Good news from Japan and the Men’s 1500m first round heats.
Jake Wightman ran a smart race to avoid trouble and qualify in third place with 3:41.18

In heat two, Josh Kerr had looked safe in the top six in heat one until the final metres of the race when edged into seventh place, but his 3:36.29 always looked a good bet to be one of the additional six qualifiers and so it proved.
So an Edinburgh AC double coming up again on Thursday – and here’s hoping they can make the final! (Scottish Athletics)

In heat two, Josh Kerr had looked safe in the top six in heat one until the final metres of the race when edged into seventh place, but his 3:36.29 always looked a good bet to be one of the additional six qualifiers and so it proved.
So an Edinburgh AC double coming up again on Thursday – and here’s hoping they can make the final!