Athletics-Ingebrigtsen collects record sixth European gold
12/06/2024 23:50
ROME, June 12 (Reuters) - Norway's Olympic champion
Jakob Ingebrigtsen won the 1,500 metres in Rome on Wednesday for
a record sixth European Championship gold.
The 23-year-old charged down the final metres and was all by
himself when he crossed the finish in 3:31.95, a championship
record, to become the most decorated male athlete ever in the
continental championship.
Belgian Jochem Vermeulen took the second spot on the podium
in 3:33.30 while Italian Pietro Arese was third in 3:33.34.
"Today it's about winning. At the same time, I'm looking for
answers in every single question I'm asked. Today I got a lot of
good answers," he told a Norwegian broadcaster.
Ingebrigtsen is expected to form one of the most compelling
rivalries of this year's Paris Olympics against Briton Josh
Kerr, who denied him the gold in Budapest last year.
Ingebrigtsen hurled himself over the finish to win last
month's Oslo Diamond League meet, after finishing second to Kerr
over the mile race days earlier at the Prefontaine Classic.
(Reporting by Amy Tennery in New York, additional reporting by
Tommy Lund
Editing by Toby Davis)
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