Ingebrigtsen takes 1,500m, completing distance double at indoor track and field worlds

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23-03-2025

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Jakob Ingebrigtsen completed a golden double by capturing the men's 1,500-metre title on the final day of the World Indoor Athletics Championships on Sunday, a day after the Norwegian claimed the 3,000 crown.
Victory in three minutes 38.79 seconds in Nanjing, China meant Ingebrigtsen also matched the feat of Ethiopian great Haile Gebrselassie who won the double at the 1999 indoor worlds in Maebashi, Japan.
The 24-year-old Ingebrigtsen had warmed up for the global meeting with a similar effort at the European indoors in Apeldoorn, in the Netherlands, earlier this month.
"Of course, this is something special," said Ingebrigtsen.
"It's very difficult to compare yourself against history and what others are doing. I'm only focusing on myself and feel good to have done a lot of preparations, and that was the main goal.
"It's not to do with something somebody else did before. I think I can do more, so I'll try to maximize that and grab the opportunity given to me."
The Olympic 5,000 champion was barely troubled after he took the lead midway and staved off Briton Neil Gourley, who claimed silver in 3:39.07, while American Luke Houser took bronze in 3:39.17.
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Ethiopia's Gudaf Tsegay set a championship record of 3:54.86 en route to the women's 1,500 title, ahead of compatriot Diribe Welteji, who crossed the line in 3:59.30. Briton Georgia Hunter Bell completed the podium in 3:59.84.
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"It wasn't an easy race, this was a fast time, so I'm very happy about that," Tsegay said.
"It was my training that led to this."
Ingebrigtsen's compatriot Sander Skotheim claimed the men's heptathlon gold with a solid showing, finishing ahead of Estonian Johannes Erm and German Till Steinforth.
American Josh Hoey won his first world indoor title in the men's 800 in 1:44.77, while South Africa's Prudence Sekgodiso won the women's title with a world-leading 1:58.40.
Italy's Mattia Furlani won a fiercely contested long jump event with a leap of 8.30, bettering Jamaica's Wayne Pinnock who managed 8.29. Australia's Liam Adcock took bronze with 8.28 in his first indoor competition.
New Zealand's Tom Walsh collected his third indoor title and first in seven years in the shot put competition with a season's best throw of 21.65m.
The United States reigned supreme in the men's and women's 4x400 relays to cap off a successful meeting in which they topped the medals tally with 16 -- six gold, four silver and six bronze.
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