the norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsencurrent European champion of the 1,500, will seek to set the world record for two miles at the Diamond League in Paris on June 9which is currently held by Kenyan Daniel Komen since 1997 with 7:58.61.
Ingebrigtsen, who in recent years has devoted himself to collecting gold medals, such as two in the 2022 Munich Outdoor European Championship (1,500 and 5,000), the Eugene World Cup (5,000) or the 2023 Indoor European Championship (1,500 and 3,000), He started the outdoor season just two days ago, winning the 1,500 Diamond League in Rabat (Morocco).
The next challenge for the Norwegian athlete is to achieve the world’s best mark of two miles (3,218 meters) at the Charlety stadium in Paris, held by the Kenyan Daniel Komen since July 9, 1997 in Hechtel (Belgium), where he clocked a time of 7:58.61, becoming the only athlete so far to run the distance in under eight minutes, bettering the previous world record of Ethiopian Haile Gebrselassie in Hengelo (Netherlands) by almost three seconds with 8:01.08.
The Komen record They have tried to beat it several times, without success, athletes of the stature of Eliud Kipchoge in 2004, Kenenisa Bekele in 2007 or Mo Farah in 2014.
According to the organizers of the Paris Meeting, Ingebrigtsen will have the help of several hares during his career, which It will not qualify for the Diamond League circuit, although it will be part of the event’s competition program.
Ingebrigtsen already holds the world record, which is 1,500 meters on the indoor track, established in 2022 in Lievin (France) with a time of 3:30.60.
Source: La Verdad
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