Athletics-Ingebrigtsen postpones track return due to injury


FILE PHOTO: Paris 2024 Olympics - Athletics - Men's 5000m Final - Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France - August 10, 2024. Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway celebrates after winning gold. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo

(Reuters) -Norwegian Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen has delayed his return to the track following an Achilles injury, and will not compete at the Ostrava Golden Spike meet, event organisers said on Thursday.

Ingebrigtsen has been forced out of the meet in the Czech Republic on June 24 and will miss the Oslo Bislett Games on June 12, where the 24-year-old has won the 1,500 metres in the last two years.

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