Jakob Ingebrigtsen Sets Indoor Mile and 1,500m World Records in France
The 24-year-old Norwegian broke both records in a single race, surpassing marks set just days earlier.
- Jakob Ingebrigtsen ran an indoor mile in 3:45.14, breaking Yared Nuguse's record of 3:46.63 set five days earlier.
- In the same race, Ingebrigtsen set a new indoor 1,500m world record with a time of 3:29.63, surpassing his own 2022 record of 3:30.60.
- This marked Ingebrigtsen’s first indoor mile race and his first competition of the indoor season.
- The race took place at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting in Liévin, France, where Ingebrigtsen dominated the field with a 50-meter lead at the finish.
- Both records are pending ratification by World Athletics, making Ingebrigtsen the first since 1954 to set these two records in a single race.