Andreas Fjeld Halvorsen (still 15 yr) ran 8,16 on 3000 meter in his very first attempt on that distance ever at Bislett stadium yesterday, bettering Jakob's age record for boys 16 with 6 seconds!
Only time will show if he can improve!
Andreas Fjeld Halvorsen (still 15 yr) ran 8,16 on 3000 meter in his very first attempt on that distance ever at Bislett stadium yesterday, bettering Jakob's age record for boys 16 with 6 seconds!
Only time will show if he can improve!
what are these norwegians eating
Cool! Close to the Newbury Park 8:43 sophs!
Really great to see it grow behind Ingebritsens! This was his very first race on the track.
Some translations from the article:
He lives in Asker and runs for the Oslo club SK Vidar. He thrives in the training group there.
- It gives quite a lot of motivation to run faster than Jakob. I feel like continuing. It is a great inspiration to see what Jakob does, that it is possible even if you come from Norway, says the 15-year-old.
- When did you realize that you were good at running?
- I started when I was 10 years old. The following year I ran much faster, so as an 11-year-old I realized that I might be able to get well, Halvorsen, who turns 16 in September, answers.
Sports director of the athletics association Erlend Slokvik emphasizes that they do not focus on achievements in the age group of Halvorsen, but he does not hide that the 15-year-old ran very fast on Bislett.
- There are many who train a lot who never manage to run at that time of 3000 meters, Slokvik says to VG.
- But it looks nice on paper to run faster than Jakob Ingebrigtsen?
- Yes. It's very fast. He can be very good, answers Slokvik, who had not heard of the 15-year-old before this spring, when rumors spread about a young boy who ran fast.
Halvorsen's coach at Vidar, Atle Carlsen Mortvedt, is proud. He says that it was the first time the 15-year-old ran 3000 meters on the track.
- He broke the age record for Jakob. The Ingebrigtsen brothers have been role models for the way Andreas trains. I know Henrik and Filip. I have seen that things they have done work, says Mortvedt and adds:
- It is also only two seconds behind an unofficial world record from 1975 for 15-year-olds. I had faith that Andreas could run smoothly, but that he would run so fast in the last lap I had never thought.
I'm guessing Jakob didn't run a full out 3000 at that age. As a 16-yo he ran 3:58 for the mile which is equivalent to 7:53 in 3000, so 8:22 seems a little too slow even a year earlier.
im guessing they follow the ingebrigsten threshold training + hills looking at his instagram
Worlwide records age less 16 years:
Time: 7:50.67
1. Yeneblo BIYAZEN
Birth date: 29 JAN 2000
Country: ETH
Date of record: Olympiastadion, Berlin (GER) 03 SEP 2016
and the unexpected:
2. Jacob KIPLIMO
Time: 7:52.94
Birth date: 14 NOV 2000
Country: UGA
Date of record: Lignano Sabbiadoro (ITA) 13 JUL 2016
Fresh caught whales.
Passant wrote:
Worlwide records age less 16 years:
Time: 7:50.67
1. Yeneblo BIYAZEN
Birth date: 29 JAN 2000
Country: ETH
Date of record: Olympiastadion, Berlin (GER) 03 SEP 2016
Ummm...wouldn't that make him 16+, not less than 16?
He also ran a 3:56 mile a few weeks after the 3:58 (while still 16).