“Right now I feel like it’s 99 per cent losses to wins.”Jakob Ingebrigtsen after his 1,500m heat at the Paris Olympics. But I’ve been able to feed that obsession my whole life.”Given Ingebrigtsen’s uncompromising attitude, the fact he showed up to compete at September’s World Championships in Tokyo spoke volumes. Jakob Ingebrigtsen after winning the 3,000m final at the World Athletics Indoor Championships last March. People draw conclusions on the factors that are actually visible.”At the 2023 World Championships he had a virus, he points out. “I know I can beat most of the world records from 1,500m to the marathon,” he says.

Source: The Irish Times January 24, 2026 02:01 UTC