Ingebrigtsen, Aregawi shine in Lausanne | The Express Tribune
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LAUSANNE: Norwegian Jakob Ingebrigtsen stormed to an impressive victory in the men's 1500m over Ethiopian challenger Lamecha Girma at the Lausanne Diamond League meet on Friday. Ingebrigtsen clocked 3min 28.72sec for a new meet record at the Stade de la Pontaise in unseasonally chilly conditions at the sixth of the season's 14 meets in track and field's elite circuit. Girma had set a new world record in the 3,000m steeplechase in Paris earlier this month, on the same night that Ingebrigtsen broke the rarely-run 2 miles record. But the Norwegian made no mistake in Lausanne with a masterful display, Girma having to content himself with second place in an Ethiopian record of 3:29.51. "I have had to make some adjustments with my strategy, I have been putting in extra miles in the last couple of weeks," said Ingebrigtsen. "It's all to get myself in the best shape possible for the worlds" in Budapest in August, said the Norwegian, who