Ingebrigtsen wins 3,000m to keep double bid alive

Norway's Jakob Ingebrigtsen produced a devastating final kick to win the 3,000m at the world indoor championships in Nanjing on Saturday to keep his quest for double gold on track.

- Agence France-Presse

NANJING:

Ingebrigtsen clocked 7min 46.09sec for victory in a thrilling race at Nanjing's Cube.

Ethiopian Berihu Aregawi, who won 10,000m silver at last year's Paris Olympics, claimed silver in 7:46.25 after leading for the bulk of the final lap. Australian Ky Robinson took bronze (7:47.09).

Ingebrigtsen will now turn his attention to his favoured 1,500m on Sunday in a bid to emulate Ethiopian legend Haile Gebrselassie, who achieved the 1,500/3,000m double in Maebashi, Japan, in 1999.

"I don't enjoy the 1,500m warm-up, but the racing is a lot of fun, and that's what I'm going to do tomorrow - have a lot of fun," said Ingebrigtsen.