Ingebrigtsen breaks the European record of 1,500 ahead of Mo Katir

This was Oslo. Nothing less. Full stadium and warm temperature. Some spoke, exaggeratedly, of the possibility of a world record in the 1,500. Jakob Ingebrigtsen, national idol, world idol, impetuous, ambitious, determined, neither affirmed nor denied it. Be that as it may, he bowed before the impassive statue of Hicham El Guerrouj, world record holder since July 14, 1998 with 3:26.00.

But it didn't exactly fail. Imposing, impressive, he broke the European record. He carved it with a golden chisel in 3:27.95, well below his previous personal best of 3:28.32, achieved at the Tokyo Olympics. Behind him and no man's land, huddled together, and with Mo Katir leading, eight men under 3:30.00. Katir, it is said, the first with 3:28.89, very close to his Spanish record of 3:28.76. Mario García Romo, splendid fifth, finished in 3:29.18. Personal brand, naturally.

Until then, until that midfielder monument, in a shower of best brands of the year, the other local idol, Karsten Warlhom, in his first appearance of the season!, burst the ranking of the 400 hurdles with 46.52. The second best mark of his life and the fourth of all time. And the festival continued. Yomif Kejelcha and Jacob Kiplimo finished as conjoined twins (12:41.73 both) in a superb 5,000 and resolved in thousandths, with our Thierry Ndikumwenayo, sixth, magnificent with his 12:58.60. On the other hand, Adel Mechaal, twelfth with 13:22.31, did not shine at all.

Femke Bol finished the 400m hurdles in 52.30. Beatrice Chebet the 3,000 in 8:25.01. And Marie-José TaLou the 100 in 10.75. In the men's 400, Wayde van Niekerk (44.38) was back on the winning path. In the 200, Erriyon Knighton continued in it with 19.78. And 17-year-old Ethiopian Birke Haylom won the mile in 4:17.13, the under-20 world record. Applause for Yulimar Rojas, winner in the triple jump with 14.91, with a slightly illegal wind of 2.01 meters per second.

Armand Duplantis could not with the best mark of the year, belonging to him, of course, of 6.11 in the pole vault. He could not with the 6.12. Even so, it rose to 6.01. For him, going over six meters is pure routine.