Tobias Grønstad to the semi-finals of the 800 meters – Olympics Paris 2024

– It was you! It’s the first global championship I’ve taken part in, and it’s only gone badly in all the European Championships I’ve taken part in, says Grønstad to news. Having managed the feat of reaching a semi-final with a new personal best of 1.44.57, he revealed that some well-chosen words from the Ingebrigtsen brothers helped him along the way. Grønstad said that he was tired in the warm-up before the collection heat, but that he then “got some encouraging words from the guys from Sandnes”. – I have been on a training camp with them for two weeks. Then you become quite raw in the head, says Grønstad about Jakob, Filip and Henrik Ingebrigtsen. COULD CELEBRATE: Tobias Grønstad right after he saw that his personal record held up to the Olympic semi-finals. Photo: Sarah Meyssonnier / Reuters The Tjalve athlete credits the training camp with the Ingebrigtsen brothers for the fact that he is now ready for a semi-final in the Olympics. He says that it was there that he learned to believe in himself, after seeing how the world’s best runners do it. – Is that enough then? – Yes, because I know that I do the job as usual. The physical is in place. It’s about the mental. We saw that today versus yesterday, says Grønstad. Grønstad came third in his heat with a time of 1:44.57, and advanced to the semi-finals on time. The 22-year-old’s previous personal record was 1.44.67 from the Bislett Games in May. – Talk about taking care of the opportunity. He solves his race tactically brilliantly. There he learned what he is good at, says news expert Vebjørn Rodal, who holds the Norwegian record of 1.42.58 from when he won Olympic gold over the distance in 1996. Now a new Norwegian is ready for the semi-finals of the 800 metres. Grønstad will run it at 11.30 Friday. Published 08/08/2024, at 12.47 Updated 08.08.2024, at 13.07



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