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2022 NB Fifth Ave Mile Diary: World Champion Jake Wightman to Defend Title at New Balance 5th Avenue Mile on Sunday, September 11

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2022 NB Fifth Ave Mile Diary: World Champion Jake Wightman to Defend Title at New Balance 5th Avenue Mile on Sunday, September 11

Jake Wightman takes the gold at 1,500m! World Athletics Championships Eugene, Oregon, USA July15-26, 2022 1500 meter final, Wightman, GBR, New Balance, photo by Kevin Morris

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The iPhone of Jake Wightman’s manager, Global Athletics, must be ringing constantly. The new World Champion at 1,500 meters followed Eugene up with a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games in the 1,500m and a thrilling silver in the 800 meters in the 2022 European Athletics Championships. He is in demand in the world of global athletics. 

Jake Wightman, World Champion, 1,500 meters, photo by Munich 2022

Jake Wightman considers himself an 800m/1,500m runner and thinks that many have forgotten about the classic 800m/1,500m training and specialize in one event or the other, to the detriment of both. Jake Wightman will be finishing his 2022 season in one of the ways that he loves; the New Balance 5th Avenue Mile, the iconic road mile dating back to 1981, runs down New York’s famous Fifth Avenue. 

Make sure that you watch this traditional end of the season to the world’s finest middle distance runners. 

World Champion Jake Wightman to Defend Title at New Balance 5th Avenue Mile on Sunday, September 11

 

Iconic race to be broadcast live nationally on NBC and internationally on USATF.TV

New York, August 24, 2022 – Newly crowned world champion and Olympian Jake Wightman will conclude his historic season in New York City when he aims to defend his title at the New Balance 5th Avenue Mile on Sunday, September 11.

The New Balance 5th Avenue Mile – the world’s most iconic road mile race since 1981 – stretches 20 blocks along the east side of Central Park. Last year, Wightman raced to the finish on 5th Avenue in 3:49.5 – the seventh-fastest time in history – to become the fifth athlete on the men’s side to claim multiple victories at the event after having won in 2018.

Jake Wightman in The Men’s 1,500m heats, heat 2, Commonwealth Games 2022
Copyright Bobby Gavin

Wightman represented Great Britain at the Tokyo Olympics last year, and earlier this year had a career-making moment when he won gold in the 1,500 meters at the World Athletics Championships with his father, Geoff Wightman, serving as the in-stadium commentator in Eugene, Oregon. He followed that up with a bronze medal in the 1,500 meters at the Commonwealth Games and a silver medal in the 800 meters at the European Athletics Championships earlier this month.

The closeness of the Men’s 800m in Munich has to be seen to be believed! photo by Munich 2022

“I love running in New York, and there was never any doubt that I’d finish off my season by defending my title at the New Balance 5th Avenue Mile,” Wightman said. “Fifth Avenue is always really fun, but I’m not looking at it as a victory lap. I want to make the Big Apple mine.”

In addition to age-group heats, this year’s New Balance 5th Avenue Mile will feature a 9/11 Memorial Mile, a Back to School Mile for youth ages 12-18, and a George Sheehan Memorial Mile for seniors and NYRR Road Mile Championship heats.

In partnership with NYRR and USA Track & Field, NBC will broadcast the event nationally from 12:00—1:00 p.m. ET. The broadcast will feature live coverage of the professional athlete races and a 9/11 memorial run, as well as a recap of the day’s earlier heats. Live coverage of the event will be available internationally on USATF.TV.

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