He was ready for high speed even before the start – because the running star was the only one who showed up in the tight-fitting running suit. The competitors, who included world record holder Jacob Kiplimo and world champion Sabastian Sawe, posed in “normal” clothes: shorts and a singlet. The pace was from the start, as announced, turned all the way up to world record speed. The world record before Sunday’s race was 57.31 minutes. This corresponds to a speed of 21.95 kilometers per hour. A speed that ordinary treadmills can’t even get up to. This speed would quickly prove to be too much for the athletics star. After five kilometres, the field was 15 seconds behind the world record speed and upon passing ten kilometres, Ingebrigtsen called off the record attempt. – He is completely pumped and hangs on his knees, says news’s commentator Jann Post. The TV images captured an exhausted Ingebrigtsen trying to run on after around a minute’s rest, but it didn’t last many seconds before it was back to jogging speed again. – It’s not so strange. This requires special training, says news’s athletics expert Vebjørn Rodal, while the TV images showed an exhausted Ingebrigtsen, grimacing. World champion Sabastian Sawe won the race in 58:05, get the latest reactions in the TV broadcast below: Rivals think Jakob Asserson Ingebrigtsen can surprise big when he starts the half marathon in Copenhagen. Run faster than the Norwegian record Some time later it turned out that Ingebrigtsen was lagging further, but far from the pace he had in the first ten kilometres. The times from the organizer show that Ingebrigtsen passed 15 kilometers in 43:43. It is still uncertain whether Ingebrigtsen will run all the way to the finish line. – He may have realized that this did not go all the way and thought that “then I get to take ten kilometers with me”, says Post. The running star passed ten kilometers in 27:27, which is 12 seconds better than the Norwegian record. It is currently uncertain whether this can stand as a Norwegian record since the race is longer after all. – It was perhaps in the cards that this was a bit either or this, says Rodal after Ingebrigtsen stopped. Speculated in Grøvdal help The Norwegian record for the 10 kilometer street race belongs to Zerei Kbrom Mezngi and is 27:39. On the track, Sondre Nordstad Moen holds the Norwegian record for 10,000 metres. It is 27:24.78, and was set in Kristiansand in 2019. Photo: news The TV images later captured an Ingebrigtsen who appeared to run at a very uneven speed and news’s commentators speculated whether the athletics star was running intervals. – Maybe he will help Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal here? asks Jann Post. She started to improve the Norwegian record. She ran 1.07.34 in the same race last year, but Ingrid Kristiansen has the fastest time for a Norwegian woman over the distance with 1.06.40. However, this track was never timed and the time does not stand as an official record. Uncharted waters The world record speed was quickly felt by Hare and his older brother, Filip Ingebrigtsen. Six kilometers into the race, he was unhooked, while Jakob Asserson Ingebrigtsen had positioned himself as the leading man in the small main field of seven. Photo: news In advance, he had received a warning from big brother and hare Filip Ingebrigtsen: – It could be a bit long. Because in fact it was the first time Jakob Asserson Ingebrigtsen had to run over 20 kilometers. The longest distance he had run before Sunday’s half marathon was a street race of ten kilometers in 2019. Published 15/09/2024, at 10.03 Updated 15.09.2024, at 10.29
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