Jake Wightman defended the decision to put his world champion status on the line after falling short in Birmingham.
A fortnight on from becoming 1500m king of the Worlds, the Nottingham-born Scot could manage only third at the Commonwealths. He was beaten by Australia's Oli Hoare, who ran a Games record 3:30.12.
But despite missing out on gold, Wightman wasn't too disheartened, and instead explained he hopes he is excused from criticism. There had been many who expected him to back out of the games having only recently been crowned the best in the world, but Wightman ignored the outside noise, a decision he still stands by.
