Ingebrigtsen opens indoor season with a record-breaking 1500m in Baerum

Fresh from a month-long training stint at altitude in Dullstroom in South Africa, Ingebrigtsen won maximum points for Norway at the Nordenkampen on home soil in Baerum, comfortably winning the 1500m in 3:36.21 against Sweden, Finland and a combined team from Denmark and Iceland.

Not only was his time a European lead with the Glasgow 2019 European Indoor Athletics Championships three weeks away, Ingebrigtsen also smashed his European indoor U20 record of 3:40.96 and older brother Henrik’s four year old national indoor record of 3:39.70.

Wanders lowers European half marathon record to 59:13 in Ras Al Khaimah

Julien Wanders smashed Mo Farah’s European record in the Ras Al Khaimah Half Marathon on Friday (8) morning, clocking 59:13 to break the previous mark of 59:32 which was set in the Lisbon Half Marathon in 2015.

Wanders finished fourth behind Kenya’s Stephen Kiprop (58:42) and Ethiopians Abadi Hadis (58:44) and Fikadu Haftu (59:08). "The only thing is I was fourth! I just missed out on the podium but otherwise I'm happy," he said after the race.