New Ingebrigtsen interview: “They haven’t got the balls / their balls are too small”

Jakob is a troll.

thats why hes my favorite athlete <3

“Jakob Asserson Ingebrigtsen”

Joke’s on him.

Another interview with Wightman.

vg.no

Wightman med nytt Ingebrigtsen-stikk: – Må respektere resten av oss litt mer

Steffen Johan Johnstad

Wightman med nytt Ingebrigtsen-stikk: – Må respektere resten av oss litt mer

Link:www.vg.no/sport/friidrett/i/veaVql/jak...

- Now it has happened two years in a row. He has been favourite, but has not won. That will probably teach him that he has to respect the rest of us a little more.
Jake Wightman says so in an interview with the magazine Athletics Weekly . In the interview, he talks about a 2023 which for his part was heavily affected by injuries.
He had to watch the WC in Budapest 2023 from the sidelines. There he saw his teammate Josh Kerr do what he did in 2022: Beat Jakob Ingebrigtsen in the 1500-meter final at the World Championships .

- There are weaknesses in Jakob's running. We took advantage of it, both of us. It's not even a discussion, says the Scot.
Ingebrigtsen, who recently announced that he is going to be a father , has been the big star in middle distance running for several years.
Now Wightman believes that two athletes in particular are going to steal more of the attention.

Going forward, I am sure that there will most likely be less focus on just Jakob, and more focus on me and Josh, says Wightman.
- It has been nice to fly a bit under the radar for a while, but the rest of us haven't gotten enough respect, he says.

In 2024, it will not be the WC, but the Olympics in Paris. During the Olympics in Tokyo in 2020 , the Norwegian won gold in the 1500 meters.
Josh Kerr took bronze and Wightman finished in 10th place. Now the latter is looking forward to this summer's Olympics.
- Everything is in place for a pretty good final in Paris, he says.
There, the British will fight hard to ensure that Ingebrigtsen does not have the opportunity to repeat the success from the 2020 Olympics.
- We don't make many mistakes, which means we can get the most out of ourselves in the final. That makes us dangerous and Jakob is aware of that, says Wightman.

After the WC in 2023, Josh Kerr called the comments to Ingebrigtsen after the race "disrespectful" .
In the interview, Wightman says that he is not interested in becoming an enemy of Ingebrigtsen.
- If I can avoid poking the bear so much that he doesn't think about me, then that suits me well.
He leaves the bull sh*t to Kerr.
- I like what Josh does. It brings attention to competitions and the sport. You want rivals and rivalries are normally driven by harsh words and contempt, he says.
In his first race in over a year, Wightman ran to a new personal best in the indoor 1500m in 3:34.06 yesterday.
He finished second behind Hobbs Kessler in the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix.

Here is the pure Norwegian text (I’m working on a translation -got some technical problems):

INGEBRIGTSENS DRØMMEMETODE: − VIL VÆRE EN AV DE STØRSTE BRAGDENE
Jakob Asserson Ingebrigtsen (23) har mistet to VM-gull på oppløpet. Likevel virker han innbitt om å få det til med samme taktikk.
– Nesten ingen klarer det. Og gjør du det, vil det være det en av de største bragdene, sier Ingebrigtsen til VG.
I 2022 ble han spurtslått av Jake Wightman på 1500-meteren. I 2023 skjedde det samme da Josh Kerr dro forbi. Begge gangene var det Ingebrigtsen som ledet store deler av løpet.
– Hvis han ikke innser at han har noen svakheter, så vil han ikke vinne gull på 1500 meter neste år (OL i Paris 2024), har Kerr sagt syrlig i ettertid.
Også Wightman har kommet med stikk i retning Ingebrigtsen den siste tiden.
Ingebrigtsen er fullt klar over at det selvsagt er lettere å ligge bak i feltet på grunn av mindre luftmotstand og bruk av energi. Likevel pleier han «alltid» å dra store deler av løp, spesielt siste halvdel.
– I de hastighetene vi løper, er det veldig lite som skiller mellom 90 og 95 prosent innsats. Det trenger ikke gjøre mye utslag på farten. Det er en ting som er veldig vanskelig å mestre i front, sier Ingebrigtsen.
● LES OGSÅ: Henrik og Filip Ingebrigtsen dropper innendørs-VM i Glasgow.
Han forklarer videre:
– Skal jeg springe 3.30 minutter på 1500 meter med jevn fart er det på 56 sekunder på runden (400 meter), 26 kilometer i timen.
– Løper jeg på 90 prosent, løper jeg kanskje litt senere. Men løper jeg på 95 prosent, går det så vidt fortere og koster bare mye mer energi. Det er derfor folk ikke klarer å løpe i front – de bommer på bruk av energi.
– Hvor god følelse har du på det? Kjenner du akkurat når du løper 55 eller 56 sekunders runder?
– Ja. Om noe, er det der jeg er best i verden. I forhold til de andre er jeg veldig mye bedre, etter mye øving. Si at en «random» løper skal opp i front og kjøre sånn, går de på en smell. Det er bare sånn det er.
Han peker på at all statistikk og historie, viser at det er nærmest umulig å løpe fra på feltet i mesterskap. Men det stopper ham ikke. Tvert om så motiverer det ham.
– Jeg synes det er kult at jeg er den eneste som jakter det. De andre prøver bare å få til et godt løp og slå hverandre. Jeg vil ikke bare vinne, jeg vil vinne overlegent.
I seks av de syv seks internasjonale 1500-finalene har forsøkene på å ta gullet ved å ligge i front store deler av løpet feilet. Det funket kun for Timothy Cheruiyot i VM i 2019.
– Det er noe som svært få har klart, og den dagen jeg har fått til det, så er du ikke bare best – det er helt åpenbart at du har utsatt deg for mye mer enn alle andre og likevel så vinner du.
– Men er det ren idioti å gjøre det på en sånn måte fremfor en billigere vei?
– Jeg tror grunnen til at så få har fått det til, er at de ikke evner det. Og grunnen til at ikke flere prøver, er at de ikke har baller nok. Det er en hårfin balansegang mellom idioti og det å gjøre noe unikt.
Foruten 1500-meteren i VM, vant Ingebrigtsen alt han stilte opp i sist sesong vant Ingebrigtsen: Inkludert VM-gull på 5000 meter, verdensrekord på 2000 meter og to engelske mil, samt europeisk rekord på 1500 meter og en engelsk mile.
Ingebrigtsen giftet seg med Elisabeth Asserson Ingebrigtsen i høst. De har akkurat flyttet inn i et nytt drømmehjem og venter deres første barn.

