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Post by bluetornados on Feb 9, 2024 21:22:50 GMT
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce: Jamaica sprint legend to retire after Paris 2024 Olympics..i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/07/18/06/60385807-11023663-image-a-36_1658122900205.jpgThree-time Olympic champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce says she "owes" it to her family to retire after the 2024 Games. The 37-year-old, regarded as one of the greatest sprinters of all time, won the 100m title in 2008 and 2012. Jamaican Fraser-Pryce also won Tokyo 2020 Olympic relay gold, plus three of her 10 world titles, in a comeback after giving birth to her son in 2017. "There's not a day I'm getting up to go practise and I'm like, 'I'm over this,'" she told Essence.com, external. "My son needs me. "My husband and I have been together since before I won in 2008. He has sacrificed for me. "We're a partnership, a team. And it's because of that support that I'm able to do the things that I have been doing for all these years. And I think I now owe it to them to do something else." She added this year's Olympics in Paris were about "showing people that you stop when you decide. I want to finish on my own terms". In total, Fraser-Pryce has won three Olympic golds, four silvers and a bronze. She won world bronze behind American Sha'Carri Richardson and team-mate Shericka Jackson at last summer's World Championships and will remain one of the main contenders at Paris 2024 in July and August. She became the oldest woman to win the 100m world title with her victory in Doha in 2019 and extended that record by winning again aged 35 in Eugene in 2022 - 14 years after her first Olympic gold. "You can have an impact, and it's important to show people that you can't be selfish," she said. "It's not enough that we step on a track and we win medals. You have to think about the next generation that's coming after you, and give them the opportunity to also dream - and dream big." i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/07/18/06/60385803-11023663-image-a-37_1658122924818.jpgFraser-Pryce's World and Olympic medal haul.
OlympicsThree gold: 100m (2008, 2012), 4x100m relay (2020) Four silver: 100m (2020), 200m (2012), 4x100m relay (2012, 2016) One bronze: 100m (2016) World Championships10 gold: 100m (2009, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2022), 200m (2013), 4x100m relay (2009, 2013, 2015, 2019) Five silver: 200m (2022), 4x100m relay (2007, 2011, 2022, 2023) One bronze: 100m (2023)
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Post by bluetornados on Feb 12, 2024 0:09:36 GMT
Kenya's Kelvin Kiptum: Marathon world record holder dies in road accident..By Celestine Karoney, BBC Sport Africa, Nairobi.i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/02/11/23/81136245-13072253-image-a-83_1707694225259.jpgThe men's marathon world record holder, Kenya's Kelvin Kiptum, 24, has died in a road accident in his home country, a Kenyan athletics official has confirmed to the BBC. He was killed alongside his coach, Rwanda's Gervais Hakizimana in a car on a road near the town of Eldoret. Kiptum emerged in 2023 as a rival to his compatriot Eliud Kipchoge. He broke Kipchoge's world record in Chicago last October, running the 26.1 miles in two hours and 35 seconds. Just last week, his team announced that he would attempt to run the distance in under two hours at the Rotterdam marathon - a feat that has never been achieved in open competition. Kenya's opposition leader and former prime minister, Raila Odinga, said on X that the country had lost "a true hero" and was mourning "a remarkable individual... and Kenyan athletics icon". Paying tribute to the young man, Sebastian Coe, the president of World Athletics, described Kiptum as "an incredible athlete leaving an incredible legacy, we will miss him dearly". The rise to fame for the father-of-two had been rapid - he only ran his first full marathon in 2022. He competed in his first major competition four years earlier running in borrowed shoes as he could not afford a pair of his own. He was among a new crop of Kenyan athletes who began their careers on the road, breaking away from the past tradition of athletes starting on the track before switching to longer distances. Kiptum told the BBC last year that his unusual choice was simply determined by a lack of resources. "I had no money to travel to track sessions," he explained. i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/02/11/23/81136197-13072253-image-a-81_1707694192285.jpg
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Post by bluetornados on Feb 17, 2024 0:08:21 GMT
Sir Chris Hoy: Six-time Olympic champion 'surrounded by love' after revealing cancer diagnosis..i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/02/16/18/81367889-0-image-m-2_1708109317679.jpgSix-time Olympic cycling champion Sir Chris Hoy says he is "optimistic, positive and surrounded by love" after revealing he was diagnosed with cancer last year. The former Great Britain track cyclist, 47, posted on Instagram, external that his treatment, which includes chemotherapy, "is going really well". "I am continuing to work, ride my bike and live my life as normal," he added. Hoy won six Olympic golds between 2004 and 2012. The Scot, also an 11-time world champion and the second most decorated Olympic cyclist of all time, said that his diagnosis came as a "huge shock, having had no symptoms". He did not disclose the type of cancer, and added: "For the sake of my young family, I had hoped to keep this information private but regrettably our hand has been forced. Whilst I'm thankful for any support, I'd like to deal with this privately. "I'm optimistic, positive and surrounded by love for which I'm truly grateful. As you might imagine, the last few months have been incredibly difficult. However, I currently feel fine. "It's an exciting year of work ahead, not least with the Paris Olympics in July. I can't wait to get stuck in, have fun and share it with you all." Hoy won Olympic team sprint silver at Sydney 2000 and his first gold in the 1km time trial at Athens 2004, before three golds at Beijing 2008 and two more at London 2012. He retired from cycling in 2013, with his record of 17 global titles across four disciplines making him the most successful track cyclist of all time. Only Sir Jason Kenny, with seven, has won more Olympic golds for Britain than Hoy, who was knighted in 2009. In recent years Hoy has been a regular pundit and commentator as part of BBC Sport's cycling coverage. British Cycling said on X (formerly Twitter): "Everyone at British Cycling sends their love and best wishes to you and your family, Chris. You got this." i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/02/16/19/81369371-13093125-image-m-26_1708111631355.jpg
