On Wednesday night time on the 2024 European Championships in Rome, Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen grew to become the primary monitor athlete in historical past to win six European gold medals, successful the boys’s 1,500m with a championship document of three:31.95. This marks his third consecutive European 1,500m title.
Essentially the most embellished male athlete in championships historical past! 🏆
With 1500m gold, Jakob Ingebrigtsen 🇳🇴 turns into the FIRST male athlete to win six gold medals on the European Championships!
And he’s solely 23! 😵💫😵 pic.twitter.com/3bb7ytA3mw
— European Athletics (@EuroAthletics) June 12, 2024
Ingebrigtsen showcased his tactical prowess by initially taking the again of the pack on the primary lap. After a swift 56-second begin, he surged to the entrance, slowed the tempo, then accelerated once more to win gold. He completed two seconds forward of Belgium’s Jochem Vermeulen and Italy’s Pietro Arese, who each earned their first senior European championship medals.
The Ingebrigtsen household, together with Jakob’s brothers Filip and Henrik, have dominated the boys’s 1,500m on the European Championships, successful the final 5 gold medals since 2012. The final three European 1,500m titles have been received by Jakob.
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.
SIX EUROPEAN TITLES! 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇
Jakob Ingebrigtsen 🇳🇴 completes the 1500/5000m double for the THIRD time!
And a championship document of three️⃣:3️⃣1️⃣.9️⃣5️⃣ for 1500m gold! 😮💨#Roma2024 #IgniteTheFire pic.twitter.com/0O7ZXww4tT
— European Athletics (@EuroAthletics) June 12, 2024
Notably absent from the championships was Ingebrigtsen’s rival, 1,500m world champion Josh Kerr, who opted to skip the 2024 European Championships to deal with the British Olympic Trials and the Paris Olympic Video games. Earlier this season, Kerr beforehand acquired one of the best Ingebrigtsen within the Bowerman Mile on the Eugene Diamond League in Oregon. He’s the one man to beat him twice.
The following doubtless encounter between Ingebrigtsen and Kerr can be on the Paris Olympic Video games.