Australia’s Ollie Hoare picked up gold in the Commonwealth Games 1500m final, while Scotland’s world champion Jake Wightman had to settle for bronze
Jake Wightman gave his all in a Commonwealth 1500m final for the ages. This time, though, the familiar formula did not quite work as Ollie Hoare swooped at the death to win Australia’s first middle-distance gold at these Games since Herb Elliott in 1958.
This time, though, when he repeated the trick his pursuers were ready – and his legs were a little more heavy. And while he still led with 50m to go, he was first surpassed by the Kenyan Timothy Cheruiyot and then Hoare, who got up right before the line to win in arecord 3:30.12. Cheruiyot took silver in 3:30.21 with Wightman 0.32 back in third.
“I knew when I went I was going to have a tough home straight but hoped everyone else would be feeling the same,” he added. “Initially I was pretty disappointed but if I told myself I would come back two weeks after winning the world champs and in a similar field pick up a bronze I’d be pretty happy. It’s mentally so tough to come back from that.”The bookies might have made Wightman the odds-on favourite. But he, like the rest of us, knew this was a 1500m final suffused with class and doubts.
Hoare, meanwhile, was revelling in a stunning victory. When asked for his thoughts he replied simply: “Holy shit.”“The race went out quick straightaway,” he said once he had recovered his composure. “But I’ve been training for a fast race and I ran 3:47 in Oslo for a mile so I knew I had the strength there. It was just about making the kick at the right time.”
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