Mo Katir, historic world silver of 5,000 in Budapest behind Jakob Ingebrigtsen

Like a wounded lion Mo Katir (25 years old) -winner of Allianz Jean Bouin in Barcelona in 2021- he made up for premature elimination in the 1,500m with a superb performance in the 5,000m, where he won the silver medal in a time of 13’11”44, second only to the Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsenwho although hidden throughout the race, emerged in the final stretch to bring out all his class and take the win in 13’11”44.

The Kenyan completed the podium Jacob Crop with 13’12”28. For his part, the Spanish too Ouassim Oumaiz he was 16th in 13’31”99. In this way, the Spaniard added his second world medal after the bronze obtained last year andin Oregon at 1,500m. Furthermore, it is the first time a Spaniard has won a world medal in the 5,000m event. With women, the controversy martha dominguez it is also silver in Edmonton 2001 and Paris 2003.

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Katir He came to the event after completing the best season of his life, having achieved the European record of 5,000m with 12’45″01 and with victory in Florence Diamond League. In Tokyo 2020 He focused only on this distance and eighth position, a finalist position that did not leave him satisfied. The Murcian of Moroccan origin has always recognized that ingebrigtsen is the best and your options are stick to his back and wait for him to make a mistake or have a bad day.