– You can see that there is a lot that is possible. Obviously nothing is impossible. Now it was two English miles, so then I won’t have to run it ever again. Fortunately, Ingebrigtsen tells news after the race. – It would have been a bit sad to miss by one or two seconds. It would have been a blast. Now I have taken one. Then it’s on to the other nine, he says further. “The other nine” are best marks and world records in other events outdoors, from 1,500 meters and up. Ingebrigtsen herself did not have an official personal record for the distance before Friday’s race, but the Norwegian’s personal record for 3000 meters (7.27.05) is the 13th best in the world. On Friday, according to the results, he passed 3000 meters in 7.23.8, a time that has only been surpassed by Komen and the world record holder in 1500 meters, Hicham El Guerrouj. – When you have the third best time of all time in here, at a different distance, that says a lot. But then there is recreating it. There is no guarantee for anything, says Ingebrigtsen. SUPER TIME: Jakob Ingebrigtsen showed off his time after the race. Photo: JEFF PACHOUD / AFP – Up against perfect With a time of 7.54.10, he was more than four seconds ahead of the previous world record of the legendary Daniel Komen, set in 1997. – This is one of the most extreme races Jakob Ingebrigtsen has ever run. It will be a record. He is smashing the record, exclaimed news’s commentator Jann Post. – It is so good, that it is a sign that more records are going to fall. The 5000 meter record is in danger. The 3000 meter record is definitely in danger. It was huge again. Better than we could imagine, said Post. In the interview with news shortly after the finish line, Ingebrigtsen thought it was “surprisingly easy” at the start of the race. After changing and getting to the press zone, he says that the whole thing was perhaps “a bit beyond expectations”. HERJET WITH THE COMPETITORS: Ingebrigtsen was in a class of her own in Paris. Photo: Michel Euler / AP – I think the system today was up to 100 percent. It wasn’t a goal to run 7.54, after all. When I look at what I do, it was a rather late opening. But that is clearly what must be done. It is up against perfect, he concludes. After the race, the tributes also poured in. – It was fantastically impressive. The last round was absolutely enormous, said expert commentator Vebjørn Rodal, and followed up: – So we have a running phenomenon in Jakob Ingebrigtsen. That was an enormous long-distance race. NO LONGER BEST: Daniel Komen had to see that Jakob Ingebrigtsen set a new record for two English miles. Photo: GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP At the finish Ingebrigtsen was 15 seconds ahead of his nearest competitor, the Kenyan Ishmael Rokitto Kipkurui. Nick Willis, who has Olympic silver and bronze from 1500 metres, is full of admiration: – Congratulations Jakob, it was incredible to see. Olympic gold and a world record are some of what is required to become one of the greats. You are now part of that rare club, Willis writes on Twitter. Record speed from the start Last year Ingebrigtsen ran to the first world record of her career in the 1500 meters indoors. On Friday, he chased a new super time in Paris, although there is admittedly no world record for the somewhat non-traditional exercise of two English miles (3218.87 metres). – The idea is to make a bit of a show. It is a somewhat unusual distance and a pretty good record. It’s fun to try things you haven’t tried before, Ingebrigtsen told news before the race. The hares Benoit Campion and Kyumbe Munguti had been instructed in advance to hold the world record speed, with a passage of 2000 meters in 4.57.5. The Norwegian followed the hares from the start and when passing 2,000 meters Ingebrigtsen was on track, and with a good gap down to the rest of the competitors. He maintained his speed all the way in, and thus he could cheer for a super time. Before Friday’s race, it was the Kenyan Daniel Komen who had the best rating in the world in the exercise. Komen was also the only one who had run the distance in under eight minutes, with 7.58.61 as the best time from July 1997. The Kenyan also holds the world record for 3000 meters (7.20.67). Record landslide in Paris In addition to Ingebrigtsen, there were several others who ran fast. Last week, Faith Kipyegon ran to a world record in the 1500 meters. In Paris, she competed in a 5000 meters for the first time since 2015. In the last lap, she was tied with Letesenbet Gidey, who had the world record (14.06.62) in the practice before tonight’s race. With a brilliant final lap, it is now Kipyegon who now holds the world record, with a time of 14.05.20. A little over an hour later in the evening, it was Lamecha Girma who showed up. Earlier this year, the Ethiopian ran to the world record for 3000 meters indoors, with a time of 7:23.81. At the same distance outdoors, with hurdles, Qatar’s Saif Saaeed Shaheen held the world record of 7.53.63, set in 2004, before Friday’s race. There, Girma ran in 7.52.11 and ensured that it was a real record night in Paris. PS! Sigrid Borge also participated in the convention in Paris. She finished last in the women’s javelin competition, after a throw of 52.49 metres. Borge has the year’s best in the world with a throw of 66.5 metres.
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