Narve Gilje Nordås disappointed during the 5000 meters in the Olympics in Paris, was number 17 – Olympics Paris 2024

– He is a machine, I am not. The words come from Narve Gilje Nordås, who himself ran to a modest 17th place. After the final of 5000 metres, he was clear that he realized early on that it would be Norwegian gold – and that it wasn’t him himself who was going to make it happen: – When I saw the pass after 3000 metres, I knew he was going to win , says the Sandnes runner. CONTRASTS: Jakob Ingebrigtsen won by a landslide. Nordås sat empty again on the field. Photo: Beate Oma Dahle / NTB – Luckily for him, and luckily for Norway, it was gold. It’s good to get it on the closing day, so it wasn’t a complete failure of the Olympics for us, continues Nordås, who was not as generous in his description of himself. – Terribly disappointing, he says of his own race. – It was tough from start to finish, even though it was exactly the race plan I was hoping for, he added. Fears for the rest of the season The 25-year-old explains that he has had a mental and physical discharge after the year’s best in the 1500 meters earlier in the Olympics, and that he feared that Saturday would be disappointing. – I was hoping for a miracle, but there haven’t been many of them this season. – How demanding has it been to be you lately? – It hasn’t been easy, but we’ll see how it goes. If there will be more races this season, Nordås answers, which means that it is open to rounding off the season already now. However, he is clear that the Olympics cannot be considered a failure. – I reached two finals. I came seventh in the 1500. If you had put an end there, you could have left here quite satisfied. – It’s brutal Nordås explains that he felt persuaded to run in the 5000 metres, but that it wasn’t an individual who was behind it – Do you regret running the 5000 meters instead of going home? Yes, but you can’t do anything about it. – Is there anything positive to take away from it? – Not really, because the fact that I am betting on 5,000 means that I am completely drained with regard to the rest of the season, so now it may also fail. Saturday’s final was a battle from start to finish: – I’m only human and four races in five days, or whatever it was, takes its toll. It’s brutal. I have felt for the last few days that there was nothing to get. I was completely caked. Sports director Erlend Slokvik believes it was right for Nordås to submit. – Yes, I absolutely think so. It was a chance that he should take with him, he says to news. – He said he was almost talked into it. Was it the right influence there? – Yes, I think it was right that he tried. I mean that. Slokvik says that the national team and the team at Nordås can sit down and look at the overall scheme, and find out if there is anything that can be done differently to be even better equipped for next time. Check out this celebration: Wild cheers after overtime scoring 01:00 Watch the dramatic final seconds 00:53 LeBron James showed support 00:23 Watch the wild scoring – photos from Max 00:34 Show more Published 10.08.2024, at 20.22 Updated 10.08.2024, at 21.21



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