Jakob Ingebrigtsen spoke only to news and a couple of selected international TV stations before he hurried on to the medal ceremony and jogging down after the European Championship gold on Tuesday. VG commentator Leif Welhaven thought the 21-year-old “must be careful” after he stormed through large parts of the press zone without giving an interview. Jakob Ingebrigtsen did not stop with the Norwegian press after the EC gold. news commentator Jan Petter Saltvedt believed that it was part of the job to talk to the press after a European Championship gold. He called it “a bit arrogant”: – He is unique, but he is not in a special position, Saltvedt said after the incident. The two-time EC gold winner from Munich says that he has not caught the criticism, but when he hears Saltvedt’s criticism, he hits back: – He sounds like an idiot, Ingebrigtsen tells news. – Why? – I guess he can think what he wants. You have to focus on what’s important, and I think that’s running, says Jakob Ingebrigtsen, shortly after receiving the gold medal for the 1,500 meters around his neck. The joke about mobile filters He says he “doesn’t necessarily” steer clear of the media when he’s in championship mode. When asked what he brings with him, he replies with a grin: – Very little, obviously. I’m on the vast majority of platforms myself, but don’t know if I have a secret filter on my mobile for idiotic things. news commentator Jan Petter Saltvedt still stands by what he said after the 5,000 metres. And am just as impressed with him sportingly after another European Championship gold. – Jakob Ingebrigtsen is unique, and is about to gain a position as a sports hero the likes of which we have hardly seen. That role also means that you talk to those who have brought him forward, whether it is the press or the fans. VG commentator Leif Welhaven answers this to Ingebrigtsen’s plans: – Like news’s commentator, I questioned whether this was something we could expect him to spend some time on. Jakob Ingebrigtsen and many people in social media may have their say on that and disagree with me on that. But I tried to raise a factual debate, and then I believe that characteristics such as “idiot” do not belong in this exchange of words. Advises to “give the hell” Henrik Ingebrigtsen does not think his brother cares much about responding to the criticism he has received in recent days. – The best thing you can do is just give up, he says and laughs a little, before becoming serious: – I think that people want Jakob to change and adapt and make adjustments in view of what others think and think. He must never do that. He cannot compromise with himself, he just has to be himself and deliver what it takes to perform as well as possible, for as many years as possible. He also defended his brother after the gold in the 5,000 metres, and explained to news that it had been agreed that he should not stop. He understood that it could be troublesome for the press, but thought they had to spare him a loss of energy before another final. – I am involved in trying to reduce noise and energy loss, so that was one thing we talked about. So far, I think he has benefited from it, says Henrik Ingebrigtsen, who has followed his little brother closely as a coach and assistant during the EC.
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