Scotland’s Jake Wightman has taken 1500m silver at the World Athletics Championships, narrowly missing out on gold in a dramatic race in Tokyo.

Wightman moved out of a tightly packed group in the final lap to race clear but he was chased down by Portugal’s Isaac Nader, who stormed through to win on the line.

Nader finished in 3.34.10, just two hundredths of a second ahead of Wightman.

Fellow Scot Josh Kerr, World Champion in 2023, suffered a nightmare final, pulling up with an injury mid-race and finishing last in 4.11.23, over 30 seconds behind the rest of the field.

Neil Gourley, the third Scot in the final, was tenth with a time of 3.35.56.

After his podium finish, Wightman said that the chance to have moments like that were what motivated him through two years of injury problems.

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