Considering that Ingebrigtsen is a sprint-fast 1500 m runner, he thought that the competitors would try to grill him and in any case make an attempt to disturb.
- I thought the others would be smart and put themselves in the lead and drive hard and make it harder for me but they did not and I went to bed first to slow down.
It was a nice feeling to win in this way, says Ingebrigtsen to NRK.
He increased the speed with 700 meters left and looked over his shoulder at the bell ringing with 200 meters left.
He fired the big cannon with 100 meters left and just ran away and won on the new personal record 7.48.20, a time that does not at all correspond to the capacity that the 20-year-old has.
He was just over a second ahead of the Belgian Isaac Kimeli and the Spaniard Adel Mechaal.
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