Jakob Ingebrigtsen won the 1,500 meters in the Diamond League event in Switzerland. The 21-year-old went solo and became the best of the year in the world. But believe he can run even faster next year.

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His time was 3.29.05 – 18 percent better than Jake Wightman becoming world champion when he beat Ingebrigtsen in Eugene in July. The Briton did not take part in the 1500 meters run in Lausanne and also did not take part in the long distance in the EC.

– Happy to be the fastest running person this year, he told NRK.

Ingebrigtsen was the complete boss on the pitch on Friday night. He ran into his third career 1500m time.

– I know that there will be more opportunities next year, with only one championship. Then you can run as many races as you want. “I think we can look forward to that,” he said and admitted he was tired too.

– It’s also not a perfect race, in the form of a perfect day and with perfect conditions. “I have more in me,” said the doubles European champion, who for the fifth time ran under 3.30.

– He’s one of the greatest of all time, Stewart McSweyn told NRK. The Australian, who finished third, believes Ingebrigtsen has full control.

– We’ve seen that Jakob is in a class of his own this year. What he was able to do tonight is pretty crazy, considering how early he was leading and controlling the race. Sometimes you just have to say someone is too good, and today he is too good for the whole field.

The Norwegian finished a full 88-hundredth ahead of runner-up Abel Kipsang.

Experienced French “rabbit” Mounir Akbache (36) is responsible for pacing the 1,500-meter course in Switzerland. He had to run the first 800 meters in 1.51 blanks. That’s seven tenths faster than it passed when Ingebrigtsen set his pace during last year’s Olympics.

Akbache crossed the 800 at 1.51.58.

– Fortunately, the pacesetter ran fast for the first 700 meters. The danger was that his speed would slow down when he disappeared. So I had to go ahead and it turned out fine. But I think I can run faster. I had a good season. Of course I was disappointed with Eugene. There are always things that can be done better and things don’t always go as expected. “At the end of this season and next season, I will work hard to run faster and break records,” Ingebrigtsen told organisers.

He was nowhere near the record, but Ingebrigtsen was in complete control. He is scheduled to run the final 1500 meters of the season during the Diamond League final in Zurich on September 8.

Hicham El Guerrouj is undoubtedly the greatest 1500 meter runner of all time. Morocco’s now legendary 47-year-old world record of 3,26.00 has stood for 24 years. The light-legged North African (176 cm / 58 kg) ran a total of nine times under 3.28, became a four-time world distance champion and ended up winning Olympic gold in the 1500 and 5000 meters in Athens 2004.

Jakob Ingebrigtsen still has “only” an 8th best sprint and 20th best time in 1500 meters of all time.

Here you can read the list of the fastest of all time.

Jakob Ingebrigtsen ran under 3.40 for the first time as a 16-year-old in 2017 and a year later pushed the pressure down sharply by running 3.31.18 in Monaco (U18 world record).

In 2019 he improved again, but failed to break the magic 3.30 mark the following year, but ran 3,30,16 in Lausanne.

In 2020, he crossed the line of dreams by accident with 3,28.68 in Monaco, while he again set a new personal record ina Olympic Gold secured within 3:28.32 in Tokyo a little over a year ago.