“It was once, again within the day, once I was first attempting to make Olympic Video games, there have been solely two individuals with the usual.”
Wightman realises that, on the age of 29, “I won’t have one other Olympic Video games after this”.
“This could possibly be my final one, so due to this fact I must make it possible for I do every part I probably can to provide myself the very best probability to attempt to win it,” he mentioned.
“I feel my Olympic experiences up to now have been 2016, I didn’t make the workforce, 2021 I had a disappointing run within the last, so I hope my third time would be the allure.”
Wightman believes he wouldn’t have change into world champion in 2022 “if I hadn’t had a nasty Olympic expertise in 2021”.
“I realized lots from that and I’m nearly grateful for that to have gone the way it did as a result of it taught me a lot to then carry ahead into championships,” he mentioned.
“I’m 29 now, so I’ve made lots errors racing and plenty of errors with that form of stuff and prep, so I really feel there’s not an excessive amount of I can do improper now.”
Wightman insists taking the Olympic crown could be “a a lot greater declare to win” for himself and Kerr regardless of their world titles.
“If you find yourself a little bit child, the one factor that you’re actually dreaming of is successful Olympic gold, so though myself and Josh gained world gold, it isn’t fairly the identical,” he urged.
Assured of choice at 1500m, Kerr is planning to run the 800m on the British Championships on the finish of June – a distance at which Wightman additionally has the Olympic qualifying customary.
Nevertheless, like his fellow Scot, Wightman is resisting the temptation to double up in Paris.
“I might like to,” he revealed. “I take pleasure in racing 800m extra and I really feel as if, if I targeted on it, I could possibly be OK at them. However, for me, 1500m is all the time the occasion that I feel I shall be at my greatest.
“My strengths lie in that occasion and the best way each the 800m and the 1500m are going, you possibly can’t be grasping and attempt to go for 2 as a result of you’ll find yourself going for none.”