Seare fights back in the sprint to beat Ingebrigtsen to world 5km gold
Dawit Seare won Copenhagen’s world road 5km title in 12:56. Budapest winner Jakob Ingebrigtsen took silver.
Events: 19 Sept 2026 – 20 Sept 2026
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Jakob Ingebrigtsen had gone past him in the closing sprint, but Dawit Seare found another acceleration. The Eritrean won the men’s world road 5km title in Copenhagen on September 19. For the Norwegian, silver came on his 26th birthday. World Athletics report
National records for the first two
Seare won in an Eritrean record of 12:56. Ingebrigtsen clocked a Norwegian record of 12:59, while 19-year-old Eritrean Saymon Amanuel took bronze with a personal best of 13:00. Official results
Eight days earlier, Ingebrigtsen had won the Ultimate Championship 5000m in Budapest. This time he could not answer Seare’s final acceleration. Race report
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