the norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsen, 1,500 Olympic champion, opened the indoor track season this Wednesday with a victory in Lievin (France)at the fifth stop of the indoor World Athletics gold circuit, in a race where Spaniard Adel Mechaal finished third.
Ingebrigtsen, who expressed his doubts a few days ago about attending the European Championships in Istanbul (Turkey) in March due to several colds suffered in recent weeks and which prevented him from training normally, It made its big debut on Lievin with the best score of the year.
The Norwegian middle-distance runner, who warned of his ambition in passing times in the five hundred meters (1:09) and in the thousand (2:20), He showed his superiority by imposing himself with authority in a time of 3:32.38, two seconds away from beating his world recordand crossed the finish line first, leading Frenchman Azzedine Habz by almost three seconds, stopping the clock at 3:35.27.
“It’s a tough race but when I run I want to run as fast as possiblesaid Ingebrigtsen, at the end of her exam.
After competing in Lievin, Ingebrigtsen will have to decide whether to keep his first roadmap scheduled for this winter by competing next week in Madrid (February 22) to continue preparing for the European Championship in Istanbul or , on the contrary, decide to focus on the season through fresh air.
Spanish Adel Mechaal, European record holder of 3,000 meters, finished thirdwho crossed the finish line in 3:36.55, after completing a race in which his compatriot Ignacio Fontes finished ninth with 3:37.91.
Source: La Verdad
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