It’s no secret that Norwegian distance working big name Jakob Ingebrigtsen is on a challenge to etch his title into the historical past books via surroundings as many global information as conceivable in his occupation. On Thursday, rumours started swirling on social media that Ingebrigtsen was once competing on the Copenhagen Part Marathon on Sunday, marking what could be his debut on the distance. Will have to he come to a decision to race, the arena listing of 57 mins and 31 seconds may well be in jeopardy.
At the Copenhagen Part Marathon get started record, there may be an unnamed athlete with bib quantity #2 who is identical age as Ingebrigtsen (23).
In a press convention forward of Friday’s Diamond League Ultimate in Brussels, Ingebrigtsen was once requested if he had plans to compete in Copenhagen. “I’m curious about day after today’s race first, and what occurs after that, I’m now not certain,” the 23-year-old Norwegian replied, retaining the idea alive. If the rumours turn out true, he may well be chasing any other global listing.
“Each and every global listing will also be damaged”
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In day after today’s race in Brussels, Ingebrigtsen might be vying for his third-consecutive Diamond League name whilst looking to inch nearer to Hicham El Guerrouj’s 1,500m global listing of three:26.00. “I imagine it’s conceivable to damage any global listing,” Ingebrigtsen mentioned in Thursday’s press convention. “For me, it’s about profitable. It’s at all times thrilling to race when there’s one thing larger at the line. There’s at all times the risk of an international listing, however most probably now not day after today.”
Global listing watch in Brussels
In the meantime, the Diamond League Ultimate may just witness any other global listing within the males’s 800m, the place Canadian Olympic silver medalist Marco Arop will face off in opposition to his rival, Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi. Each are the quickest 800m runners on the earth this yr, and so they’ll be chasing David Rudisha’s global listing time of one:40.91. Arop will arrive in Brussels in record-setting form, contemporary off surroundings a North American listing within the 1,000m on the Boris Hanžeković Memorial in Zagreb on Sept. 8.
Canada’s Sarah Mitton within the shot put and pole vaulter Alysha Newman also are slated to compete within the Diamond League Finals, each having a look to make historical past and turn into the primary Canadian feminine athlete to win a Diamond League trophy in over a decade. Diamond League champions additionally earn an automated qualification spot into the 2025 Global Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.
How you can watch
You’ll be able to catch all of the monitor and box motion from the Diamond League Ultimate from Brussels on-line on CBC Sports activities and CBC Gem, beginning at 3:00 p.m. ET on Friday, Sept. 13 and Saturday, Sept. 14.