Daniel Wiffen storms to stunning 1500m gold

The Irish star duly delivered, sitting on the shoulder of Hungarian rival Zalan Sarkany for most of the race before turning on the afterburners in the final three lengths to storm home winning gold in 14:13.96, the fastest time in the world this year by 10 seconds.

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