Completely superb – by the selection of the Norwegian star

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23-year-old Jakob Ingebrigtsen is underneath numerous stress through the EC in Rome.

On the one hand, he is without doubt one of the largest stars in athletics with the objective of defending his gold within the 1,500 and 5,000 meters. To some extent, his spouse Elisabeth Asserson could be very pregnant and the couple’s first little one may arrive any day.

However maybe above all, his father and in addition former coach Gjert Ingebrigtsen are accused of home violence.

To cope with the whole lot that’s taking place round him, Jakob is together with his older brother Henrik Ingebrigtsen to rent their very own press supervisor on the European Athletics Championship, Espen Skoland, with whom they’ve been collaborating since final autumn. One thing that the brothers themselves are paying for.

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Norwegian sports activities supervisor Erlend Slokvik says that there’s a lot of curiosity within the media particularly round Jakob Ingebrigtsen through the EC and NRK athletic professional Vebjörn Rodal believes that his media appearances shall be few and much between.

– I perceive that Jakob desires to get as free as doable by way of EC through the Olympic season. That in all probability means little media exercise, he says NRK.

Swedish nationwide crew captain Kajsa Bergqvist was an enormous star as an energetic participant herself, and as nationwide crew captain she has a world star of the identical stature as Ingebrigtsen in Armand Duplantis.

However an identical development has not been related to Sweden.

– That you’ve got your personal press supervisor throughout a contest, I’ve by no means heard that earlier than, she says.

On the identical time, she understands why the Norwegian working star does what he does.

– The scenario that Jakob is in now… it is rather particular. I do not envy my Norwegian companion who has to cope with it. So for those who can clear up it this manner, with a private information supervisor, it is in all probability good.

In line with VG, the accusation of home violence in opposition to Gjert Ingebrigtsen doesn’t relate to Jakob, Henrik or Filip, however to a youthful member of the family. However final autumn, the brothers advised for the primary time why they broke up with their father Gjert Ingebrigtsen as a coach.

The brothers accused their father of being “extraordinarily controlling” after they have been rising up and that he used “threats and violence” as instruments.

Gjert Ingebrigtsen has denied all allegations.