Jakob Ingebrigtsen won his first senior cross country title today after four Under 20 titles. In this superb piece from European athletics website, www.europeanathletics.org, we learn about the development of the race and get to see some exclusive social media on the senior Men’s race!
The Olympic champion at 1,500 meters, Ingebrigtsen battled Aras Kaya and Jimmy Gressier to take the title on the honest 10k course in Dublin-Fingal, Ireland. The Norwegian has a back ground of cross country skiing as a child, and his threshold work makes 10k cross country a tough training session.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen, taking his first Senior EA Cross Country title, photo courtesy of European Athletics
Jakob Ingebrigtsen might have been the youngest competitor in the senior men’s race by two years but the scintillating Norwegian glided to gold at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Fingal-Dublin on Sunday (12).
Ingebrigtsen would have been eligible for the U23 race – and he remains so next year as well when the championships take place in Turin – but the Olympic 1500m champion stepped up both in age-group and in distance at the Sport Ireland Campus to win his sixth European senior title at the age of 21.
The distance of 10km might be slightly beyond Ingebrigtsen’s speciality but he never looked under considerable pressure or out of his comfort zone against what was arguably the finest ever men’s field assembled at the European Cross Country Championships. The line-up included the three individual medallists from 2019 as well as Jimmy Gressier who was also making his senior debut.
To read the whole story and enjoy the social media, please click here: https://european-athletics.com/news/unstoppable-ingebrigtsen-glides-to-gold-on-his-senior-debut-in-dublin
