Next May 25, the prestigious annual athletics meeting The Prefontaine Classic will host one of the most anticipated duels of 2024. The Olympic 1500 m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen face the world champion at a distance Josh Kerr on the Bowerman Mile.
Two months before the Paris Olympics, the Norwegian and the Scotsman will face each other after a series of divergent statements strained relations between the two middle-distance runners.
This will be Ingebrigtsen’s debut in 2024with an Achilles tendon injury keeping him off the track since September of last year, when he competed in this same event and won the mile race with a time of 3:43.73, a Norwegian and event record. .
Kerr, for his part, only expressed himself world champion in the 3,000 m short track at the Glasgow World Cup. A month earlier, at the Millrose Games in New York, the Brooks athlete set the best mark ever in the two-mile distance with a time of 8:00.67.
The American will join this confrontation Jared Nuguse, runner-up in the world short track 3,000 m at the last World Cup in Glasgow behind Kerr. The 24-year-old runner also holds the US record in the mile with a mark of 3:43.97 achieved at Hayward Field in 2023, when he finished second behind Ingebrigtsen.
He Prefontaine Classic This will be fifth meeting of the Diamond League (Wanda Diamond League), after Xiamen, Suzhou, Doha and Marrakech. As every year, it will take place at the Hayward Field stadium, located on the Oregon City campus, in the city of Eugene.
Included in the conference program 14 sporting events6 men’s and 8 women’s, of which the Mile race stands out, named after the legendary coach and co-founder of Nike Bill Bowerman.
Source: La Verdad
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