– The superlatives have been used up. He attacks this race completely disrespectfully in this rainy weather, said news’s athletics expert Vebjørn Rodal when Ingebrigtsen moved from the start. The 23-year-old fired on from the first second in the rainy weather on the island, and he kept up the pace all the way to the finish line. With a time of 3:34.03, it was a new course record. – It is absolutely fantastic. It was strange to prepare for the competition at home in my own house, says a satisfied Ingebrigtsen after the NM gold in Sandnes. His brothers are also very proud of the achievement. – It looks almost surreal. That’s the speed you expect motorcycles to be able to maintain, says Henrik Børkja Ingebrigtsen. He pays tribute to his little brother’s margin of victory: – Jakob runs a pretty strong race all by himself in these conditions. It is good. I think he wanted to run even faster, but then he will have to be luckier with both charging, weather and everything possible. He’s had a bit of a busy week actually. He looked unashamedly good compared to what he has been through in the last couple of days, says Henrik Ingebrigtsen to news. VICTORY LAP: Jakob Ingebrigtsen has had a lot to smile about this week. Photo: NTB – He disappeared quite early. He wanted to put in a good application for the King’s Cup, Filip Ingebrigtsen told news after the race. – He had decided on the warm-up, he adds. The king of 1,500 meters confirms this: – Everything that has something to do with the king is simply magical. So there is nothing higher. KONGEPOKAL?: Does the king of 1500 meters get the king’s trophy for tonight’s feat on home ground? Photo: NTB news expert grinned at Ingebrigtsen’s gold grab But the alternative warm-up before the gold race made news’s expert grin. Jakob and Filip Ingebrigtsen warmed up in a slightly special way before the NM in Sandnes. The Ingebrigtsen brothers used elder brother Henrik as a bicycle hare. He had lent the new bike to his wife Liva Børkja Ingebrigtsen. news’s athletics commentator Jann Post laughed at the sight. – It’s a bit rough to warm up in this weather too, he says after laughing. – I’ve never seen cycling during a warm-up before, added news’s athletics expert Vebjørn Rodal. The bike hare himself explains the move like this: – In our team, it’s all about improving all the way. What we did yesterday is not good enough tomorrow. We must always take new steps and find ways to optimise. This applies to heating, sleep and diet. It applies to everything. Then I had to resort to what I had at hand. That is, his wife Liva’s newly purchased city bike. – It worked extremely poorly on the gravel down there, I was about to skid in one corner. They were allowed to lie in the drag for a while. I think it helped a little, says Henrik Børkja Ingebrigtsen. New dad It has been, to put it mildly, a very eventful week for Jakob Asserson Ingebrigtsen. On Monday he was at a training camp in St. Moritz. On Tuesday morning, he became a father for the first time. Tonight he took NM gold at home in the 1500 metres. Even though he secured the gold on home soil, it is not the highest: – I have become a father, so that is of course the highlight of the week. Disagreement on track record Ingebrigtsen disagreed that no one with that surname held the track record at Sandnes Stadium in the 1,500 metres. – I’m guessing I’m the one who has run the fastest around the track here, says the gold winner slyly. There is a high probability that Ingebrigtsen had run the fastest time here in training earlier, but officially the course record belonged to Peter Elliot. The time to beat was 3.37. But now the new record belongs to Ingebrigtsen. Kristoffer Sagli secured the silver, just eight seconds behind the gold winner. Andreas Fjeld Halvorsen captured the bronze. Earlier this evening, among others, Henriette Jæger took NM gold in the 400 metres. Lene Retzius secured NM gold in the pole vault and set a new championship record of 4.52 metres. Thomas Mardal defended the gold in hammer from last year. Published 28.06.2024, at 22.48 Updated 28.06.2024, at 23.10
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