British track and field athlete Jack Whiteman won the championship by surprise, which surprised his father who was broadcasting on the scene. (Photo / Dazhi / Associated Press)
The 28-year-old British track and field player Jake Wightman recently won the 1,500-meter event at the 2022 World Championships by surprise. After the game, however, all the focus was on his live broadcaster father, Geoff Wightman, because when Geoff saw his son win the championship, he mightn’t care to report neutrality and shouted excitedly: “That is My son!”
According to comprehensive foreign media reports, Jack, who was born in a track and field family, his father Jeff won the sixth place in the European Championships in 1990, and also represented England in the British Association Games in the same year; his mother Susan (Susan) represented England in 1988. Great Britain took part in the Seoul Olympics in South Korea and finished 12th.
Jack, who wanted to be a track and field athlete since he was a child, became the first British athlete to run the 800-meter event under 1:45 and the 1,500-meter event under 3:35 since 1991 under the professional training of his parents. . Jack, who has never achieved top results in international events, won the 1,500-meter World Championships by surprise, making him the first British 15,00-meter world champion since 1983.
However, no amount of surprises and honors can compare to the sincere cry of his father, Jeff. Jeff, who is also his son’s coach and professional broadcaster, revealed that when he saw his son in the last 200 meters, he was once puzzled, “I seem to be I know this person, he looks familiar.” After confirming that the figure who will overtake the first place and will win the championship is Jack, he keeps shouting through the broadcast microphone: “That’s my son! He is the world champion!”
The arrogant father and son also complained regarding each other following the game, “I hope my father can report more emotionally in the future, he is too often said to be broadcasting like a robot”, “I must be fair and not partial, otherwise no one will want to find me. Be the 1,500-meter announcer.”
