Wightman, right, impressed in winning his 1,500m semi-final in a season’s best time to make Saturday’s finalIt remains a little premature to declare this a golden era of British middle-distance running but three men in the Olympic 1,500m final does evoke some rather special memories. Credit to Jake Wightman, Josh Kerr and Jake Heyward because not since Seb Coe, Steve Ovett and Steve Cram in Los Angeles in 1984 have Britons occupied quite so much space along that curved line at the top of the back straight. SponsoredThat they booked a spot in the manner that they did was all the more impressive, because these semi-finals were fast. Heyward had to run a personal best to secure passage as one of two fastest qualifiers, in a race in which an Olympic record was set. While Abel Kipsang looked like a serious

Source: The Times August 05, 2021 16:16 UTC