Jakob Ingebrigtsen celebrates his world indoor 1500m record in Lievin (© AFP / Getty Images)
World and Olympic gold medallist Jakob Ingebrigtsen aims to extend his legacy at the Meeting de Madrid, the sixth stage of the 2023 World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold, at the Centro Deportivo Municipal Gallur on 22 February.
The Norwegian will target his second world indoor record, this time in the 3000m after breaking the 1500m record with 3:30.60 earlier this year in Lievin.
Despite being just 22 years of age, Ingebrigtsen is already one of the most successful European middle distance athletes of all time. He is the reigning Olympic 1500m and world 5000m champion, and a nine-time European senior champion between the 1500m and 5000m outdoors, 1500m and 3000m indoors, and cross country.
Next he takes a shot at the world indoor 3000m record, in what will be his first ever track race on Spanish soil. The time to beat is 7:24.90, which was set by Kenya’s Daniel Komen in Budapest in 1998.
As well as the world indoor 1500m record, Ingebrigtsen also owns the Olympic 1500m record with 3:28.32 and the European 1500m (3:28.32), 2000m (4:50.01) and 5000m (12:48.45) records.
A total of seven meetings feature in the 2023 World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold series, which starts in Karlsruhe, Germany, on 27 January before stops in Boston, Torun, New York, Lievin, Madrid and Birmingham.
For further information on the World Indoor Tour Madrid meeting, visit the event website.
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