Ingebrigtsen testifies versus father in abuse trial

Double Olympic champion runner Jakob Ingebrigtsen took the stand on Tuesday at his father's trial - who is charged with abusing the sports star and his sister -- portraying a controlling and manipulative parent.

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The 24-year-old athlete had returned to Norway late the day before from the World Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China, where he won two gold medals.

“My upbringing was very much characterised by fear,” Ingebrigtsen told the court in Sandnes, according to newspaper Verdens Gang (VG).

“Everything was controlled and decided for me. An enormous amount of manipulation,” he said as he described his father and former coach.

Ingebrigtsen explained in particular how, as a schoolboy, he could not go to parties with the other children and how, as a teenager, he was made to train two or three times a day.