Reigning European U20 5000m champion Joel Ibler Lillesø from Denmark broke Jakob Ingebrigtsen’s European U20 record on Saturday (29) in Sollentuna, Sweden.
The 18 year-old shaved three seconds off Ingebrigtsen’s European indoor U20 3000m record with a 7:48.34 clocking to erase the Norwegian’s previous record of 7:51.20 that was set in 2019 in the heats at the 2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow.
Lillesø winning time qualified him for the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade and also puts the national senior record of 7:44.76 into view.
After winning U20 5000m gold in Tallinn, Lillesø won individual bronze in the U20 race at the European Cross Country Championships behind Danish teammate Axel Vang Christensen and Norway’s Abdullahi Rabi.
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