Narve Gilje Nordås finished the indoor WC for Norway on Sunday evening. There he chased the first Norwegian gold in the indoor WC since 1995. Nordås worked early on to get far ahead in the 14-man field, but the first part of the race was characterized by a lot of pushing for the Norwegian. With 600 metres, he again started to advance upwards and on the last round he was in third position. In the end, Nordås was number five with a time of 3.37.03. The victory went to Geordie Beamish, who crossed the finish line in 3.36.54. – Narve is probably better when there is stable high speed throughout. He is not as comfortable with as much tugging and nibbling and pushing and fighting as there is in such an indoor race, says news’s athletics expert Vebjørn Rodal. Predicted “hellsike chaos”, Nordås easily progressed from the attempt on Friday, where he showed off an impressive top speed and was brimming with confidence in the press zone afterwards. – When I get a run in my legs, it is often the case that I run better two days later. It looks promising, it does, said Nordås warningly. Admittedly, he only had six competitors in the trial. In Sunday’s final there were a total of 14 runners at the start, two more than originally planned due to falls in the attempt. – It will be total chaos. Even for being outdoors, there’s a hell of a lot of people, so when you’re going to distribute it on an indoor track, I think people will fall. I just have to bet that I don’t become one of them, Nordås told news earlier on Sunday. – It is on the verge of indefensible, said Rodal just before the start. Since 1 January 2020, Nordås has only had seven “off days”: Highest ranked before the start Narve Gilje Nordås had his real breakthrough in 2023. Last year he lowered his personal record in the 1500 meters from 3.36.23 to 3.29.47 and took the WC bronze at the distance in Budapest. The 25-year-old has seriously cemented his place at the top of the world and going into this year’s indoor World Championships in athletics he was the highest-ranked runner in place, number four in the world ranking. Jakob Ingebrigtsen has chosen to sit out the championship after injury problems throughout the autumn and winter. Josh Kerr and Yared Nuguse both chose to run 3000 meters in the indoor WC, where Kerr won ahead of Nuguse. In addition to Nordås, both Mario Garcia and Cole Hocker, who finished sixth and seventh respectively in last year’s WC, were in Sunday’s WC final. Also at the start was the reigning world champion in the indoor 1500 meters, Samuel Tefera. Scandalous scenes in the World Cup: – Oi! It is extremely dangerous! 00:47 Klæbo – he hugged me tightly 00:51 Mowinckel paid tribute to Kvitfjell 00:48 Tøyser with comfort from mom 00:59 Show more
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