Wightman remembers 'dream scenario' of dad commentating world title run

Jake Wightman's dad was the stadium announcer when he won the gold at the 2022 World Athletics Championships

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00:00Yeah, it's pretty unique probably within a lot of sport that your dad is the one that's

00:06commentating in the stadium for that. And he's done it for a very long time. So a lot

00:10of it was like, there's always been the possibility of that happening. And a lot of the time been

00:15very far from that happening. Sometimes I've been closer. But yeah, for me to win a global

00:20title with him on the mic, it's probably the dream scenario for him within that profession

00:25that he's taken up. Yeah, a special moment for him to be part of the atmosphere for me

00:31winning a title. But yeah, not only just as a dad, as a commentator, but as a coach. So

00:36he hopefully could have celebrated in the work that he's put into getting to that point.