– Just as it looks now, it will take a lot for me to stand up tomorrow, says Narve Gilje Nordås. On Tuesday evening, he ran to seventh place in the 1500 meters in the Olympics. He is also qualified for the 5000 meters in the Games. There, the trial heat already takes place on Wednesday morning. There, Nordås doubts that he will compete after three tough races in a few days. In the final of 1500 metres, Nordås’ compatriot Jakob Ingebrigtsen took the lead and ran at world record pace from the start. At the same time, Nordås finished second last. Ingebrigtsen maintained an enormous pace and appeared to be the world’s best hare. There was a big stretch in the field, and for a period it looked as though Nordås would be unhooked. On the run, Ingebrigtsen ran out of strength. That meant that Cole Hocker eventually won ahead of Josh Kerr. Yared Nuguse also snuck ahead of Ingebrigtsen, who did not get a medal. A few meters behind, Nordås showed, as so many times before, that he is good at the end. He brought in several competitors, and ran into seventh place in a time of 3.30.46. – The level up a notch The time to Nordås is the best for the season. He is well satisfied that he will make it in the Olympic final. – I give myself a dice roll of 5 in the Olympics. I came from an EC where I came eleventh in the 1500 and didn’t make it to the final in the 5000. Then you hope for a bit of magic like in the WC in Budapest last year, says Nordås after the finish. All three who won a medal ran in the 3.27s. Nordås acknowledges that he does not have such a high level inside. NO MEDAL: Both Narve Gilje Nordås and Jakob Ingebrigtsen won a medal in the WC last year. This year it was fourth and seventh place. Photo: Fredrik Varfjell / NTB – The level has gone up a notch since the WC last year. They run at 3.27, and it’s just a matter of acknowledging that I’m not there now. So no matter how I had done it, I would not have won a medal, he says. Proud girlfriend A proud girlfriend came along in the stands. – I’m really just very proud. Just that he made it to the final. And it was the season’s best, No, I think he’s tough, says Oda Andersen Lundeby to news. In the run-up to the Olympics, a lot of non-sporting things have come into focus for Nordås. His training mate Per Svela had an outburst in which he criticized the treatment Nordås has received, and that he initially did not get any helpers to the Olympics. Lundeby finds it difficult to say how much this noise has affected his girlfriend. RØRT: Oda Andersen Lundeby has followed his girlfriend Narve Gilje Nordås closely, and is proud of what he has achieved. Photo: Anders Skjerdingstad / news – I think he coped very well in this championship. It’s not something we’ve talked about much, but he tries to push it away and hasn’t focused on it. And yes, be very yourself. – What are you going to say to him afterwards? – He will get a big hug. And then I have to say that I am very proud. He gets through trials and semis and is in the Olympic final. It’s really good. We are very proud of it. Revenge after the EC Last year was like an adventure for Narve Gilje Nordås, who lowered her personal record time after time and crowned it all with bronze in the 1500 meters at the EC. This season has been far more variable. Throughout the spring, he did not achieve the big times, and the EC in June was a huge disappointment. Jærbuen failed in the attempt at 1,500 meters and was only eleventh in the 5,000 meters. – I am completely resigned, flat and empty, he said afterwards. But after the EC, things have improved. First he won the Diamond-league race of 3000 meters in Stockholm. He then set a clear annual best of 3.31.06 in 1500 meters in Monaco in mid-July. A week later, he was inches away from winning the Diamond League event in London. In the Olympics, he progressed well from the trial heat, when he finished third behind the superb Josh Kerr. In the semi-final he was about to go on a blister. He knew very well that the top six in the semi-final would go to the final, but in the race the Norwegian was number seven. Nordås discovered this a few meters before the goal and had to ask intensely. He got past a competitor, thus securing a place in the final. – I thought I had better control than I did, Nordås said after the semi-final. Published 06.08.2024, at 20.55 Updated 06.08.2024, at 21.24
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The medal missed for Narve Gilje Nordås – Olympics Paris 2024
