– You can see that many things are possible. Obviously nothing is impossible. Now it’s two British miles, so I don’t have to run it again. Luckily, Ingebrigtsen alerted NRK after the race.

– It would be sad to miss a second or two. It will be a blast. Now I have taken one. Then to the other nine, he said further.

The “other nine” is the best value and world record in any other outdoor event, from 1,500 meters and above.

Ingebrigtsen himself does not have an official personal record for distance before Friday’s race, but the Norwegian’s personal record for 3000 meters (27/7/05) is the 13th best in the world.

On Friday, according to the results, he passed the 3000 meters in 7.23.8, a time that only Komen and the world record holder in the 1500 meters, Hicham El Guerrouj, could beat.

– When you have the third best time of all time here, at such a different distance, that says a lot. But then there’s reinventing it. There are no guarantees for anything, says Ingebrigtsen.

– Perfect fight

With a time of 7:54.10, he was more than four seconds ahead of the previous world record by legendary driver Daniel Komen, set in 1997.

– This is one of the most extreme races Jakob Ingebrigtsen has ever done. That will be a record. He’s breaking records, exclaims NRK commentator Jann Post.

– It’s very good, it’s a sign that there will be more broken records. The 5000 meter record is in jeopardy. The 3000 meter record is definitely in jeopardy. It’s huge again. Better than we can imagine, says Post.

In an interview with NRK shortly after the finish line, Ingebrigtsen thought it was “foolishly easy” at the start of the race. After getting changed and getting into the press zone, he said that things were probably “a bit off the rails”.

– I think today’s plans reached 100 percent. That’s not the goal for running 7.54, after all. When I saw what I was doing it was a rather late opening. But that’s the obvious thing to do. It was a perfect fight, he concluded.

After the race, the tributes came.

– That’s impressive. The last half was absolutely incredible, said expert commentator Vebjørn Rodal, and it followed up:

– So we have a running phenomenon in Jakob Ingebrigtsen. It was a great long distance race.

At the finish line, Ingebrigtsen was 15 seconds ahead of his closest competitor, Ismael Rokitto Kipkurui from Kenya.

Nick Willis, who has an Olympic silver and bronze medal in the 1500 meters, was full of admiration:

– Congratulations Jakob, it’s amazing to see. Olympic gold and world records are some of the things it takes to become one of the greats. You are now part of that rare club, Willis wrote on Twitter.

Record speed from the start

Last year, Ingebrigtsen set the first world record of her career in the 1500 meters indoor. On Friday, she clocked up a new super time in Paris, although admittedly there is no world record for the non-traditional British two-mile (3218.87 metres) practice.

– The idea is to put on a little show. This is a somewhat unusual distance and a pretty good record. It’s great to try things you’ve never tried before, Ingebrigtsen told NRK before the race.

Hare Benoit Campion and Kyumbe Munguti had previously been instructed to hold the world speed record, with the 2000 meters running at 4.57.5.

The Norwegian followed the hare from the start and by the time he passed the 2000 meters Ingebrigtsen was on course, and at a good distance to the other competitors. He maintained his speed completely, and thus he was able to cheer for a super time.

Prior to Friday’s race, it was Daniel Komen from Kenya who was ranked the best in the world in practice. Komen is also the only one to have run the distance under eight minutes, with 7.58.61 as the best time from July 1997. Kenya also holds the world record for the 3000 meters (7.20.67).

Records of landslides in Paris

Apart from Ingebrigtsen, there were several other people galloping.

Faith Kipyegon ran for the world record in the 1500 meters last week. In Paris, she competed in the 5000 meters for the first time since 2015.

On the last lap, he was with Letesenbet Gidey who has a world record (14.06.62) in the practice session before tonight’s race. With a brilliant final round, Kipyegon now holds the world record, with a record time of 14.05.20.

More than an hour later at night, Lamecha Girma appeared. Earlier this year, the Ethiopian broke the world record for the 3000 meters indoors, with a time of 7:23.81. Over the same distance outdoors, with hurdles, Saif Saaeed Shaheen of Qatar held the world record of 7.53.63, set in 2004, before Friday’s race.

There, Girma ran on 7.52.11 and confirmed that it was a real record night in Paris.

PS! Sigrid Borge also took part in the convention in Paris. She finished last in the women’s javelin competition, after throwing 52.49 meters. Borge had the best year in the world with a throw of 66.5 meters.