After a season plagued by injuries in2025 season, Jacob Ingebrigtsen recently said, "I hope to break the world records in the 1500m, one mile and 5000m races. If I can do that, I'll be very happy. I need to find some suitable dates and races to attempt these challenges.Elizabeth (his wife) and I have already started considering them".
Recently, he even underwent a tonsillectomy. In another interview he said, "I hadn't really paid much attention to throat pain, because if you have to have surgery it's inconvenient and I didn't want to stop training for two weeks. Now I've barely been active for two weeks." Jakob Ingebrigtsen said he was "very glad" he ultimately went through with the treatment, because "the situation was worse than we had imagined."
Currently in these three events, the world records and Jakob Ingebrigtsen's best results are respectively:
1500mworld record — Hicham El Guerrouj's3:26.00set in1998
Ingebrigtsen1500mPB 3:26.73
1The mile world record also comes from Hicham El Guerrouj,1999 set in3:43.13
Jakob Ingebrigtsen1milePB 3:43.73
The 5000m world record was set by Joshua Cheptegei in 2020, 12:35.36.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen 5000m PB 12:48.45
In1500m and the mileevents,Jakob Ingebrigtsen has come very close to the world records held by Hicham El Guerrouj for more than twenty years, being only 0.73secondsand0.63seconds.In the5000m event, Jakob Ingebrigtsen's best performance was set in 2021,when he set the European record at the time; compared with the current record it is 13.09seconds.
This year, Jakob Ingebrigtsen broke the world indoor mile record, and with 3:29.63 he broke the1500m record, becoming the first athlete in history to crack the3:30 barrier indoors. But injuries affected his summer season, and his performance at the World Championships in Tokyo showed he was still in the process of regaining form. With ambitions to challenge three world records next year, this winter's preparation will be crucial.
On the question of where he would choose to break records, Jakob Ingebrigtsen said events held in southern Europe would be more conducive to record-breaking.Monaco, Paris, Silesia are all good choices, but Bislett is the place he believes is most likely.
