– The way the timetable is set up now, and the way the level was actually in the 10,000 metres, the other runners had become extras, states news expert Vebjørn Rodal. Ingebrigtsen ended up with two golds in the two events he competed in at the EC, 1500 meters and 5000 meters. But also the 10,000 metres, where Zerei Kbrom Mezngi took a surprising silver, was an exercise the Sandesgauken would have liked to have run. DISEASE: The corona disease destroyed Ingebrigtsen’s dream. Photo: Hanne Skjellum / news – It may not have been a plan, but I realized it was a possibility. But then I got sick after the WC indoors, and then it wasn’t so important that I wanted to sacrifice anything in the program I had set, says Ingebrigtsen to news. Ingebrigtsen tested positive for the coronavirus the day after he took World Cup silver in the 1,500 metres, and thus canceled the plan to run 10,000 meters at Bislett Stadium on 13 April, together with, among others, older brother Henrik. – The idea was to help him and maybe run under the requirement, but then unfortunately I was ill, says Jakob Ingebrigtsen. Had won The aforementioned Henrik Ingebrigtsen thought before the 10,000 meters in the EC that his little brother could secure his third gold. SILVER WINNER: Zerei Kbrom Mezngi took silver in the 10,000 meters at the EC. Photo: WOLFGANG RATTAY / Reuters news’s athletics expert Vebjørn Rodal agrees. – I’m absolutely sure of that. Jakob maintains such a high level in terms of capacity right now that even though Zerei was fantastic there and Crippa was good, it is second division compared to Jakob, he says. Jakob Ingebrigtsen himself does not want to speculate on whether he could become a triple European champion. – I’m not going to say that I’m not good at running, but it doesn’t help when I’m not involved. Those who join and those who get first, second and third are the best. More distances later Ingebrigtsen is clear that he could well imagine running more distances in later championships – if the program makes it possible. – There will be plenty of other opportunities to run more distances. If the organizer makes it possible to double, triple or triple, I will gladly do it. – Do you want to do it in the WC next year and in the Olympics in two years? – 1,500 will come first, but I hope the organizers plan for people to do more things. – But I am clear that the 1500 is most important to me and the distance I want to achieve it in. And if there is something that does not go beyond that, I can join it. But the plans quickly come to a halt if it destroys, he says. – Do you have a dream of 10,000 gold? – Not at first, but it’s probably a dream eventually, but first I want to try to win things at the main distance – I think that would have been too much. The program for the WC in Budapest next year is not yet ready, while a preliminary program for The Paris Olympics were announced last week. STATISTICS: Rodal believes that the competitors in the 10,000 meters had become extras. Photo: Tor Erik Schrøder / NTB If the program is not changed, it will be almost impossible to combine 1,500 meters and 10,000 meters. Thus, Ingebrigtsen can hope that the EC in Rome in 2024 will be the next opportunity for a triple. – It is easier to be offensive when you are 18-19-20 years old than when you are 32. I think he should make use of the momentum that lies in the youthful power he possesses. I’m a bit of a cheerleader for exactly that, says Rodal. But Ingebrigtsen’s agent, Daniel Wessfeldt, does not want that. – I think that would have been too much, if you ask me, but I’m not the one who runs, says the agent to news. – I want him to optimize his results in the 1,500 meters where he is the best in the world, and then the 10,000 meters will come, and probably the full and half marathon once in a while, but he is too young for that, says the Swede. But Wessfeldt has no doubt that Ingebrigtsen has the physical conditions to run fast in the 10,000 metres. – He is a horse, so he can do as much as possible. That he can run fast in the 10,000 if he just does it, I am convinced, but that has to come after everything else. It could be too much, concludes the agent.
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