Jakob Ingebrigtsen en route to a gold medal in the 5000 meters at the Oregon22 World Championships | Photo by Kevin Morris
Jakob Ingebrigtsen en route to a gold medal in the 5000 meters at the Oregon22 World Championships | Photo by Kevin Morris

Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Lamecha Girma make history in Paris

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Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Lamecha Girma had historic days at the Diamond League meet in Paris.

Ingebrigtsen and Girma not only won their respective events (2 mile, 3000m steeplechase) at the meet, but they also broke the world record in the events that they competed in as well.

Ingebrigtsen left no stone unturned in his record breaking win. He won the race by 15 seconds against a loaded field of athletes. He broke Daniel Komen’s world record that he set back in 1997.

“Being able to break this mark feels amazing,” he said in an interview with World Athletics after the race. “It is my first world best outdoors. The pace felt very smooth for me, coming out of the 1500m. The public was amazing; without their help, it would have been more difficult. I was a bit surprised by the time in the end.”

In the steeplechase, Lamecha Girma lit up the track, breaking the world record in the event with his time of 7:52.11. He broke Saeed Shaheen’s 19-year record in the event.

“I feel so happy,” Girma told World Athletics in an interview after the race. “I’m happy and very proud. I felt so fast during the race, so confident. The world record is not a surprise; it was my plan to beat it tonight in Paris. It’s the result of my full determination.”

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Dominique Smith

I’m a sports journalist based in Florida and I’ve covered a couple of different sports so far early on in my career, but I love the sport of track and field and the art of running. Everyone has a story and everyone has a story worth telling. My prayer is that the stories of the great athletes of this sport are told, and that the sport grows to new creative heights, so that the sport gets the respect it deserves.
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