This is what the Norwegian told news after completing the season’s first Diamond League press conference in the Moroccan coastal city of Rabat. On Sunday at 21.11, the season starts in the 1500 metres, an exercise he will at least run four times before the WC in August. When asked if he does not intend to warm up for the championship with a 5,000 meters as well, it quickly hits back: – Absolutely not! POPULAR MAN: The local journalists were no strangers to asking about a souvenir with the Norwegian athletics star. Photo: Fredrik Tombra / news Ingebrigtsen smiles and explains why he keeps the competition kilometers down: – Being part of it is too fun, it’s like…, says Ingebrigtsen and shakes his head before continuing: – Sooner or later you have to I do, when I’m not able to run that fast in 1500 metres. But now I feel that 1500 is pretty good. I would like to use the opportunities I have now to run fast in that exercise there. And then it is like that you can always go up in distance. But I’m not going to run and run 5,000 metres. That is not the big goal right now. – Extremely easy As the reigning world champion in the 5000 metres, he has a free place in the WC. Before the 2022 championship, he ran the distance only once, because he had to take the requirement. He has previously toyed with the idea of running three events in the Olympics in 2024: 1,500, 5,000 and 10,000 metres. In any case, there is nothing to say about Ingebrigtsen’s confidence after he has tested the track in Morocco. He puts on a smile and says that he expects “an extremely easy victory” when the kick-off goes on 21.11 on Sunday evening in Morocco. – You haven’t lost your self-confidence? asks news. – No, then. That is what is so exciting about the season opener. Then you haven’t received that many answers, so competition-specific. That’s what’s exciting. To get some answers about where you are. There is no reason to believe that you are any worse than last time. But during the season you have run so many races that you know what it feels like and where you are. BIG STARS OF THE MEETING: Jakob Ingebrigtsen (1500 meters) and Soufiane El Bakkali (3000 meters hurdles) concluded the press conference in Rabat. Hjemmehopet is the reigning Olympic champion and world champion. Photo: Fredrik Tombra / news Damage-free big brother He describes the answers he has received in training as quite good. – I lost a lot of basic training this winter due to a long cold, but I felt I ran well indoors despite that. And now I have trained well in the last few months after that, so I should at least not be any worse than I was last time, says Ingebrigtsen. With him on the three and three-quarter rounds in Rabat, he will have Filip Ingebrigtsen, who has finally got rid of the injury problems that spoiled last year’s season. The WC bronze winner from 2017 explains that the power is back in the kick-off – and that he hopes to approach old heights. The starting field in the Diamond League in Rabat These will run 1500 meters in Morocco, ranked by best record: Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Norway, 3:28,32 minutes Abel Kibsang, Kenya, 3:29,56 Filip Ingebrigtsen, Norway, 3:30,01 Oliver Hoare, Australia, 3:30,12 Mario García, Spain, 3.30,20 Charles Simotwo, Kenya, 3.30,30 Azeddine Habz, France, 3.31,74 Michal Rozmys, Poland, 3.32,43 Ismael Debjani, Belgium, 3.33,06 Yared Nuguse, USA, 3.33,26 Abdellatif Sadiki , Morocco, 3.33,59 Hicham Akankam, Morocco, 3.35,85 Elassane Moujahid, Morocco, 3.35,97 Hafid Rizqy, Morocco, 3.36,48 Pacers: Julian Ranc, France, 3.37,42 Patryk Sieradzki, 3.58,04 Big brother is indeed chopped more modest about the expectations before the 1500 meters in Rabat. His ambition is to be competitive in Sunday’s field. – In terms of training, I haven’t done what it takes to run the perfect times, but I’m trying to have a slightly cautious start to the season. Trick your body into shape, without taking too many risks. This will hopefully be a good start, then I’ll see how I fare at 1500 metres. In any case, I will have a progression from here, says Filip Ingebrigtsen to news. The 30-year-old continues his season ramp-up next weekend in the 3,000 meters during the Trond Mohn Games. PS! On Sunday 19.30, news broadcasts “Five years with Jakob Ingebrigtsen”, where Vebjørn Rodal and Jann Post summarize the senior career of the 22-year-old. From 20:00, the Diamond League convention is broadcast live on the same channel.
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