Duplantis, Russell, Ingebrigtsen Among Those Cashing in for $150K at Ultimate Championship
Jakob Ingebrigtsen earned $150,000 and ran a season-best 12:59.24 after Achilles surgery left his season in doubt seven months earlier.
- On Friday, Norwegian runner Jakob Ingebrigtsen won the 5,000m at the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest, completing a major comeback just seven months after undergoing Achilles surgery.
- Ingebrigtsen had written on Instagram just one day prior that "a couple of months ago it looked unlikely I'd have a season at all," casting doubt on his competitive readiness.
- The 25-year-old Olympic champion secured the $150,000 prize after clocking a season's best 12:59.24, holding off 1,500m champion Cole Hocker and American teammate Parker Wolfe in second and third.
- World Athletics reported a sold-out crowd of 20,557 spectators at the Gyula Zsivotzky National Athletics Centre, with 60 per cent from Budapest and 40 per cent international visitors.
- Highlighting his return to full fitness, Ingebrigtsen said, "Maybe a little bit extra nervous today... Amazing to do sub-13 ," despite competing in few races this year.
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The Swedish expert wins the pole and the Norwegian midfielder, 5,000, to prolong a reign that is now around ten years old and take away 150,000 euros each
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Duplantis, Russell, Ingebrigtsen among those cashing in for $150K at Ultimate Championship
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Jakob Ingebrigtsen got the latest laugh in a battle of distance runners, hurdler Masai Russell wrapped up an undefeated, record-setting season and both won $150,000 on Friday night for finishing first in the first-of-its-kind Ultimate Championship…
Ingebrigtsen caps comeback with Ultimate Championship 5,000m title
The Norwegian Olympic champion won on Friday in Budapest the 5,000 m of the Ultimate Championships, the new competition of the International Athletics Federation, cutting the line in 12 min 59 sec 24.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen left his competitors stranded on the 5000-meter run in the Ultimate Championship.
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