The reigning Olympic champion, Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsen, shockingly missed an Olympic medal on 1,500 meters.
I'm so clearly disappointed, says Ingebrigtsen to Max according to the Norwegian news agency NTB.
The 23-year-old led the field throughout the Olympic final until the home stretch. There, American Cole Hocker made a move that allowed him to cross the finish line first – with a new Olympic record time, 3:27.65.
Even Brit Josh Kerr and Yared Nuguse, USA, passed Ingebrigtsen, who thus missed the podium.
I felt incredibly good, and then I opened up way too hard. It got a bit too tough at the end, says Ingebrigtsen.
The Norwegian was hunting for a historic second Olympic gold on the distance – something only Brit Sebastian Coe has managed before (1980 and 1984).
