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.
It's official. 🙌
— European Athletics (@EuroAthletics) November 29, 2021
Olympic 1500m champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen has been named on the Norwegian team for the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in the senior race.
Ingebrigtsen won the U20 title four times between 2016-19. pic.twitter.com/z7rtXR1zDg
Very good great to see him in Dublin, really brilliant athlete,might just head over to see him and say hello
May as well just give them Gold when they get off the plane. Don’t think anyone will have a chance against them.
It is great to see big name’s coming here in athletics as it is treated as a minority sport by a lot of people.
@Fearghal O Regan: and as a major sport by a few people
@Fearghal O Regan: Fearghal, I agree with you it is great that an athlete of his calibre is coming to Ireland. Have to say though I could never fathom why we as a country don’t do better in Track & Field events.
Brilliant opportunity to witness an amazing athlete.
Was at the Limerick race course in 80 to see John Treacy win the world cross country. An event I will never forget.