19 December 2023 at 12:00 Bislett program ready: Want to shell out for duel against Jakob’s superiors The tickets are already being snapped up, and today the program for Bislett Games 2024 was announced. There, convention director Steinar Hoen promises opportunities for all the biggest Norwegian names. Middle distance stars Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Narve Gilje Nordås can choose between 1500 meters and 3000/5000 meters. If they go for the former, Hoen dreams of a duel against Ingebrigtsen’s British arch-rivals. – One of the first phone calls I will make in the New Year is away to England. There you have two world champions at 1500 meters in Jake Wightman and Josh Kerr, he says and continues: – It would have been fantastic to have the two of them against the Norwegians at Bislett. It remains to be seen whether we can do it, but we will put some money in there, promises the Bislett boss. Wightman beat Ingebrigtsen for the WC gold in the 1500 meters in 2022. The following year, compatriot Kerr relegated the Norwegian to 2nd place, with Nordås close behind. In the 3000/5000 metres, Henrik Ingebrigtsen, Magnus Tuv Myhre and Per Svela will probably appear, in what could be an important race before they will hopefully run at the Olympics. Reigning world champion Karsten Warholm is in the 400 meter hurdles, while last year’s sprint comet Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen runs the 400 flat. Other Norwegian goodies include, among others, Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal in the 3000 metres, and then Hoen has made room for a Bislett debut for Henriette Jæger in the 400 metres. – I am extra excited about that. We have a unique talent there. She comes from a heptathlon background, but has shown fantastic talent and winning instinct, he says of the Norwegian record holder over the distance.
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