I know who Ingebrigtsen is, but who is Jakof Wightman ?

By google translate:

INGEBRIGTSEN'S DREAM METHOD: - WILL BE ONE OF THE GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS
Jakob Asserson Ingebrigtsen (23) has lost two WC gold medals on the run. Nevertheless, he seems keen to make it happen with the same tactics.
- Almost no one can do it. And if you do, it will be one of the greatest achievements, says Ingebrigtsen to VG.
In 2022, he was beaten in a sprint by Jake Wightman in the 1500 metres. In 2023, the same thing happened when Josh Kerr passed by. Both times it was Ingebrigtsen who led large parts of the race.
- If he doesn't realize that he has some weaknesses, then he won't win gold in the 1,500 meters next year (Olympics in Paris 2024), Kerr has said sourly afterwards.
Wightman has also made jabs at Ingebrigtsen lately.
Ingebrigtsen is fully aware that it is of course easier to stay at the back of the field due to less air resistance and the use of energy. Nevertheless, he "always" tends to drag large parts of races, especially the last half.
- At the speeds we run, there is very little that differentiates between 90 and 95 percent effort. It doesn't have to make much of an impact on the move. It is something that is very difficult to master at the front, says Ingebrigtsen.
● READ ALSO: Henrik and Filip Ingebrigtsen drop out of the indoor WC in Glasgow.
He further explains:
- If I'm going to run 3.30 minutes for 1500 meters at a steady speed, it's 56 seconds on the lap (400 meters), 26 kilometers per hour.
- If I run at 90 percent, I might run a little later. But if I run at 95 percent, it barely goes faster and just costs a lot more energy. That is why people are unable to run in front - they miss the use of energy.
- How good do you feel about it? Do you know exactly when you are running 55 or 56 second laps?
- Yes. If anything, it's where I'm the best in the world. Compared to the others, I am much better, after a lot of practice. Say a "random" runner is going to get up front and drive like that, they go with a bang. That is just how it is.
He points out that all statistics and history show that it is almost impossible to run away from the field in championships. But that doesn't stop him. On the contrary, it motivates him.
- I think it's cool that I'm the only one who hunts it. The others are just trying to have a good race and beat each other. I don't just want to win, I want to win overwhelmingly.
In six of the seven six international 1500 finals, the attempts to take the gold by being at the front for large parts of the race have failed. It only worked for Timothy Cheruiyot in the WC in 2019.
- It is something that very few have managed, and the day I have managed to do it, you are not only the best - it is quite obvious that you have exposed yourself to much more than everyone else and yet you win.
- But is it pure idiocy to do it in such a way rather than a cheaper way?
- I think the reason why so few have succeeded is that they are not capable of it. And the reason more people don't try is because they don't have enough balls. It's a delicate balance between idiocy and doing something unique.
Besides the 1,500 meters in the WC, Ingebrigtsen won everything he competed in last season Ingebrigtsen won: Including WC gold in 5,000 meters, world record in 2,000 meters and two English miles, as well as European record in 1,500 meters and one English mile.
Ingebrigtsen married Elisabeth Asserson Ingebrigtsen this autumn. They have just moved into a new dream home and are expecting their first child.

Whether you like his personality or not, you have to admire what he's trying to achieve here. Even though the odds are heavily stacked against him, he's still going to try and win it the hard way.

If he does, that'll be pretty historic in itself. But he'll also become the 2nd man ever to win back-to-back Olympic 1500m titles. AND if he wins the 5000m too, he'll become the 3rd man to ever pull off the double.

I always root for the athlete chasing history above everyone else. Although... Niels Laros winning would be pretty damn historic too. Was Jakob the youngest Olympic gold medalist in the 1500m? Laros will be a year younger at 19.

I appreciate that the World Athletics website has the drop tab with head to head results at each distance.

Once you go to Jakob's page and sample those drop tabs it's more than laughable to suggest that Jakob has weaknesses or is doing it the hard way.

Why are you such a FANBOY? So you are saying that Jakob is the only runner in history who has no “weaknesses.” How could intelligent people take you seriously? If he has no weaknesses, I guess we can expect him to be undefeated?

looks like wightman is furiously sucking a massive hog in that pic lmao

I am a Jakob fan boy as well -but of course he has weaknesses. And the interviews show that he knows, and tries to find his way… And when it comes to his reactions and talking: Of course he has weaknesses here too, but he is maturing and shows development -him intentionally provoking or being a sore loser shouldn’t overshadow the real thing here: He is making a lot of interesting comments. And I dare saying the same about Kerr, and Wightman for that matter…

Those head to head results should have a filter for championship races.

Even if you filtered for championships, you'd still find that does better. He's 3-1 against Wightman in championships. 5-1 against Kerr.