Ingebrigtsen pipped to 5km road gold in Copenhagen
Summary
Jakob Ingebrigtsen narrowly lost the men's 5km race at the World Road Running Championships in Copenhagen, finishing second behind Eritrea's Dawit Seare. In the women's 5km, Ethiopia's Likina Amebaw won decisively, and Germany's Robert Farken and France's Agathe Guillemot took gold in the men's and women's mile races respectively.Key Facts
- Dawit Seare of Eritrea won the men's 5km in 12 minutes and 56 seconds.
- Jakob Ingebrigtsen, the 26-year-old Olympic 5,000m champion from Norway, came in second.
- Saymon Amanuel, also from Eritrea, won bronze in the men's 5km.
- Likina Amebaw from Ethiopia won the women's 5km in 14 minutes and 41 seconds.
- Caroline Gitonga of Kenya finished second, and Rose Davies of Australia took bronze in the women's 5km.
- Robert Farken of Germany won the men's mile race in 3 minutes and 51.80 seconds.
- Agathe Guillemot of France won the women's mile with the fastest road time in the world this year, 4 minutes and 22.74 seconds.
- The half-marathon races will take place later during this two-day running festival in Copenhagen.
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