It’s no secret that Norwegian distance working star Jakob Ingebrigtsen is on a mission to etch his identify into the historical past books by setting as many world data as potential in his profession. On Thursday, rumours started swirling on social media that Ingebrigtsen was competing on the Copenhagen Half Marathon on Sunday, marking what can be his debut on the distance. Ought to he determine to race, the world document of 57 minutes and 31 seconds may very well be in jeopardy.
On the Copenhagen Half Marathon begin checklist, there’s an unnamed athlete with bib quantity #2 who is identical age as Ingebrigtsen (23).
In a press convention forward of Friday’s Diamond League Remaining in Brussels, Ingebrigtsen was requested if he had plans to compete in Copenhagen. “I’m centered on tomorrow’s race first, and what occurs after that, I’m unsure,” the 23-year-old Norwegian responded, protecting the hypothesis alive. If the rumours show true, he may very well be chasing one other world document.
“Each world document could be damaged”
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— Wanda Diamond League (@Diamond_League) September 12, 2024
In tomorrow’s race in Brussels, Ingebrigtsen can be vying for his third-consecutive Diamond League title whereas attempting to inch nearer to Hicham El Guerrouj’s 1,500m world document of three:26.00. “I imagine it’s potential to interrupt any world document,” Ingebrigtsen stated in Thursday’s press convention. “For me, it’s about profitable. It’s all the time thrilling to race when there’s one thing greater on the road. There’s all the time the possibility of a world document, however probably not tomorrow.”
World document watch in Brussels
In the meantime, the Diamond League Remaining may witness one other world document within the males’s 800m, the place Canadian Olympic silver medalist Marco Arop will face off towards his rival, Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi. Each are the quickest 800m runners on the planet this yr, and so they’ll be chasing David Rudisha’s world document time of 1:40.91. Arop will arrive in Brussels in record-setting form, contemporary off setting a North American document 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 are additionally slated to compete within the Diamond League Finals, each seeking 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 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.
Methods to watch
You’ll be able to catch all of the monitor and discipline motion from the Diamond League Remaining 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.
