Karsten Warholm’s hopes of winning a third straight World Championships title were dashed while Britain’s Jake Wightman felled reigning Olympic 1,500m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen on a day of upsets on Tuesday.Kristjan Ceh dethroned Olympic champion and 2019 winner Daniel Stahl in the discus final and Eleanor Patterson outdid Yaroslava Mahuchikh to win women’s high jump gold. Norwegian Olympic champion Warholm, …
Britain’s Jake Wightman upstaged Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen to win a thriller of a men’s 1500m at the World Athletics Championships on Tuesday. Ingebrigtsen led at the bell for the final lap, but Wightman stuck with the pace and bolted with 200 metres to go, successfully holding off the Norwegian for victory in 3min 29.23sec. Kenya’s Abel Kipsang shot to …
Jake Wightman poses with his parents, Geoff and Susan Wightman, after winning gold in the men’s 1,500-meter final Tuesday at the World Athletics Championships. “I just didn’t want to mess it up for him by doing anything wobbly.” On the fifth day of the world track and field championships, as expectations were upended and favorites pushed a place down the …
