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• Mon Jun 16 2025

With older brothers Henrik and Filip on either shoulder, escorting him up through the field like bouncers, Jakob Ingebrigtsen hit the front of the European 1500m final.

From there, though, the 17-year-old went where no-one could follow.

His long, loping stride ratcheted up in rhythm over the final two laps, squeezing lungs and fraying rivals' form behind him.

After covering the opening 800m in more than two minutes, Jakob stormed through the next 400m in 56.5 seconds.

He came into the home straight with a chasm of clear air between him and the rest.

As he crossed the line in Berlin's Olympic Stadium he became the youngest European track champion in history.

The following day he won 5,000m gold as well.

"I've been a professional runner since I was eight, nine, 10 years old," said Jakob back then in August 2018.

"I've been training, dedicated and following a good structure - the same as my brothers - from an early age. Winning a second title in two days is the result of having done this my whole life."

The previous year he had become the youngest person to run a sub-four-minute mile.

Gjert - Jakob's father, coach, agent and manager - had meticulously planned it all.