On Wednesday evening on the 2024 Eu Championships in Rome, Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen turned into the primary observe athlete in historical past to win six Eu gold medals, profitable the boys’s 1,500m with a championship report of three:31.95. This marks his 3rd consecutive Eu 1,500m identify.
Essentially the most adorned male athlete in championships historical past! 🏆
With 1500m gold, Jakob Ingebrigtsen 🇳🇴 turns into the FIRST male athlete to win six gold medals on the Eu Championships!
And he’s most effective 23! 😵💫😵 %.twitter.com/3bb7ytA3mw
— Eu Athletics (@EuroAthletics) June 12, 2024
Ingebrigtsen showcased his tactical prowess by way of to begin with taking the again of the pack at the first lap. After a swift 56-second get started, he surged to the entrance, slowed the tempo, then sped up once more to win gold. He completed two seconds forward of Belgium’s Jochem Vermeulen and Italy’s Pietro Arese, who each earned their first senior Eu championship medals.
The Ingebrigtsen circle of relatives, together with Jakob’s brothers Filip and Henrik, have ruled the boys’s 1,500m on the Eu Championships, profitable the final 5 gold medals since 2012. The final 3 Eu 1,500m titles were gained by way of Jakob.
Previous within the championships, Ingebrigtsen additionally gained gold within the males’s 5,000m match. That is the 3rd time he has completed the 1,500m/5,000m double on the Eu Championships, having prior to now executed so in Munich in 2022 and Berlin in 2018.
SIX EUROPEAN TITLES! 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇
Jakob Ingebrigtsen 🇳🇴 completes the 1500/5000m double for the THIRD time!
And a championship report of three️⃣:3️⃣1️⃣.9️⃣5️⃣ for 1500m gold! 😮💨#Roma2024 #IgniteTheFire %.twitter.com/0O7ZXww4tT
— Eu Athletics (@EuroAthletics) June 12, 2024
Particularly absent from the championships used to be Ingebrigtsen’s rival, 1,500m international champion Josh Kerr, who opted to skip the 2024 Eu Championships to concentrate on the British Olympic Trials and the Paris Olympic Video games. Previous this season, Kerr prior to now were given the most efficient Ingebrigtsen within the Bowerman Mile on the Eugene Diamond League in Oregon. He’s the one guy to overcome him two times.
The following most likely come upon between Ingebrigtsen and Kerr shall be on the Paris Olympic Video games.