Norwegian phenom and reigning Olympic 1,500m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen has as soon as once more rewritten the file books, etching his identify alongside among the best distance runners in historical past. On Friday night time on the Paris Diamond League, Ingebrigtsen shattered Daniel Komen’s long-standing two-mile world file of seven:58.61 by almost 4 seconds, crossing the end in a staggering 7:54.10.
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🇳🇴 Jakob Ingebrigtsen pulvérise la meilleure efficiency mondiale de tous les temps sur le 2 Miles (3218 m) en 7’54”10 🔥
📺 Le #MeetingParis est à suivre en 𝗗𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗧 dès maintenant sur @lachainelequipe pic.twitter.com/6EwunQeBcc
— MEETING DE PARIS (@MEETINGPARIS) June 9, 2023
Heading into the race, it was clear that Ingebrigtsen was in form and able to give the 26-year-old file a shot. Ingebrigtsen’s tempo was relentless from the beginning, hitting the one-mile mark in round 3:57 together with his Kenyan pacer Kyumbe Munguti. When the pacer dropped off at 2,000m, the 22-year-old took over and chipped away at every lap, inching nearer to historical past.
The group erupted as Ingebrigtsen approached his remaining lap on file tempo, sprinting down the ultimate straight and reaching the road 4 seconds away from Komen’s file. Though Ingebrigtsen has many European and nationwide distance information to his identify, that is his first outside world file mark, including to his 1,500m indoor world file from 2022.
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Jakob Ingebrigtsen storms to the quickest 2 miles in historical past with 7:54.10 on the @MEETINGPARIS 😳
That’s greater than 4 seconds sooner than Daniel Komen’s world finest, set in 1997 🙌#DiamondLeague pic.twitter.com/3OOu965E2J
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) June 9, 2023
Ingebrigtsen’s record-breaking run on the Paris Diamond League cements his standing as one of many all-time greats in middle-distance operating. At solely 22, he has already achieved a number of world information, Olympic and world titles. Final 12 months on the Diamond League remaining in Zurich, he stated he aspires to be the best distance runner in historical past; he plans to offer the marathon a shot after the 2024 Paris Olympics.
