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Jakob Ingebrigtsen tells court of fear and control in testimony against father

Jakob Ingebrigtsen tells court of fear and control in testimony against father

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Double Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen described a childhood marked by fear and manipulation when he took the witness stand on Tuesday to testify against his father and former coach. Gjert Ingebrigtsen has pleaded not guilty to charges of physically abusing two of his children, including the track athlete. The 59-year-old faces up to six years in prison, with the trial due to run until May 16 in Sandnes, Norway. “My upbringing was closely tied to fear. I’ve been aware of a fear-based culture for a long time. As a teenager, it was a concept I really identified with, because I felt I had no free will or say in anything,” said Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who won 5,000 meters gold at the Paris Games and the 1,500 metres in Tokyo. Story continues below this ad “I was in an environment where everything was controlled and decided for me. There was an enormous amount of manipulation,” he was quoted as telling the court by Norwegian state broadcaster NRK. During the first day of the trial on Monday, Gjert …

Athletics: Double Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen says father threatened to ‘beat him to death’ | Sport-others News

Athletics: Double Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen says father threatened to ‘beat him to death’ | Sport-others News

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Double Olympic medallist Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who won the 1500m gold in Tokyo and 5,000m gold in Paris, has alleged that his father and former coach, Gjert, “punched and kicked” him over a 10-year period from when he was a schoolboy. Their father will stand trial next year on charges that include abusing the double Olympic ­champion and threatening to “beat ­him to death”. According to the Norwegian newspaper VG, Gjert is also accused of calling his son a “thug” and a “terrorist”, and threatened to “shame him and knock him out of health”. Ingebrigtsen Sr denies the allegations. According to the newspaper, the trial is likely to last about eight weeks, with 30 to 40 witnesses expected to be called. The newspaper report said it had seen the indictment and that state prosecutors have charged Gjert with beating two of his children at a time when he was also their coach. Gjert and his sons were part of a long-running and popular reality television show in Norway, but in 2022, Gjert stepped down as the …

Diamond League Athletics: Mondo Duplantis breaks pole World Record set three weeks ago, Jakob Ingebrigtsen shatters one from 1996 | Sport-others News

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It was a stunning evening of athletics action in Poland as Sweden’s Armand ‘Mondo’ Duplantis and Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsen broke world records at the Silesia Diamond League meet on Sunday. While Duplantis surpassed his own men’s pole vault mark for the third time just in 2024, Ingebrigtsen bettered the long-standing 3,000 metres timing by more than three seconds. Norwegian Ingebrigtsen clocked seven minutes 17.55 seconds, erasing the record set by Kenya’s Daniel Komen in 1996, when he ran 7:20.67 in Rieti, Italy. It was the longest-standing men’s athletics world record in individual track events. For Duplantis though, it was a quick turnaround. Just under three weeks after he last broke his own world record, he cleared 6.26m, bettering the mark he set at the Stade de France to be crowned Olympic Champion. “I know I can jump higher, and I want to jump a lot higher,” Duplantis had told olympics.com. “I would like to jump over 6.30m.” And he is now inching ever closer to it. Duplantis first broke the world record in men’s pole …