Jakob Ingebrigtsen broke the 3,000m world record

Jakob Ingebrigtsencurrent champion of the 5,000 meters at the Paris 2024 Games, presented in Silesian Diamond League who maintains a great state of form with a huge world record at 3,000m at 7’17” 55. The Norwegian broke a record that had been in effect since he was born, the work of Daniel Komen in Rieti in 1996. 28 years Later, Ingebrigtsen – she was 23 – lowered that mark by three seconds, the best prize after winning gold at the Games, but lost the title in the 1,500m, her favorite distance, in which she was -four.

Ingebrigtsen finished 3,000 meters at an average of 2’25”06 per kilometer, with the last thousand in 2’22. Figures from another planet that only a big athlete like the Norwegian could compete with, who for many years dreamed of breaking the historic record of 1,500 in Hicham El Guerrouj 3’26”00 -Jacob is 3’26”73-.

In Silesia, Jacob He very well took advantage of the work of the two hares, including the Belgian Pieter Sisk reached the first thousand in 2’27”05 and included the North American Vincent Ciattei pushing the Norwegian to reach the second thousand in 4’55”21. From here, Ingebrigtsen He ran the rest of the test alone and managed to gradually increase the speed, as is characteristic of his running style. On the penultimate lap, he went from 59.07 seconds to 57.46 seconds and eventually dropped to 55.47 seconds, which the rest of his rivals could not reach. Behind, the Kenyan Berihu Aregawi was the closest with a final time of 7’21”28, a new national record and third best time of all time. Third place went Yomif Kejelcha with 7’28”44.