Jakob Ingebrigtsen and brothers accuse father of violent and abusive behaviour

Jakob Ingebrigtsen and his brother Henrik, pictured at the 2019 European indoor championships, said ‘the joy of playing sports is gone’.Jakob Ingebrigtsen and his brother Henrik, pictured at the 2019 European indoor championships, said ‘the joy of playing sports is gone’.Last modified on Fri 20 Oct 2023 20.05 CEST

Writing in the VG newspaper in Norway, Jakob and his brothers Henrik and Filip – who are also accomplished middle-distance runners – called on the Norwegian athletics federation to help them avoid being near their father, Gjert, who coached them all to European glory before 23-year-old Jakob then became one of the greatest athletes on the planet.

“Somehow we have accepted this. We have lived with it, and in adulthood we have moved on. At least we thought so. In retrospect, we realise that it was naive. But two years ago, the same aggression and physical punishment struck again. It was the drop that made the cup run over.”Gjert and his sons became part of a long-running and popular reality TV show in Norway, but last year he stepped down as the coach of “Team Ingebrigtsen”, apparently for medical reasons.

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