[1/4]Athletics – Diamond League – Memorial Van Dam – King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium – September 8, 2023 Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsen celebrates setting a new world record and winning the men’s 2000 meters (Reuters/Eve Hermann) Obtaining licensing rights
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Norwegian runner Jakob Ingebrigtsen broke a rare 24-meter world record in the 2,000 meters at the Diamond League meeting in Brussels on Friday.
On a warm evening in the Belgian capital, the 22-year-old runner, who is world champion in the 5,000 meters and Olympic champion in the 1,500 metres, recorded a time of 4 minutes and 43.13 seconds, breaking the previous record of 4:44.79 minutes held by Moroccan Hicham El Hajj. El Guerrouj in 1999.
Ingebrigtsen, who set a world record in the two-mile race in Paris in June, said he had help from pacemakers that went a little further than expected, and is now hungry for more records, from his 1,500m specialty. Ultimate range up to 1500 metres. Marathon.
“I think I’m at a point in my career where I can challenge all the records as well. So that will remain the goal in the future,” he said in a press conference.
Other standout performances at the Diamond League’s penultimate meet before the finals in Eugene next weekend include Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson in the 200 meters and Japan’s Haruka Kitaguchi, the world champion in the javelin throw last month.
Jackson was too strong for the competition, but after targeting a world record on the new fastest track in Brussels, she had to settle for a Diamond League record of 21.48 seconds, seven-hundredths of a second off her last World Championship-winning run in Budapest. This month, it is the second fastest women’s 200 meters race ever.
Kitaguchi cleared the 2023 world-leading distance of 67.38 meters in the final round to secure victory over a strong women’s javelin lineup.
In the 400-meter hurdles, Dutch world champion Femke Boll smashed competitors to set a meet record of 52.11 seconds.
Jamaican Olympic champion Eileen Thompson-Hira, the fastest runner in the world still competing, showed her return to form after an injury-riddled season by winning the 100 meters in a season-best time of 10.84 seconds.
In the women’s 1,500 metres, Britain’s Laura Muir needed her best time this season of 3 minutes and 55.34 seconds to beat Ciara Magian, who set the Irish national record of 3:55.87, in a close race on the line.
(Reporting by Philip Blenkinsop; Additional reporting by Tommy Lund in Gdansk) Editing by Toby Davis
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