study has predicted that Usain Bolt would have run the 100m in 9.42 seconds in super spikes – an astonishing 0.16 faster than his current world record set in 2009. But one man who isn’t arguing is the legendary Jamaican himself.Bolt, who is in Tokyo to present the medals for the 100m final at the world athletics championships on Sunday, said he wasn’t surprised with the findings. “I fully agree with it,” he said. “Because one athlete that continued after I retired was Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and she got faster with the new spikes. I probably would have run way faster with them too.” Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Study predicts Usain Bolt would have run 100m in 9.42sec in super spikes

Data suggests Bolt would have knocked 0.16sec off recordLegend backs Jamaicans to beat Lyles in Tokyo 100mA new scientific study has predicted that Usain Bolt would have run the 100m in 9.42sec in super spikes – an astonishing 0.16sec faster than his current world record set in 2009. But one man who isn’t arguing is the legendary Jamaican himself.Bolt, who is in Tokyo to present the medals for the 100m final at the World Athletics Championships on Sunday, said he was not surprised with the findings. “I fully agree with it,” he said. “Because one athlete that continued after I retired was Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and she got faster with the new spikes. I probably would have run way faster with them too.” Continue reading...

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