– But where will Narve become then? asks Gjert Ingebrigtsen down on the warm-up track. Almost an hour has passed since the 5,000-metre final was finished and the student should have started the downhill routine. But Narve Gilje Nordås is instead sitting on a bench, alone, outside the stadium, the coach is told. He runs off and finds the 23-year-old – who is upset. We rewind an hour. The kick-off is at the Olympic Stadium in Munich. After a few fairly calm laps, Nordås goes straight to the top and sets off. – Very surprising, comments former teammate Henrik Ingebrigtsen from the stands. Nordås is still well behind when the pace is turned up and there are four rounds left. But then Frenchman Hugo Hay falls. Where Jakob Ingebrigtsen gets away, outside the list, Nordås is really hindered and almost stumbles. He then quickly plummets backwards on the results list. – I fall from 2nd to 20th place there, says Nordås in the news interview. Followed the race outside He is number 17. 18 seconds behind the compatriot. And that is what is so hard to swallow for someone who many thought could actually win a medal on a good day. – It’s just not what life is made of. You just have to give up. It’s just to stop, he sighs in despair on the bench in the dark. – I think it was done tough, counters the coach. – Yes, but it shouldn’t cost as much as that, replies Nordås. TROUBLE: Both Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Narve Gilje Nordås were affected by Huga Hay’s fall. Photo: Lise Åserud / N The coach asks what happened. Because he himself chose to stay outside the stadium and watched the race, where his son became European champion, on a big screen. Nordås explains the incident. And that when the others moved soon after, he had no chance of following. – There was nothing to go along with at the end. Absolutely nothing, he states. Gjert Ingebrigtsen nevertheless continues to praise. He believes he saw a completely different version of Nordås now than during the trial in the WC, when he quit. – At least you had enough self-confidence to make a sensible assessment today, and rise to the top. You were leading by 15 meters at one point. – Did I? asks Nordås. LEADING: Nordås felt he had a good day and got a gap early in the race. Photo: Javad Parsa / NTB – Sport is not fair The two continue the discussion, and come to the conclusion that this is also learning. Falling in tight fields is something you can handle better with more experience. Nordås acknowledges that he could probably find it difficult at the end anyway, especially when the feeling that there is nothing to run for comes. – I have a tendency to give up, and when you give up, all the adrenaline disappears and then you have nothing to run with, explains the runner. Gjert Ingebrigtsen also believes that a fall in the middle of a race can scare many people, but not in such a way that one should give up. – I think it’s a bit unfair that you end up in that situation when you have such a good day. Sport is not fair, says the coach. – No, it’s bone-hard, replies Nordås. COLLABORATION: Gjert Ingebrigtsen continued the coaching job for Narve Gilje Nordås after responsibility for the sons ended. Photo: Hanne Skjellum / news Together they stroll back to the warm-up track to end the evening. At least one experience richer. And Gjert Ingebrigtsen thinks it will come in handy. – I was very excited about what Narve did, he was up and going round after round after round. If we manage to turn it around there… Then it opens up a whole new world for him where the physical and mental are connected. – The fact that he should have the near-fall gives him another real blow. So you can say that you have to manage that much, but see where he is coming from: wanting to run to the very back and hide there and not being able to get anything done. There is a very big difference between that and running forward, he points out.
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