It's just 17 days since Wightman, 28, claimed 1500m gold in Oregon and he admits emotions have been spinning ever since
Jake Wightman admitted being introduced as the new world champion was just the boost he needed to kick his Commonwealth Games campaign into gear.
It's just 17 days since the former Loughborough University student claimed 1500m gold in Oregon and he admits emotions have been spinning ever since.
Jake Wightman admitted being introduced as the new world champion was just the boost he needed to kick his Commonwealth Games campaign into gear.
It's just 17 days since the former Loughborough University student claimed 1500m gold in Oregon and he admits emotions have been spinning ever since.
“It was even nice just walking out around the bend, just to have the people clapping and saying well done and good luck to me, it’s special.
"That’s definitely the most it’s sunk in since it happened, I thought ‘yeah I've actually done that’."
While some events at these Games lack star sparkle, that cannot be said of the 1500m,
with Kenya's former world champion Timothy Cheruiyot among those snapping at Wightman's heels.
Half of the 12-strong final field will be from Great Britain, with Australia's Oliver Hoare the quickest qualifier.
Joining Wightman will be Scotland team-mates Josh Kerr and Neil Gourley,
England's Elliot Giles and Matthew Stonier and Wales's Jake Heyward, an Olympic finalist 12 months ago in Tokyo.
Eilish McColgan's stunning 10,000m gold medal was still the talk of Alexander Stadium yesterday with Wightman admitting it left him feeling emotional.
There are a few more popular athletics in British athletics than McColgan,
whose career has too often been a story of injuries and medal near misses.