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It was a struggle between routine and novelty. He won the routine. I mean, Africa. But the novelty, that is, Jakob Ingebrigtsen , stood up. And he continues to run to reverse the course of history. We looked at the 15 participants in the 5,000 meter final and saw a profusion of black skins.

In the middle of that dark landscape stood out, as in relief, the milky physicists of four men. One was the Australian Stewart McSweyn . The other three shared the same last name: Ingebrigtsen. It corresponded to a trio of Norwegian brothers. In order of age, from highest to lowest, Henrik , Filip and Jakob . All three are very good. But Jakob, the youngest, is the best. He just turned, on September 19, 19 years and before that final he had made this year 13: 02.03, personal brand. His brothers escort him. But not to protect it, but to highlight it.

Jakob represents the breakdown of monotony in the 1,500 and 5,000. Especially in the 5,000, turned by Africa into a monochromatic and monochord scope. He shares the precocity with many of the Africans, but we intuit, for cultural reasons, a longer trajectory. His Scandinavian cradle individualizes him and distinguishes him in a way that, in a way, he comes to rescue from the racial and geographical tyranny that subdues it while enriching it. He was as an individual in front of a collegiate troop, of whatever nationality they were. Not so much by brand, because Jakob has not yet dropped from 13 minutes, but by originality and possibilities.

During a moment of the race it seemed discarded. The Ethiopians accelerated and, surprised, was cut next to their brother Filip (Henrik had disappeared from the beginning) and some second swords of night skins. Without getting nervous, he gradually closed the gap. And then he prowled over the head. Something was cooking.

In the absence of 300 meters, Jakob unleashed an attack that we thought was definitive. He stood out and ... burst. Suddenly. On the straight line four dark bullets passed that defended Africa and everything that the continent means in these lides. Triumph, in a very fast race, for Ethiopia. To Muktar Edris (12: 58.85) and Selemon Berega (12: 59.70). Third a Canadian born in Somalia, Mohammed Ahmed (13: 01.11). Jakob, exhausted, crossed, fifth, the goal falling at 13: 02.93. Heaven is still waiting. Impatient.

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