Jake Wightman: British athlete will not defend world 1500m title in Budapest

Britain's Jake Wightman volition not support his 1500m rubric astatine the World Championships successful Budapest successful August aft an injury-disrupted season.

The 28-year-old went connected to assertion Commonwealth 1500m bronze and European 800m silver, but suffered a accent fracture of his ft earlier this year.

Wightman is yet to contention this play and was going to miss the UK Championships.

As defending champion, helium was guaranteed a spot successful Budapest contempt missing those trials, but has opted not to run.

"I've ever felt arsenic thought clip has been connected my broadside to flooded my problems fully, nevertheless it has tally out," Wightman wrote connected Instagram.

"This means I'm sadly going to beryllium incapable to vie astatine the Worlds, which has been truly gutting to travel to presumption with.

"There are immoderate risks I could person taken to beryllium connected that Budapest commencement line, nevertheless the imaginable to jeopardise my Olympic twelvemonth makes this the evident decision."

The determination follows his withdrawal from past week's Diamond League conscionable successful Lausanne, which was to beryllium his comeback race.

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