– It’s hard to be disappointed, because I’ve been stressing a bit about it in the last few days. I have been a little disappointed about the situation, where I feel that there is not much else but bad luck, says Jakob Ingebrigtsen to news. The 22-year-old played on from both trials and semi-finals earlier in the WC. But on the same day as the semi-final, Sunday, he gradually began to feel dry in his throat. – I have mostly been with myself and those closest to me in the last 12 weeks. Then I feel it is pure bad luck to end up in such a situation two days before it is due, says Ingebrigtsen. – It escalated a bit in the evening and the morning after the semi-final. It got quite a bit better today. I was hoping it would just be good enough, but it is what it is. I feel I couldn’t have done much differently, he continues. The Norwegian has been the big one at 1,500 meters for the past two seasons, but suffered a stinging defeat in the WC final over the distance 13 months ago. Then he was beaten by Jake Wightman. In Budapest he was again beaten by a Briton. From the start, Kenyan Abel Kipsang took the lead, while Ingebrigtsen quickly advanced to second position. Narve Gilje Nordås was at the very back, while Ingebrigtsen took command after 500 metres. The question was therefore – could he keep 1000 meters in front? 200 meters before the end Josh Kerr came to the side and in the last 100 meters Kerr was the strongest and won ahead of Ingebrigtsen and Nordås. – In today’s race I was not the best. I felt that a little earlier than I was abandoned. It was a bit awkward, says Ingebrigtsen. – I have nothing to add. After the race, he compares the feeling to the indoor WC in 2022. Then he was beaten in the sprint by Ethiopian Samuel Tefera. – It will be a bit the same as I experienced in the indoor WC. Thighs just get stiff. I manage to keep a decent speed, but I have nothing to contribute. I think that’s a bit unlucky. It’s been pretty good this year and it’s coming right when it matters. It’s crazy. – I was hoping that I just had enough to do it. But it didn’t turn out that way, says Ingebrigtsen. – That’s Jakob’s small, small weakness there, if he goes a little too carefully along the way. Then there are runners who in top form have a better change of pace, who have a rhythm change out of the last turn that Jakob doesn’t quite match, says news’s expert commentator Vebjørn Rodal. – There is a lot of capacity focus in Jakob’s training and it comes at the expense of something. It is that speed, he says further. Wightman: – Ingebrigtsen underestimated Kerr Kerr won with a time of 3:29.38. Ingebrigtsen ran in at 3:29.65, while Nordås came in three hundredths behind Ingebrigtsen. – Jakob Ingebrigtsen is going to start hating us Brits, or what, says Jake Wightman on the BBC’s broadcast. – I think Kerr knew what he had to do there. You saw when he came up on Jakob’s shoulder. He has shown so much promise over so long. The medal in Tokyo (Olympic bronze in 2021) was just the start of it, says Wightman. – When Kerr gets it right and when he runs well, he flies. I think Ingebrigtsen underestimated how well he (Kerr) is running at the moment, says Wightman. Ingebrigtsen himself is clear that he was simply not the best in Wednesday’s race. – I am not to blame for anything. Last year I was by far the best, I felt myself. But then I did a worse run. Today I wasn’t the best, says the Norwegian. And there is currently no hatred towards the British. – Great Britain is a large union, so it is clear that when people prepare well and are good at what they do, they perform well. I think of myself first. It went a little as I feared since Sunday evening. WC GOLD: Josh Kerr won the 1500 meters in Budapest. Photo: Ashley Landis / AP Missing the WC gold in the 1500 meters Jakob Ingebrigtsen is only 22 years old, but has a track record out of another world. On Wednesday evening, there was a new WC medal at the favorite distance of 1500 metres. Already in 2018, as a 17-year-old, he won his first two championship golds as a senior. In the European Championships in Berlin, gold was won in both the 1500 and 5000 metres. The following year he ran both the two distances in the WC. In the 5000 metres, he took the lead on the last lap, but stiffened and finished fifth. In the 1,500 meters there was little to do with gold winner Timothy Cheruiyot, but the disappointment with Ingebrigtsen was enormous after he did not reach the sprint for the other medals and came fourth. “Completely tragic” and “extremely bad”, said Ingebrigtsen herself afterwards. – This is one of the worst things I have ever been a part of. It is absolutely tragic, said a then 19-year-old Ingebrigtsen. Two World Cup silvers in the 1500 last year After the corona pandemic postponed the Olympics in Tokyo until 2021, the championship in Japan became a success story. There he won the 1500 meters and took his first global senior gold. Last year it was silver in the 1500 meters in both the indoor and outdoor WC. In the indoor WC, he tested positive for the coronavirus the following day, after he “didn’t feel quite well” during the final. Outdoors, he was beaten by Jake Wightman. Then the frustration was again great. – I think it’s embarrassing to be so good, but at the same time be so damn bad, said Ingebrigtsen, and continued: – It’s absolutely damn. Unfortunately, it’s stupid to say that. WC silver is an incredibly big thing to achieve, but at the same time I am beaten by people who are worse than me. I am disappointed in myself, said Ingebrigtsen. Since then, he has won every competition he has competed in, including World Championship gold in the 5000m, European Championship gold in the 1500 and 5000m, gold in the European Cross Country and European Championship indoor gold in the 1500 and 3000m. On Wednesday, there was another WC silver.
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