US EditionPortugal's Isaac Nader Is the Out-of-Nowhere Winner of Men's 1,500 Meters at World Championships
Isaac Nader secured gold in 3:34.10 by narrowly outsprinting 2022 champion Jake Wightman, marking Portugal's first 1500m world title and highlighting coaching changes since 2022.
- Isaac Nader stunned the 1500m field in Soria on Wednesday, winning the men's 1500 metres at the World Championships in 3min 34.10sec, edging Jake Wightman by two-hundredths of a second.
- In the build-up, injuries and a disqualification left the field wide open as 2023 world champion Josh Kerr pulled up lame, and Cole Hocker was disqualified in the semi-finals.
- Coming into the home straight, Nader ran five wide, dipped at the line to win, and said `In the last 100 I fully believed in myself. I knew Jake would be fighting until the end so I went all in for a dive`.
- The result left Kerr injured and trailing, and Reynold Cheruiyot took bronze while Wightman finished last due to injury.
- The victory positions Portugal for a rare 1500m pinnacle and highlights Enrique Pascual Oliva's coaching influence as Nader, 26 from Faro, targets European gold next year and Beijing 2027.
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The Portugueseman, Isaac Nader won a world champion title on 1,500 m, in 3 min 34 sec 10.
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Portugal's Isaac Nader is the out-of-nowhere winner of men's 1,500 meters at world championships
This year’s out-of-nowhere winner of the men’s 1,500 meters hails from Portugal. It's Isaac Nader, who ran five wide down the stretch to pull a shocker, even against a field that lost three of its top contenders long before the finish line.
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