Jakob Ingebrigtsen set to miss Diamond League meetings in Poland, Belgium
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Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen has not competed since claiming a double gold at the World Indoor Championships in March 2025.
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- Jakob Ingebrigtsen will miss Diamond League meets in Poland and Belgium due to an Achilles injury, according to his spokesperson on August 6.
- Ingebrigtsen, who last competed in March, had to withdraw from events in June and is working to recover from the injury.
- Despite the setback, Ingebrigtsen aims to compete in the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo in September, after training in St Moritz.
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OSLO - Olympic 5,000 metres champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen is set to miss this month's Diamond League meetings in Poland and Belgium as he recovers from injury, his spokesperson said on Aug 6.
The 24-year-old Norwegian had been scheduled to run the 1500 metres in Brussels on Aug 22 and was also listed for the Silesia meeting in Poland on Aug 16, having been announced for the event as early as December 2024.
Ingebrigtsen has struggled with an Achilles injury over the last few months and had to drop out of the Ostrava Golden Spike and Oslo Bislett Games in June.
“He is still working on getting rid of the injury he has sustained to an Achilles. Unfortunately. He would very much have liked to be able to participate,” Ingebrigtsen’s spokesperson, Espen Skoland, told Norwegian TV2.
Ingebrigtsen has not competed since claiming double gold in the 1500m and 3,000m at the World Indoor Championships in March.
He has spent recent weeks training in St Moritz, where his camp say he is making steady progress.
No revised timeline has been given for a return to competition, but Ingebrigtsen has said his goal is to compete at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo in September. REUTERS
