hadn\u2019t raced since having surgery<\/a> early this year to clean up scar tissue on the protective sheath around his left Achilles tendon.<\/p>\nDown the stretch, Ingebrigtsen was in third place before accelerating in the final 50 meters to pass Florian Bremm of Germany and cross the line in 13 minutes, 15:29 seconds. Bremm was second followed by France\u2019s Etienne Daguinos.<\/p>\n
\u201cComing from the lowest of lows to be European champion again means the world to me,\u201d Ingebrigtsen said. \u201cNot even I believed it could happen coming here. Only with 600 meters to go I knew I would win.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am starting to feel more like myself,\u201d he added. \u201cI doubted myself every day coming in to this and every minute leading up to the last lap today, but I\u2019m always hoping to do my best. I\u2019ve tried my best, and the last three weeks was very smooth.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Norwegian’s rivals could only marvel at his abilities. Daguinos called him \u201ca legend of our sport.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bremm said he looked to both sides \u201cand I thought, \u2018Oh yes I have it for sure,\u201d before Ingebrigtsen passed him.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe proved he\u2019s faster than everyone else even after the injury,\u201d Bremm said.<\/p>\n
Ingebrigtsen is not racing in the 1,500 meters in Birmingham. He\u2019s won both the 1,500 and 5,000 at the past three European championships.<\/p>\n
The Achilles problem seemed to be a factor in Ingebrigtsen\u2019s performance at last September\u2019s world championships in Tokyo, where he failed to advance out of the first round of the 1,500 and finished 10th in the 5,000 final.<\/p>\n
Amy Hunt of Britain got just enough separation to win the women’s 100 meters in 11 seconds, edging Poland’s Ewa Swoboda (11.02) and Belgium’s Delphine Nkansa (11.06). Hunt’s teammate Dina Asher-Smith (11.10), the defending champion, was fifth.<\/p>\n
Hunt won silver in the 100 at the Commonwealth Games two weeks ago. She was also the silver medalist in 200 at the world championships last September.<\/p>\n
Netherlands star Jessica Schilder made it three in a row in the shot put, taking gold with a throw of 20.73 meters at Alexander Stadium.<\/p>\n
The reigning world champion’s teammate Jorinde van Klinken (19.64) won silver, and 2024 Olympic champion Yemisi Mabry (19.50) of Germany was third.<\/p>\n
\u201cI will never get tired of this feeling, I will never get bored of winning these medals,\u201d Schilder said. \u201cI had the confidence going into this that even though I was competing with an injured finger I was capable of doing well here. It was a little bit about battling and pushing through the pain today.\u201d<\/p>\n
Schilder is the only woman this decade to surpass 21 meters when she threw 21.09 at the Shanghai Diamond League in May.<\/p>\n
Schilder won gold at the past two European championships: 2024 in Rome and 2022 in Munich. She called this one the \u201ceasiest\u201d of the three.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was quite a gap with the other competitors,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
For the men’s shot put, Leonardo Fabbri defended his title with a throw of 22.31, and his Italian teammate Zane Weir took silver. Sweden’s Wictor Petersson was third.<\/p>\n
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