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Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen to race in Ireland next week

The 21-year-old has been named on the Norwegian team for European Cross Country Championships.
4.52pm, 29 Nov 2021
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ONE OF THE biggest names in world athletics is set to compete in Dublin on Sunday week.

Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen was today named on the Norwegian team for the SPAR European Cross Country Championships.

Scheduled for 12 December at the Sport Ireland Campus, the event will welcome the man who set an Olympic record to claim the 1500m gold medal at Tokyo 2020.

A four-time winner in the European Cross Country U20 event, 21-year-old Ingebrigtsen will be making his senior debut in a team that also includes his older brother, Filip, who won gold at the 2018 edition of the championships.

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    Barry Curtin
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    Aug 4th 2013, 2:49 PM

    Mickey Harte sign him up

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    Conor Power
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    Aug 4th 2013, 2:55 PM

    I like the way he was getting up then thought “oh yeah this is soccer I have to roll around on the pitch for a bit till I get the full mileage.” It annoys me SO much that players fell they have to put on these little performances till they get free/booking.

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    Jack O'Donnell
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    Aug 4th 2013, 3:36 PM

    You took the words out of my mouth

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    Aug 4th 2013, 4:26 PM

    Nothing Wong with that

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    Aug 4th 2013, 11:30 PM

    I blame Tyrone and Mickey Harte for that

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    Aug 4th 2013, 4:43 PM

    Should have gone to specsavers

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