Cameraman almost ruined Ingebrigtsen’s heat in 5000 meters – Olympics Paris 2024

– He has to watch out for the man there with the camera! Not following at all, said news commentator Jann Post, as the bizarre incident rolled across the screens. In the middle of Wednesday’s second heat of 5,000 meters with Jakob Ingebrigtsen, a cameraman wandered into the running track, just after passing 3,400 meters. The man, who was wearing gear to carry a larger video camera, appeared to be completely oblivious to the huge blunder he was about to commit. Just as the runners were on their way through the bend, several of the javelin throwers were also out on the track doing their final warm-up. Ingebrigtsen nevertheless easily made it to the final when he reached the finish line first, after Narve Gilje Nordås had done the same in heat 1. The Norwegian flailed with his arm and looked back at the cameraman. In the press zone, Ingebrigtsen was asked by the Norwegian press about what he said to the cameraman. – I didn’t have time to say anything to him. I thought “is that possible?” and shakes his head. It is more that we as runners applaud that this is actually possible. It’s a bit unfortunate. There are definitely some who file a protest, and then I don’t know if there is anyone who will make it to the finals. Maybe we will be a slightly bigger field in the final. It’s exciting too, says Ingebrigtsen to news, TV 2 and Dagbladet. SAY BACK: Jakob Ingebrigtsen. Photo: Beate Oma Dahle / NTB It could have been a disaster – Jakob Ingebrigtsen looks back so that he almost gets a kink in his neck. He wonders what he is doing and is on the outside of the cameraman, Post continues. – And luckily it went well. If there had been a loss of manpower there, they would have had to put in more in a final, added Vebjørn Rodal. Ingebrigtsen herself is dismayed by the cameraman’s behavior at the Stade de France. – It is amateurish. That shouldn’t happen in an Olympics. Everyone who is near an athletics track must understand that when crossing track one and number two, you have to look carefully. It didn’t work today. Nevertheless, he was satisfied with the race. – It was good. My goal was to get to the finals. – Fortunately, I had a good overview. I was well placed and was slightly outside the lane and could therefore run on the outside with a good margin. It is clear that it destroys too many. Published 07/08/2024, at 11.47 Updated 07.08.2024, at 12.05



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