the norwegian Jakob IngebrigtsenOlympic champion in the 1,500, will not participate on February 22 in the rally in Madridin the penultimate test of the World Athletics indoor track gold circuit, as reported by the Royal Spanish Athletics Federation.
“We regret to inform you that Jakob Ingebrigtsen will finally be unable to race in the World Indoor Tour Madrid 2023. Together with his team, he made this decision because he considered it the most suitable for his preparation,” the RFEA reported on its social networks.
The Norwegian athlete, since his victory on December 11 in the European cross country in Turin, He did not have continuity in training due to various health problems.
At the end of 2022, he missed the Cursa dels Nassos in Barcelona due to a throat infection and later, in January, after a few days in the Sierra Nevada, he returned to his country due to some colds.
His premiere this season was last Wednesday, at the rally of Lievin (France), in a 1,500 race where he showed his excellence. by imposing himself with authority in a time of 3:32.38, two seconds away from beating his world record, and crossed the finish line first, leading Frenchman Azzedine Habz by almost three seconds, who stopped on the clock at 3:35.27.
In Madrid, the first goal is to try to break the world record of 3,000 meters on the indoor track, something Ethiopian Lamecha Girma (7:23.81) did this week in Lievin. Later, after expressing his doubts about competing in the Spanish capital, he left open the possibility of running the 1,500, something that was also not possible.
Source: La Verdad
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