Monumental surprise in the 1,500 final Budapest World Cups Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen lost to England’s Josh Kerr A repeat of what happened last year against another representative from the same island as Jake Wightman. Spaniard Mario García Romo climbed to a respectable sixth place, two places below his 2022 position, perhaps paying the price for going too far in a race under 3:30.
This challenge was daunting, but The Salamanca man showed off at Eugene last year, taking fourth place. Although he wasn’t a favorite at the Spanish Championship last year, he hasn’t been afraid of any rivals or big competitions since his big victory.
And the roster would be shaken as Jakob Ingebrigtsen sought his first universal title both outdoors and indoors after falling against Jake Wightman in Eugene and Tefera under the ceiling in Belgrade last year. There was also American Yared Nuguse, his training partner in Colorado. And Kenyan Abel Kipsang or British Josh Kerr and Neil Gourley.
Six medals Spain has won in World Cup history appear on the horizon in a perfect fetish test among those on the runway. José Luis González opened the season with a historic silver following Abdi Bile from Somalia in Rome ’87; Fermín Cacho won two silvers (behind Algerian Noureddine Morcelli in 1993 and surpassed Moroccan genius Hicham El Guerrouj in 1997), Reyes Estévez won two bronze medals (1997 and 1999) and Mohamed Katir last year in Oregon a bronze won.
Mario Garcia Romo assured him that he would prefer a fast race. and Ingebrigtsen’s presence provided an almost hellish rhythm in Eugene’s desire to punish his opponents to avoid fears. In short, the dice were rolled when the National Athletic Center was nearly full and in a much less stifling temperature than at noon. A town of only 200 inhabitants, Villar de Gallimazo is three and a half minutes away from his dream.
The final lived up to expectations and Kipsang had a tough performance in the top 400 (56.03). Until the youngest of the Ingebrigtsens takes over before passing 800 (1:54.19) and when the last bell rings (2:35.89).
Back, Mario García was tough for Romo and gave up too many yards then it will be very costly to recover. In any case, he was in the race as the memory of Eugene began to float in front of them. Brave as well as clever, Kerr seemed to have perfectly studied his compatriot Wightman’s victory and repeated his performance step by step.
In the final corner, the Salamanca player finished ninth, as the Norwegian driver began to see the shadow of a possible defeat. It’s our third time at the World Cup. It was. empire, Josh Kerr came first with a time of 3:39.28, followed by Ingebrigtsen (3:29.65) and his friend Narve Gilje Nordas (3:29.68).Salamanca’s player finished sixth with 3:30.26, equaling Fátima Diamé in height and achieving the best Spanish position ever in the stadium.
So now this? Jakob Ingebrigtsen will return to the plaid this Thursday to race as teammate of Spaniards Mohamed Katyir and Oumaiz in the 5000m series. Sometimes they like to see Scandinavians lose for being arrogant. In athletics, however, these behaviors do not apply.