Jakob Ingebrigtsen is asked about the new talent he faces from the US...

Nuguse is gonna take that arrogant (rightfully) Norwegian kid down!

He ended his answer by saying “I’m still the best,” and chuckling. Well he is not wrong until he is wrong. So he seems confident and I think his biggest concern is not the US runners nor should it be.

dude, stop

Has he actually raced Nuguse head to head? Obviously he would have handily beat him before this season, but I'm curious as to whether or not they've actually raced.

Either way, clearly Ingebrigtsen is not "washed", but if Nuguse can hold or improve his current form, Budapest will be very interesting.

Pretty sure he's never raced Nuguse.

Nuguse needs to consistently stay healthy to compete with the world's best, but if he can manage that, he's got as good a shot of beating Jakob as anyone else does in the next few years. Hope he can pull it off

Jakob is having so much fun, giggling and always saying the way things are.
Good for the sport.
Oh, and the part "I'm on the steep curve up. Give me ... couple more days (giggle)"

Jakob is the best, and I love that he’s willing to just come out and say it. None of this false modesty bs. He has no qualms putting pressure on himself and making sure the target is squarely on his back, and that’s the mark of a champion’s champion. Too bad he wasn’t in the 3000 today. It doesn’t seem he’s fit enough to have hung with Girma or Katir, but Jakob is such a mental beast, he literally might have died trying. Katir was awesome today, but no, he’s not going to beat Jakob when it counts head to head even if he did set the European record today. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it….

This is what is almost a big culture shock for me as a Norwegian. How is an olympic champion, a world champion, world indoor record holder etc saying he is the best so problematic for people. If he can't say it no-one can. It is so hard to understand what is seen as right or wrong, in my eyes saying that f.ex Nuguse is better than Jacob is worse as he don't have anything to back it up (yet).

Jakob raised in the COVID era ... extremely fewer meetings, African can't do displacements to do meetings, encounters ...

An Olympic Games session without public.

Thing are changing and Liévin showed the new order that is going, World Cross Country Championship is on the door.

Those that were favorized by a short period will be no more favorized.

You're delusional if you think that crowdless olympics helped Jakob in any way. He is not one of these super nervous runners. He is stoic on the starting line and the crowd's favourite after the finish line.

Before 2020 and Tokyo 2021 he was just an apprentice. Remember the day when people celebrated when he just improved his mile time while just sticking on Cheruiyot pace and getting a 5th place?

sad that he made an open-minded question about himself. Could have simply acknowledged the current wave in the US. Lots of good energy, arguably new faces showing up at unprecedented levels, seems pretty good for the sport imho.

That was because he was 17 years old, not because we didn't have covid.

He literally did acknowledge it. And the interview was about him, he just won the race, why wouldn't he make it about himself... American insecurity is so unreal. Yes, he should've said "NUGUSE WILL WIN EVERYTHING FROM NOW ON".

LOL...

Get over yourself, most of the world doesn't care about Grant Fisher's Bowerman time trials, once he's actually raced well come back to us.

Nguse, on the other hand, is interesting, he's actually shown he can run fast and race.