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Norwegian runners win world championships without a coach

Published:2022-07-26 By Hồng Duy(MetaSports) Comments
The U.S., there hasn't been a coach since the beginning of the year, but Jakob Ingebrigtsen still competed successfully, overwhelmingly winning the 5,000m run at the World Athletics Championships on July 24.

The men's 5,000m final was one of the most anticipated races at the tournament in Eugene, Oregon State this year. Besides Olympic 1,500m champion Ingebrigtsen, the competition also features Ethiopian 10,000m running leg Selemon Barega and Ugandan running leg who owns the 5,000m world record Joshua Cheptegei.

Cheptegi led in the first 1,400m, followed closely behind by the legs running Kenya - Jacob Krop and Nicholas Kipkorir Kimeli. But when the race was three rounds, Innerebrigtsen accelerated, rising to lead. In the last 200m, the Norwegian feet glided on the red race at Hayward Field and the first roller with a time of 13 minutes 9 seconds 24, nearly a second compared to KROP (13 minutes 9 seconds 98). Oscar Chelimo won a bronze medal with 13 minutes 10 seconds.

The latest results of Infigsen are the best achievement that he has set in Diamond League 2021. At that time, Chan run Norway to set a new European record with a time of 12 minutes 48 seconds 45. Despite So, the time of 13 minutes 9 seconds 24 is enough for Innerebrigtsen to win gold medals and become the first to be born in Europe the first winning in the content of 5,000m, after the Ireland Eamonn Coghan athlete at the 1983 LDT.

"This is the fifth time I competed to become an outdoor world champion and the third world championship," Ingebrigtsen said after winning a gold medal of 5,000m. "Finally, I became a world champion. This is a difficult distance, but I find myself very strong on the track."

Ingebrigtsen attended this year without coach, after breaking up with his father and training for him - Mr. Gjert - earlier this year. In the final of the 1,500m content - where he was the Olympic champion - five days earlier, ingebrigtsen lost shock when only on Monday after Jake Wightman - the British athlete won the gold medal with 3 minutes 29 minutes 23. Inengbrigtsen admitted very disappointing because of Play in the wrong way.

The World Athletics Championship closed on 24/7, with the US host winning the whole team with 33 medals, including 13 gold medals, nine silver medals and 11 bronze medals. Ethiopia ranked second with four gold medals, four silver medals and two bronze medals. Behind is Jamaica, Kenya, China, Australia and Peru when there are two gold medals.

Ingebrigtsen is a star running on average and long Norwegian people. He won the gold medal of 1,500m content at the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games with a time of 3 minutes 28 seconds 32 to set a record of the Olympics and European. Ingebrigtsen also won two gold medals about 1,500m and 5,000m at the European Championship 2018, as well as holding a world record at a distance of 1,500m indoor with 3 -minute 30 -minute 60 in February. .

His two brothers Ingebrigtsen, Henrik and Filip are also international middle-distance runners, and are coached by their father, Mr. Gjert. Ingebrigtsen is also the star on a Norwegian reality show called Team Ingebrigtsen, which revolves around him and his two brothers. This program shows the trials and tribulations with medium-distance runners.

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