At the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest, Jakob Ingebrigtsen was buried in fifth place with 200 metres remaining in the men's 5000m final. He produced a last 100 metres of 12.60 seconds and crossed the line in 12:59.24 — beating reigning world champion Cole Hocker by several metres, with the top seven separated by just 1.16 seconds. Weeks ago Ingebrigtsen told his own coaching team the 2026 season was finished. Tonight he opened the most significant new athletics competition in sixteen years with a gold medal. On Sunday he lines up in the 1500m against Hocker and Josh Kerr — the man who beat him at the 2023 World Championships in this same Budapest stadium, and again at the Paris 2024 Olympics. The rivalry that has defined men's distance running for three years gets its next chapter in 48 hours. This is the full story of tonight's race and what Sunday means.
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