Jakob Ingebrigtsen smashes male 3,000m world record set in 1996

Jakob Ingebrigtsen smashes male 3,000m world record set in 1996

Norwegian beats Daniel Komen’s record by three secondsIngebrigtsen shocked by time at Silesia Diamond League

Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsen shattered the long-standing 3,000 metres world record by more than three seconds at the Silesia Diamond League meet in Chorzow, Poland.

Ingebrigtsen finished in a time of 7min 17.55sec, erasing the record set by Kenya’s Daniel Komen in 1996 when he ran 7min 20.67sec in Rieti, Italy.

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