Ingebrigtsen delivers masterclass for seventh European athletics gold

Jakob Ingebrigtsen consolidated his place as the most successful male athlete in European history on Monday when he won the 5 000m in Birmingham for his seventh individual continental gold.

The 25-year-old Norwegian timed 13min 15.29sec for victory ahead of Germany’s Florian Bremm in 13:15.60. France’s Etienne Daguinos took bronze (13:16.09).

“I dreamt of this moment two weeks ago when I put my name on the list,” said Ingebrigtsen. “It was just enough.”

Ingebrigtsen is now unbeaten at the European championships since he won the 1 500/5 000m double at the 2018 champs in Berlin when he was just 17.

He repeated that double at both the Munich championships in 2022 and Rome two years ago.

Ingebrigtsen will only race the 5 000m in the English city, having not competed this season because of an achilles tendon injury that required surgery.