Passant wrote:
Armstronglivs wrote:
Katir's improvement from 3:36 to 3:28 is extreme.
14 3:48.37 Jakob Ingebrigtsen NOR 19 Sep 00 Stockholm 30 Jul 15
15 3:42.44 Jakob Ingebrigtsen NOR 19 Sep 00 Oslo 9 Jun 16
16 3:39.92 Jakob Ingebrigtsen NOR 19 Sep 00 Stockholm 18 Jun 17
17 3:31.18 Jakob Ingebrigtsen NOR 19 Sep 00 Monaco 20 Jul 18
What does this succession prove? Despite his young age (20), Ingebrigtsen has been involved in sports for over 13 years. In his own words, he has "probably sacrificed my childhood, adolescence and everything that exists. I have lived as a top athlete for over [13] years and I am only [20] years old so that says something."
https://svenska.yle.fi/artikel/2018/08/11/norska-em-stjarnan-har-levt-som-en-toppidrottare-i-over-tio-ar-ingebrigtsen-till?page=19Interestingly (to me, gumpy), Jakob deflected his father's predictions that Jakob would break the WR in the next couple of years.
Why?
- I do not think that is realistic.
- Why not?
- You can not just say something, and then you do it. It takes more than two years to build up to be able to run three seconds faster at 1500 meters.
https://www.aftenposten.no/sport/i/lEAk6L/jakob-ingebrigtsen-tror-han-vil-naa-toppen-om-fem-aar-toppidrett-er-i