Narve Gilje Nordås went straight home to Jæren to relax after a sportingly fantastic, but exhausting and turbulent world championship. news meets the 24-year-old almost two weeks after he left the World Cup city of Budapest. – I’ve had a lot of fun, I must tell you, Nordås grins about the time in the south-west between the championship and the 2000 meters on Friday in Brussels. – I have been at home and charging my batteries with my near and dear ones around me. I feel that it has done good, he explains. Jakob Ingebrigtsen won and set a world record in Brussels. Watch the race here: “It was damn time” During the WC, it was revealed to TV 2 that Jærbuen had found love, which had “filled a void I didn’t know existed”. – It’s the boyfriend, of course. And then there is the family, close and dear family, he says about who it was extra good to come home to. Nordås is coached by Gjert Ingebrigtsen, and strict demands are placed on professionalism – both in training and in the everyday. COACH: Gjert Ingebrigtsen has been given a lot of credit for Nordås being a top runner today. Photo: Marius Simensen / BILDBYRÅN NORWAY But when Cupid’s arrow finally struck, there was no strict instruction from the coach to keep the focus on the training. – The first thing he said was “it’s damn time”. It’s a bit like having something to look forward to when you get home, smiles Nordås. “Dønn tom” He will forever be written in the history books as the bronze winner in the 1500 meters from the WC in Budapest. An almost improbable feat if you look at his career up to the great climax. But with great achievements, also comes increased attention. Five races in nine days, noise around the accreditation of the trainer and stings in the media increased. – You have more than enough to manage to focus on the race and only that, but when you get it on top of everything, it becomes a lot and it is difficult to keep your nose away from everything. You get it served in your mouth at all times of the day, says Nordås, who says that he was “dead empty” when he finally got to go home. – When you finally come out of that bubble, you are completely exhausted. – A blowout On Saturday, the 24-year-old will be seen in the Diamond League final in Eugene. There, Nordås will run an English mile (1609 metres) for the first time since 2020. In the 2000-metre race in Brussels, where the Norwegian was still number six, he gave the necessary points that extend the season. – I knew when I went out here that my body wasn’t quite ready yet. It was a bit too much for you to say it was a top race, he says of his own performance. But Nordås knows that the body needs a proper competition again after a bit of relaxation at Jæren. – Now I’ve had a little blowout. Now it was two weeks since the WC and it has been a long time since I ran a race. It was good to just blow through the system and get through that whole process here. Then I hope to place myself higher in Eugene, he says.
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