Jakob Ingebrigtsen is the first Norwegian to win an Olympic gold medal in the 5,000m

Ingebrigtsen won gold in the men’s 5,000 meters at the Paris Olympics on Saturday by going to the front midway through the last lap and pulling away down the stretch, making up for his surprising fourth-place finish in the 1,500 days earlier.

“When you hit a wall, and don’t perform the way you want to, it’s very difficult,” said Ingebrigtsen, a 23-year-old from Norway. “But ... I got another shot. I just had to make the most of it.”

He did just that, completing the 12 1/2 laps around the Stade de France’s purple track in 13 minutes, 13.66 seconds — 1.38 seconds faster than silver medalist Ronald Kwemoi of Kenya.

Grant Fisher of the U.S. was third in 13:15.13, giving him his second bronze of the 2024 Olympics, to go with the one he picked up in the 10,000 on Aug. 2.

Ingebrigtsen raised the index finger on his right hand aloft in a No. 1 gesture as he added this 5,000 victory — in a relatively slow race — to the gold he won in the 1,500 at the Tokyo Games three years ago.

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