In Chorzow/Silesia

Ingebrigtsen improves world record over 3000 meters

Jakob Ingebrigtsen ran to the world record over 3000 meters in Chorzow.(Bild: AFP/APA/Sergei GAPON)

Norway's running star Jakob Ingebrigtsen has clearly improved an age-old world record in athletics. The 5,000-meter Olympic champion ran 7:17.55 minutes over the non-Olympic 3,000 meters in Chorzow/Silesia. 

The 23-year-old was a good three seconds faster than Daniel Komen at the Diamond League meeting in Poland on September 1, 1996 in Rieti. The Kenyan ran 7:20.67 minutes back then.