Despite gold in the 5000 meters and silver in the 1500 meters, Ingebrigtsen was disappointed that illness prevented him from performing at his best during this summer’s World Championships in Budapest. On Friday evening he was back after the discharge, and a world record chase for 2000 meters was announced in Brussels – 24 years and one day after Hicham El Guerrouj ran 4.44.79 in Berlin. The record now belongs to Ingebrigtsen and reads 4.43.13. – It’s smashing yet another world record, says Rodal. – The rest of us have enough to run that time in one kilometre. It’s absolutely crazy what he can do. This is a class race. The others are not even close to trying to follow, says news’s commentator Jann Post. Jakob Ingebrigtsen ran in a controlled manner behind the hares in the first part of the race. When the last hare gave up, he ran solo to the finish line. – He runs from competitors, lights and everything. Runs a beautiful final lap and sets a world record so it sings along, says Post. The event is still ongoing – see Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal in the 5000 meters and Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen in the 400 meters here: First outdoor world record On 17 February last year, Jakob Ingebrigtsen set his first world record at senior level, when he ran 1500 meters indoors in 3.30.60. On 9 June this year, he climbed to the top for the first time as the all-time best in the world in an outdoor exercise, when he ran two English miles in 7.54.10 in Paris. At that distance, however, there is no official world record, so the time is recorded as “the best record in the world”. Now he also has an official outdoor world record. Nordås: – Don’t become historyless Narve Gilje Nordås finished sixth in the race in Brussels. 4.50.64 was a new personal record for the man who took WC bronze in the 1500 meters in Budapest. – It wasn’t that crazy. I ran 4.50, so if you remember three years ago what Jakob ran then at the Impossible Games, it was exactly the same. People must not become historyless even if he runs six seconds faster today, says Nordås to news. – What do you say about the world record? – Yes, it is impressive, by all means. With illness and everything like that, that’s how it is. Not everything works for everyone, says Nordås
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