It’s no secret that Norwegian distance working star Jakob Ingebrigtsen is on a mission to etch his title into the historical past books by setting as many world data as attainable in his profession. On Thursday, rumours started swirling on social media that Ingebrigtsen was competing on the Copenhagen Half Marathon on Sunday, marking what could be his debut on the distance. Ought to he determine to race, the world document of 57 minutes and 31 seconds may very well be in jeopardy.
On the Copenhagen Half Marathon begin listing, there may be an unnamed athlete with bib quantity #2 who is identical age as Ingebrigtsen (23).
In a press convention forward of Friday’s Diamond League Closing in Brussels, Ingebrigtsen was requested if he had plans to compete in Copenhagen. “I’m targeted on tomorrow’s race first, and what occurs after that, I’m undecided,” the 23-year-old Norwegian responded, holding the hypothesis alive. If the rumours show true, he may very well be chasing one other world document.
“Each world document may be damaged”
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— Wanda Diamond League (@Diamond_League) September 12, 2024
In tomorrow’s race in Brussels, Ingebrigtsen will likely be vying for his third-consecutive Diamond League title whereas attempting to inch nearer to Hicham El Guerrouj’s 1,500m world document of three:26.00. “I imagine it’s attainable to interrupt any world document,” Ingebrigtsen mentioned in Thursday’s press convention. “For me, it’s about profitable. It’s at all times thrilling to race when there’s one thing greater on the road. There’s at all times the possibility of a world document, however doubtless not tomorrow.”
World document watch in Brussels
In the meantime, the Diamond League Closing may witness one other world document within the males’s 800m, the place Canadian Olympic silver medalist Marco Arop will face off in opposition to his rival, Olympic champion Emmanuel Wanyonyi. Each are the quickest 800m runners on this planet this yr, they usually’ll be chasing David Rudisha’s world document time of 1:40.91. Arop will arrive in Brussels in record-setting form, contemporary off setting a North American document within the 1,000m on the Boris Hanžeković Memorial in Zagreb on Sept. 8.
Canada’s Sarah Mitton within the shot put and pole vaulter Alysha Newman are additionally slated to compete within the Diamond League Finals, each seeking to make historical past and change into the primary Canadian feminine athlete to win a Diamond League trophy in over a decade. Diamond League champions additionally earn an computerized qualification spot into the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.
The way to watch
You possibly can catch all of the monitor and discipline motion from the Diamond League Closing from Brussels on-line on CBC Sports activities and CBC Gem, beginning at 3:00 p.m. ET on Friday, Sept. 13 and Saturday, Sept. 14.