Jakob Ingebrigtsen calls defending his Olympic title “a stroll throughout the park”
Although he has not competed in 9 months and misplaced his closing two predominant championship races, Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen is assured that defending his Olympic 1,500m title in Paris gained’t be a problem, as long as he isn’t injured or sick.
In an interview with the European Athletics Ignite podcast, Ingebrigtsen didn’t keep once more. “If I don’t get injured or sick, I imagine it’s going to be a stroll throughout the park,” he said, regarding the prospect of defending his title.
“If I don’t get injured or sick, I imagine it will likely be a stroll throughout the park.”
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Last yr, Ingebrigtsen gained seven of his eight 1,500m/mile races, shedding solely to Good Britain’s Josh Kerr throughout the closing on the 2023 World Championships in Budapest. This was the second consecutive yr he took silver, not gold, in a world championship 1,500m closing, after moreover shedding to Good Britain’s Jake Wightman in 2022.
Ingebrigtsen suggested media after his loss in Budapest that he had a sore throat throughout the days predominant as a lot because the lads’s 1,500m closing, and whereas he thought he had recovered adequate to win, he wasn’t at 100 per cent. Ingebrigtsen didn’t give Kerr any credit score rating, calling him “merely the following man,” as if his win was a fluke.
The 23-year-old Norwegian, who has however to start his 2024 season, due to an Achilles injury he suffered closing fall, is presently teaching to make his debut on the Prefontaine Fundamental scheduled for Might 25, the place he can have the prospect for a rematch in opposition to Kerr.
