Mohamed Katir threw a powerful punch at the table with an outstanding silver medal in the 5,000m final at the World Cup in Budapest. He was defeated by a 14 percent margin in the final meters alone against Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who came from behind. After the race, the Norwegian refused to greet the Spanish-Moroccan driver, saying he was an extraordinary runner as well as pathetic on a human level.
While the memory of Adri Ben’s amazing fourth position in the 800m on Sunday is still fresh, 12.5 laps on the track presented as the last opportunity for Spain Adding a medal to the four golds of the track and field march, keeping the selection third on the medal table.
In addition to the presence of the newcomer Ouassim Oumaiz, all eyes were on Mohamed Katir was eliminated early in the 1,500 semi-finals in a test where his best Spanish position was Alberto Garcia’s fourth place in Edmonton’01 – The other big defeat, though less so, was looking for gold to exit gracefully after Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsen fell last year He turned into a ‘milqui’ in the hands of Josh Kerr, a clubmate of Jake Wightman who ‘snapped’ him at Eugene.
After a very difficult preparation in the Sierra Nevada, he is very pessimistic and as if angry with the world, Katir took the final as reaffirmationas an opportunity to show that the amazing records he had with the rabbits in the big matches turned into medals like the bronze he achieved in Eugene’s 1,500.
The final started with Katir placing at the bottom of the group after Ingebrigtsen in the first 600 meters, and Kenyan Ishmael Rokiito Kipkurui (18 years old) escaped the 1,000 meters (2:46.56). Although they never went under 13 minutes, the group took it seriously and Ugandan Oscar Chelimo stepped up the group. He was six seconds behind the leader in 2000 (5:29.34).
Kipkurui looked back more and more and the ‘Ethiopian army’ caught him in the middle of the test, ending the Kenyan player’s illusions with a very strong rhythm, making a different march to the final in 2:37.57 to pass the third thousand. (8:8:13.11) There are already serious problems for the Norwegian Nordas (bronze at 1500) and Oumaiz.
The adopted Muleño hesitated as he passed 4,000 (10:49.71), not knowing what to do. With two laps to go, everything was clear and Katir stayed behind Ingebrigtsen, turning those suspicions into anger with a brutal twist on the final pass to the finish line. He advanced a few meters and headed straight for the first time, but The Norwegian player reacted, and with 13:11.30 he outstripped him by 14 percent. What a big money! The bronze medal was taken by Kenyan Jacob Prop (13:12.28), while Oumaiz finished 16th in 13:31.99.