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Back to full fitness after an uneventful winter, Pattison, the second fastest British 800m runner in history, is desperate for bigger silverware on home soil this summer.

The 24-year-old surprisingly announced himself on the world stage by winning 800m bronze in his first world final in Budapest in 2023 and moved past only Sebastian Coe on the British all-time list the following season.

But, after illness disrupted his Olympic preparations and his 2025 plans were scuppered by a stress fracture, Pattison is targeting European and Commonwealth medals in Birmingham and Glasgow respectively.

Speaking to BBC Sport ahead of competing in China, Pattison said: “The plan is to do both and my aim is to get two medals. It’s been three years since I’ve medaled at a major championship, so I feel like it’s been a long time.

“I was asked inside the world: ‘Do you think you should get a medal again?’ And I was thinking, wait, I’m still pretty young – but it almost feels like it.

“I don’t like the fact that people still refer to Budapest. It was good, and if you had told me when I was younger that I would retire with a world and a Commonwealth bronze medal, I would have taken it.

“But to achieve this by the age of 21, I’d like to think towards the end of my career I’ll definitely be able to get more medals – and that’s what drives me.”