– She is a girl who continues to impress me, and she impresses me every time, said NRK athletics expert Vebjørn Rodal about Jæger’s performance in Moss.

Before the weekend, María Vicente had the world’s best record in the U18 class with 6,221 points. Henriette Jæger has a personal best of 6129, but has ambitions to improve it significantly in the final heptathlon of her career in junior specification (lighter shot put and javelin, lower hurdles).

And he did.

– Very cool. I had looked at the record for a long time and always dreamed of taking it, because I knew that my individual results were close. But doing that in a multiplayer match is what’s difficult. So that’s really, really cool, Jæger himself told NRK.

Compared to the biggest

Before the final workout, the 800 meters, would clearly be a world record if he ran 2.16.98 or faster. With a personal note of 2.11.82, it should be manageable on paper. But he had to run alone amidst the wind.

Instead of running under control, he managed it with a 2.11.37 and a new personal best. Thus, he is the best junior of all time in the heptathlon in junior equipment.

– I know it will work, but it has to be done. Along the way, people were very good at cheering and screaming and the whole package, but I just thought that “you can do this, you can do this”. So I just have to be strong in my mind and believe in myself, he said.

The new world record, officially called the “best ranking in the world”, is 6301 points. In other words, Jæger broke the old record of 80 points.

– I feel the same as Karsten Warholm and Jakob Ingebrigtsen, that they very rarely disappoint, said Vebjørn Rodal, who is the Olympic champion in the 800 meters since 1996.

Jæger appreciates the comparison.

– I tend to be the best at it, but they’re really good at it. We set up workouts to stay in shape when I need to be in shape, and I think in my head that when I know I have to look good and be in shape, then I will be in shape. There was a lot of mental stress, the 17-year-old said.

Wind calculator

One of the uncertainties heading into this weekend’s competition at Moss is how the autumn winds will affect performance. This can make it difficult to perform certain drills, but can also ruin specific wind calculations in multi-events.

There, it is not the wind in each exercise that determines whether the overall results are valid, but the amount of wind in the relevant exercise (the average should not be more than +2 meters per second).

On Saturday, Jæger was +2.7 when he ran a very strong 13.21 meters in the 100 meter hurdles and +2.1 when he ran the 200 meters in 23.36. These two times were the fastest he had ever run, but were not among his best in the workout due to the wind (official records: 13.59 and 23.53).

On Saturday, he also jumped 1.69, six centimeters behind his personal record. In the shot put, he improved his personal best from 13.86 to 14.69. Based on the ball and height, the wind is not measured.

Record against the wind

As a consequence of the wind resistance on Saturday’s race practice, Jæger had to reverse his approach and jump long into the wind on Sunday. But he didn’t let a bit of strong wind deter him, and managed to break a new Norwegian age record of 6.33, which was an improvement on his personal record by one centimeter.

In the penultimate exercise, the javelin throw, he did not reach his personal record. But 35.71 was enough for him to hold the world record before the final exercise, the 800 meters.

So he didn’t let go of the grip.

– When I saw 2.11 on the board, I was very happy, but I was so tired that I had to look at the board twice to be completely sure, he said.

Strong performance

This fighter from Aremark in Østfold has long been renowned for his extraordinary talent in many athletic exercises. He has collected Norwegian age records on a conveyor belt.

Last year, he showed himself internationally for the first time, when he took silver in the heptathlon at the Youth Olympics in Baku.

This year, he also achieved a breakthrough at senior level in Norway. During the indoor NM in Bærum in February, he won gold in the 60 meters and 200 meters when he was just 16 years old.

His strongest individual performance was probably the 400 meters in Trondheim on August 22. He ran a career-best 400 meters of 52.52. Less than two months after she turned 17, she became the fourth best Norwegian woman of all time in terms of distance.

– Our next big senior athlete

Vebjørn Rodal thinks we’ve only seen the beginning.

– This is an interesting athlete, perhaps this is the next big senior international athlete we see here, he noted.

At the same time, he suggests that Henriette Jæger, like Karsten Warholm, had to consider whether she should focus on all-round competition, or whether she should specialize in one or a few exercises.

– He’s versatile and can definitely be a good fighter in pain. I wouldn’t take him out of the heptathlon for now, because he’s too young so his potential hasn’t been fulfilled yet and it’s great, but he’s done a really solid 400m run, he’s good at sprints, he’s good at sprints. distance, Rodal said, which at the same time shows that throwing skill Can be a limitation.

– How good will he be at the 2024 Olympics?

– He can definitely be the best in the world, he is already close to that. So it’s not like there are thousands of young girls doing the heptathlon, the area is not that big, so in that case it could be good training to assert yourself in the Olympic competition, says Vebjørn Rodal.