Mile News Tagged Jakob Ingebrigtsen


Ingebrigtsen’s eternal quest for improvement

March 13, 2023

“The main goal is just to see how fast I can run and to try to win as much as possible as often as I can, when I can. But the short-term goal always changes. It’s always to win the next race or break that record or something."

By Mike Rowbottom for World Athletics

Following the successful...

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The Best Mile Moments of 2022

December 30, 2022

Nick Willis’ record 20th consecutive year sub-4, annual record of first U.S. sub-4 shattered, annual record of U.S. high school sub-4s (5 individuals, 7 times), event prize money increases 34%, official road Mile world championship & world record category announced and more!

By Ryan Lamppa,...

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Wightman upsets Ingebrigtsen for World 1500m gold

July 19, 2022

“Even when I was coming down the home straight I felt strong, but Jakob is a beast and I never knew if he was going to come past.”

By Jess Whittington for World Athletics

Great Britain’s Jake Wightman stunned the Olympic champion, the defending world champion and himself at the World...

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WCH Oregon22 preview men’s 1500m - Ingebrigtsen seeks first world title

July 10, 2022

Kipsang, Tefera, Wightman, Kerr and defending champion Cheruiyot look to challenge the talented, young Norwegian

By Cathal Dennehy for World Athletics

At the age of 21, Jakob Ingebrigtsen has very nearly done it all. He’s won European titles, an Olympic gold medal and, earlier this year, he...

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Sahlman runs his second HS sub-4 at Bowerman Mile

May 29, 2022

“I gave it all I had... It was definitely a great experience. I raced against the best in the world and I ran 3:56. I can’t be disappointed with that.”

By Joe Curley, Ventura County Star

He was seeded last, spent nearly the entire race trailing the world class field and it was all captured...

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Bowerman Mile again draws the best of the Best

May 07, 2022

Past race champions, Olympic medalists, world champions and rising stars to toe the line at Hayward Field

From Prefontaine Classic

The Prefontaine Classic has churned out more sub-4 minute Mile performances than any other American meet, and the storied Bowerman Mile has played a pivotal role...

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Olympic champion Ingebrigtsen gets 1500m indoor world record

February 18, 2022

"First of all I want to improve my own times, but obviously beating a world record is a big achievement for me. I will always remember this, it feels amazing."

From World Athletics

It’s easy to forget that Jakob Ingebrigtsen is still just 21-years-old.

Keen followers of the sport have been...

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Ingebrigtsen, Thompson-Herah, Mu shine in Pre Classic’s record-setting return to Hayward Field

August 21, 2021

"Being able to win races is every athlete’s dream. It’s great to be able to be here and take part in this great meet."

By Chris Hansen, Register-Guard

By the time the Bowerman Mile runners lined up for the final event of the Prefontaine Classic, there had been eight meet records, six...

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Ingebrigtsen’s star shines brightly with Olympic 1500m gold

August 07, 2021

"This is what you want as a professional runner... I feel like I am just getting started. But at the same time, I have been dreaming of this for my whole life."

By Bob Ramsak for World Athletics

Jakob Ingebrigtsen capped his stunning rise from precocious talent to global middle distance...

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Tokyo Olympics preview: 1500m

July 31, 2021

Can Kipyegon, Centrowitz defend Olympic crowns?

By Nicole Jeffery & Bob Ramsak for World Athletics

WOMEN
The outcome of the women’s 1500 meters may be most influenced by whether world champion Sifan Hassan decides to do the event or not.

At the time of writing, Hassan was still...

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