Graeme Macpherson
A milestone birthday went largely unmarked for Jake Wightman last week. It is a similar story most years when the occasion coincides with the height of the outdoor athletics season.
“Age in sport is different for everyone depending on your start point and what you’ve been through to get there,” he offers. “Now that I’m 30 I know that I’m not at the start of my career, I’m towards the end. But we don’t know yet when that end will be. “When the time comes to look back on my career, 2023 won’t be something I even think about. I’ll focus on all the good parts. The bad bits will be quickly forgotten about.”
“If I’m in the final – which I hope to get to – you’ve got to go there trying to win it. What potentially makes me more dangerous to the others is they don’t race me as much. That makes me a bit more of an unknown. If you get to the final, there are eight guys, and three will come away with a medal. Those are pretty good odds but the hardest part will be getting there in the first place. That’s why I need to treat every round as if it’s the final.
“The exciting thing is we have so many people running well,” adds the Edinburgh AC athlete. “The focus isn’t just on one person. I hope people all acrossappreciate, across all sports, the one we seem to be excelling at just now is middle-distance athletics. It feels like we’re a powerhouse which is exciting. These Games are another chance for us to showcase how good we are.”
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