Jakob Ingebrigtsen on his way to 1500m victory in Lievin (© Dan Vernon)
Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen will return to the scene of his world indoor 1500m record when he races an indoor mile for the first time at the Meeting Hauts-de-France Pas-de-Calais Trophee EDF in Lievin on 13 February.
The 24-year-old ran his world indoor 1500m record of 3:30.60 at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting in 2022 and has gone on to set world records outdoors in the 2000m and 3000m, as well as a world best for two miles. Outdoors the world and Olympic 5000m champion has clocked a European record of 3:43.73 for the mile – a time that places him third on the world all-time list.
He is a three-time winner in Lievin, having won the 1500m in 2021 and 2023 as well as in 2022, when he set his world record.
He will be joined in the French city by USA’s Sam Kendricks – the first athlete announced for the meeting in the pole vault.
Five members of the women’s pole vault field for the INIT Indoor Meeting Karlsruhe, also part of the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold, have been announced.
Olympic finalists Angelica Moser of Switzerland, Italy’s Elisa Molinarolo and Tina Sutej of Slovenia will compete at the event on 7 February and they will be joined by home athletes Anjuli Knasche and Jacqueline Otchere, with Knasche also having made the Olympic final in Paris.
