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3.34,86.
What makes Narve Gilje Nordå’s time within the 1,500 meters yesterday further spectacular?
He jumped 1,300 meters with a shoe.
– It was fully distorted, he says to NRK.
He obtained simply the beginning he needed within the opening 200 meters of the 1,500 meters on the Bislett Video games.
Then Narve Gilje Nordås, coached by Jakob Ingebgristen’s father Gjert, had certainly one of his sneakers trampled.
– You assume every now and then “hell, this was dangerous luck”, however you strive. It simply did not work and I turned numb. It turned out to be an ideal race setup for me too, he says to NRK.
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full screenNordås with just one doja. Picture: Beate Oma Dahle / NTB
“It went fully unsuitable”
It was 1,300 meters with one shoe for Nordås.
– It was fully crooked, 2.5 centimeters distinction on each toes, that is not good.
Nordås took the WC bronze at 1,500 meters in Budapest final 12 months, and was then solely centimeters away from stunning celebrity Jakob Ingebrigtsen (who got here second). Yesterday he did not problem the compatriot, however nonetheless ran to the end line in a formidable 3.34.86 – simply over 5 seconds behind the winner Ingebrigtsen (and simply over 5 seconds from his personal private report).
The 25-year-old was shortly examined following the race.
– I obtained two small lacerations into the heel itself, however not the Achilles tendon itself, fortunately. If the thorns had gotten into the Achilles tendons, it might have been worse. It occurs generally, and now sadly it occurred to me. It was only a matter of throwing the shoe off as an alternative of carrying it midway, and it was 1,300 meters barefoot on one foot, he says.
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fullscreen Right here, the Norwegian has recovered the misplaced shoe. Picture: Beate Oma Dahle / NTB
