Jake Wightman has revealed that it took Seb Coe to persuade him to chase a “once in a lifetime” opportunity in Birmingham.
The new poster boy of British athletics had decided not to run the 1500 metre distance at which he was crowned world champion in Oregon last week.
He felt he would be unable to replicate what was the race of his life and rather than risk unflattering comparisons thought it better to race the 800m instead. It was then he heard Coe say that he had a unique chance to become Britain’s most successful ever middle-distance runner.
