Geoff Wightman is not only a former athlete himself, who competed at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, but he's also Jake's coach. Leading into these Games, Wightman and his fellow Team GB team-mate Josh Kerr, have been locked in an intense domestic rivalry. "Domestic competition definitely breads success internationally," Wightman said to Sky Sports News in Tokyo. Jake Wightman"If there's anyone that I'd love to be compared to then it's Seb [Coe]. Cheruiyot was originally left out of Kenya's Olympic team after he finished outside of the top-three at their trials.

Source: Sky sports July 23, 2021 06:00 UTC