{"id":1119,"date":"2020-08-16T17:44:24","date_gmt":"2020-08-16T17:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/europe\/?p=1119"},"modified":"2020-09-11T05:01:48","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T05:01:48","slug":"jakob-ingebrigtsen-new-european-1500m-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.time-to-run.com\/europe\/news\/jakob-ingebrigtsen-new-european-1500m-record","title":{"rendered":"Jakob Ingebrigtsen new European 1500m record"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Still only 19, the incredible double European champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen from Norway set his second European record of the season in the 1500m with 3:28.68 in the Monaco Diamond League on Friday (14th August)\u00a0 evening.<\/p>\n

Jakob Ingebrigtsen new European 1500m record with 3:28.68 in Monaco<\/h3>\n

After breaking the European 2000m record with 4:50.01 at the Impossible Games in Oslo where he had the advantage of being paced by his brothers, Ingebrigtsen was racing against not only his older brother Filip but also the reigning world champion Timothy Cheruiyot from Kenya<\/a> who was decisively beaten by the Ingebrigtsens in the virtual head-to-head clash between Oslo and Nairobi.<\/p>\n

Aided by his training partners who were acting as his pacemakers, Cheruiyot blazed through the early stages in an unfathomably fast pace on his unofficial season\u2019s debut. These exertions appeared to be catching up on the world champion as the pack closed up on Cheruiyot at the bell with Ingebrigtsen looming into view and Great Britain\u2019s Jake Wightman also rounding into contention.<\/p>\n

Ingebrigtsen was in position to strike off the final bend but the forward-leaning Cheruiyot kicked away again, holding the Norwegian off to win in a world leading 3:28.45 after an overly exuberant first 400 metres of 52.59. In contrast Ingebrigtsen ran a much more steady paced race and was rewarded with a phenomenally fast time of 3:28.68.<\/p>\n

Ingebrigtsen\u2019s time eclipsed Mo Farah\u2019s European record of 3:28.81 which was set in the same stadium seven years ago and the teenager moves to eighth on the world all-time list which is still headed by Hicham El Guerrouj\u2019s world record of 3:26.00.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt like I kept the same pace…going from 3:30 to 3:28 it’s double the achievement. It’s crazy,\u201d said Ingebrigtsen whose previous lifetime best stood at 3:30.16.<\/p>\n

Ingebrigtsen was gearing up for not only his Olympic debut in Tokyo as well as the now-cancelled European Championships in Paris where more continental honours must have surely beckoned. Despite the decimation of the summer calendar due to the coronavirus pandemic, motivation has by no means been lacking for the ebullient and popular Norwegian.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year I have been doing every session, I never skipped a single one because I was very motivated after Doha. That’s why I can run this fast. It’s unbelievable to run this fast in one race. It’s one shot, one chance,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The Stade Louis II Stadium is the foremost venue for middle distance runners searching for fast times. Behind Ingebrigtsen, Wightman moved to fourth on the European all-time list – ahead of both Sebastian Coe (3:29.77) and Steve Cram (3:29.67) among others – with a marvellous lifetime best of 3:29.47.<\/p>\n

Filip Ingebrigtsen, who had to concede the family record of 3:30.01 to Jakob tonight, almost matched his lifetime best with 3:30.35 in fourth. Reigning European indoor champion Marcin Lewandowski from Poland was seventh in 3:33.99.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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