On Tuesday, Norweigan observe star Jakob Ingebrigtsen and his spouse Elisabeth Asserson Ingebrigtsen welcomed a brand new member to their famously quick household—child Filippa. “Say hey to the latest member of the Asserson Ingebrigtsen household! Filippa, born 25.06.2024,” Ingebrigtsen posted on social media.
“All the pieces is ideal with each mother and daughter. We’re very proud,” Ingebrigtsen added. The couple introduced Elisabeth’s being pregnant in June, sharing a photograph of Ingebrigtsen holding up a tiny racing velocity swimsuit. The longtime couple purchased a brand new home in Sandes, Norway, and received married in September 2023; their love story started after they have been simply 16, and Ingebrigtsen popped the query in 2021. Their wedding ceremony had an American-style aptitude, that includes 10 attendants, with Ingebrigtsen’s brothers Henrik, Filip and Kristoffer serving as groomsmen.
In Might, Elisabeth accompanied Ingebrigtsen to the Bislett Video games in Olslo, Norway. “…additional good to be there as ethical help and cheerleader one final time earlier than we get a brand new cheerleader member,” she shared on social media.
Ingbrigtsen’s life has not solely been busy on the household entrance—early in June, 23-year-old Ingebrigtsen grew to become essentially the most adorned athlete in European Championship historical past when he received the boys’s 1,500m with a championship document of three:31.95. This marks his third consecutive European 1,500m title.
Earlier within the championships, Ingebrigtsen additionally received gold within the males’s 5,000m occasion. That is the third time he has achieved the 1,500m/5,000m double on the European Championships, having beforehand carried out so in Munich in 2022 and Berlin in 2018.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen wins historic sixth European gold in document time
Followers are eagerly anticipating a showdown between Ingebrigtsen and rival 1,500m world champion Josh Kerr on the Paris Olympics in August. Kerr was absent from the 2024 European Championship after deciding to give attention to the British Olympic trials and the Olympics in Paris; he’s the one man to beat Ingebrigtsen twice, besting him within the Bowerman Mile on the Eugene Diamond League in Oregon earlier within the season and on the 2023 World Championships in Budapest.