Ingebrigtsen is injured, drops out from European cross country

Thanks for this update. The Euro cross are now open. Gressier will not be here either. Crippa and Schrub among the main favorites.

Guess I’m not watching then (and probably many others as well)

Unusual for Jacob to take a break.

He generally races cross country, indoor, and outdoor

He should have stayed with Dad. He was able to keep it going for a little while but now he’s falling apart without Gjert’s guidance and support.

Holy shieee, if last season was him falling apart I do not know what to say, his potential would be enormous!

My guess is that he is drained from all the drama and need more time "off" + he probably have learned from this season that he might want to focus more on the big goal to not lose out on a gold yet again.

If he had stayed with his father, he would have won double gold last year and this year, he would be the 2023 Athlete of the Year (instead of not even being a finalist), and he wouldn’t be injured now. Father knows best.

Very sad news for sure. According to NRK.no, Jakob Ingebrigtsens injury is around the Sacrum area. Really hope it's "only" a muscle related injury and not a bone stress issue!

This will also mean that Jakob will not take his seventh(!) Gold medal at European Cross Country Championship:
2016 Chia - Junior race
2017 Šamorín - Junior race
2018 Tilburg - Junior race
2019 Lisbon - Junior race
2021 Dublin - Senior Men
2022 Turin - Senior Men

Let this be a lesson for all to honor their parents.

Indeed, it was unusual end of the season for him - double DL races in Eugene. Straight back home for the Beer Mile. Wedding. Jetted over to South East Asia for the honeymoon. No wonder he is not ready yet. But good for him to have this experience.

Yes, european cross country champs is like a jog for him. He even said he doesnt need to prep for it at all in any way... just goes in straight off the base mileage

so clearly when he says hes injured he definitely must be injured

Jakob had injuries in the fall-winter season previously as well and was fully healthy for the season. It's November, so there is plenty of time to heal. I hope it is nothing major such as a sacrum stress fracture.

Starting to see more injuries pop up in the last couple years for him. I suspect all those years of high mileage and double thresholds might be catching up to him. Will he be toast by 29?

Hmm I wonder if this isn't the same injury that has bothered him throughout his senior career after a slip on a threadmill due to some oil not being cleaned up after maintenance.

This is fair, he already races more than any top athlete and wins most of those races. It’s definitely tiring and he needs this rebuild phase.

This is bad news. He's been pretty resilient or fortunate as regards injury problems up to now. Hopefully it wont cost him too much time off and derail his plans for Paris and smashing El G's remaining WRs next summer.

Yes. No one would be able to keep that up.

He's not black I guess.

When you pull out of a race you have to give a reason. I wouldn't blow this out of proportion. I've seen no indication that he's seriously injured -- or that he's injured at all, really, if you take into account the above. The article is about how he is skipping cross to focus on recovery after a long season, and barely mentions that "TV 2 writes that it is an injury."

nrk.no

TV 2: Jakob Ingebrigtsen sliter med skade – dropper EM i terrengløp

Fredrik Tombra / Journalist

Jakob Ingebrigtsen blir ikke med den norske troppen til EM i Brussel. Det er andre gang på kort tid han gjør endringer i planene sine før OL-sesongen.

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