- 28-year-old wins Britain’s first gold medal of championships
- ‘My voice has gone,’ says father Geoff on stadium PA in Eugene
As Jake Wightman was celebrating the greatest and most dramatic heist of these world championships to snatch Britain’s first gold medal here in Eugene, the giant screen at Hayward Field suddenly switched to the stadium announcer.
“I have got to tell you why the camera is on me,” said Geoff Wightman, a former top marathon runner and the voice of athletics across the world. “That’s my son. I coach him. And he’s the world champion.”
