There are interesting names on the start list for the WORLD cup in the cross, which is to be settled in Aarhus in the next weekend.
in addition to the four reigning world champions count deltagerfeltet also one of the largest european løbetalenter in recent times in the form of the Norwegian teen Jacob Ingebrigtsen.
Last year he won as the only 17-year-old european championship gold in both the 1500 metres and 5000 metres at the european championships in Berlin.
In the beginning of march supplement he the collection of european medals with gold in the 3000 meters at the indoor european championships in Glasgow.
by the same token, he wrote history by becoming the youngest gold medalist ever.
At home he is a kæmpenavn and part of a family of strong runners. His older brothers Henrik and Filip have both the EM-gold on the conscience.
the Trio are trained by their father, Gjert Ingebrigtsen, and the success can not only be measured in hundredths and medals.
In Norway has the flock been a regular viewer magnet in the population, according to the NRK has been portrayed as a family in a tv series, which so far counts three seasons.
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Jakob Ingebrigtsen and his brother Henrik are seen here at the european championships in Berlin, where they took gold and silver in the 5000 metres. Photo: AP
An indication of their popularity were printed black on white, in a table, as VG at the turn of the year made of the 100 greatest Norwegian athletes in 2018.
Here they were three brethren in the top 50, where Jakob Ingebrigtsen was ranked highest as number six. Among the website’s users, he was even voted in as number two.
At the cross-the WORLD championships in Aarhus provides the youngest of the trio up in the U20 class, where he will be chasing victory in a discipline usually dominated by runners from Kenya and Ethiopia.
At the seniors come the east african countries with a large number of strong names of both the gentlemen and the ladies.
To start, among others, are the defending crossverdensmester Geoffrey Kamworor, the world champion in the 1500-metre, Elijah Manangoi, and Conseslus Kipruto, who is the reigning world and olympic champion in the 3000 metres steeplechase.
In the Danish Athletics Federation is excited about the strong deltagerfelt.
– the WORLD cup Cross in Aarhus will surpass what we have seen on Danish soil, says the federation’s director, Jacob Larsen in a press release.
– It is not commonplace that Kenya poses with four reigning world champions without being able to feel safe and to win titles, says Jakob Larsen.
the WORLD cup-the race takes place around the Moesgaard Museum Saturday 30. march.
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