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Post by bluetornados on Feb 19, 2024 18:22:18 GMT
UK Indoor Championships: Jeremiah Azu wins gold on 'dream' day for Dwain Chambers..i2-prod.walesonline.co.uk/incoming/article16577639.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200e/1_WML_110719_Jeremiah_Azu_05JPG.jpgJeremiah pictured at Cardiff International Sports CampusJeremiah Azu won 60m gold in the UK Indoor Championships in Birmingham to claim his first indoor title. The 22-year-old clocked 6.60 seconds in the final to qualify for March's World Indoor Championships in Glasgow. Molly Caudery jumped a personal best, a championship record and world lead height of 4.85m to win pole vault gold. Dwain Chambers, who won 60m gold in 2010, came last in the semi-final - but the 45-year-old was thrilled to compete against sprinters half his age. "Today's been a dream come true - the applause from the audience has been awesome," Chambers told BBC Sport. "The reception from the athletes downstairs has been even better. It just feels great to still be in a position to do this at the age of 45." Chambers was banned for doping in 2004,, external which saw him miss the Athens Olympics, and UK Athletics interim head coach Paula Dunn has not ruled out using Chambers as an adviser to the Great Britain squad. "I want to be able to contribute in any way I can and I would never turn down the opportunity. It is a case of a conversation that needs to be had as and when the time permits," added Chambers. "It is nobody else's responsibility but mine. Yes I was young, but at the same time, I had a decision or choice to make and I chose to look at what other people were doing, and spend very little time looking at what I could improve. "As a result of that, I chose to follow the crowd and it was costly to me. With the way things are with other people, doubting themselves, I chose to use what I've gone through as an example of review yourself first and then make a decision." Caudery's vault of 4.85m - the best in the world this season - would have been good enough to secure silver at the Tokyo Games. She said: "To know that kind of height could get me a medal at the Olympics blows my mind. It is so exciting for the future and what it could bring." Amy Hunt won the women's 60m gold with a time of 7.26secs - although she was not entirely happy with her performance. "I had a questionable start - not to be negative, but it was trash," she said. "I had to trust myself and know I had the legs to come through that last 30 metres. "The jigsaw pieces are there, I just have to put them together and make the picture." The first gold of the championships - which double as trials for next month's World Indoors in Glasgow - went to Owen Heard, who cleared 5.25m to take the men's pole vault title. Elsewhere Tade Ojora, British 110m hurdles champion for the last three years, claimed his first indoor title by clocking a time of 7.62 to win the men's 60m hurdles. Cindy Sember won her third British 60m hurdles title in a time of 7.99. Archie Yeo jumped an indoor personal best of 15.55m to win gold in the men's triple jump, while Jade O'Dowda also jumped a personal best of 6.19m to claim the women's long jump. In the 60m para, Kevin Santos ran a personal best of seven seconds to win the men's gold, while Wales' Olivia Breen beat Madeline Down to the women's title by just 0.02secs in a time of 8.24.
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Post by bluetornados on Feb 19, 2024 18:29:43 GMT
UK Indoor Athletics Championships: Laura Muir and Jemma Reekie win gold in Birmingham.. i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/03/04/18/68337381-11820835-image-a-60_1677956065569.jpgLaura Muir claimed gold in the 3,000m at the UK Indoor Championships in Birmingham on Sunday. The Olympic silver medallist stormed to victory in eight minutes 58.80 seconds, earning a spot at the World Indoor Championships on home soil in Glasgow. She will be joined there in March by fellow Scot Jemma Reekie, who won the 800m final with a time of 1:58.24. Katarina Johnson-Thompson, the double world heptathlon champion, came ninth in the shot put final. Despite throwing an indoor personal best of 13.29m to qualify for Glasgow, Johnson-Thompson will not compete at the World Indoor Championships as she prepares for this summer's Olympics. "I am gutted because I did European indoors in Glasgow in 2018 and I've got really good memories of it," she said. "It's just a decision to throw everything into Paris." Amelia Campbell won gold in the shot put, registering 17.74m in her third throw to take victory. Olympic silver medallist Muir also has her eyes on Paris but will compete in the city where she lives. "Paris is the main goal this year but I want to go to Glasgow and be competitive," she said. "It's really special to be going there. To have a global championships [in Glasgow] now is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/02/09/23/39092206-0-image-a-33_1612912883730.jpgJemma Reekie, 25, set a championship record in the 800m and earned her place in Glasgow Reekie set a championship record in the 800m and earned her place in Glasgow with a routine victory, finishing comfortably ahead of Isabelle Boffey in 2nd and Erin Wallace in 3rd. It was a family affair in the women's 400m final as the Nielsen twins produced a top-two finish. Laviai Nielsen secured gold with a time of 51.54 seconds, narrowly beating sister Lina, who secured an indoor personal best of 51.95. Meanwhile, Morgan Lake claimed gold in the women's high jump by clearing 1.85m.
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Post by bluetornados on Feb 19, 2024 22:18:37 GMT
Molly Caudery: 'I'm living my dream' says world-leading pole vaulter..athleticsweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Caudery-.jpgMolly Caudery says she is "living my dream" after setting a world-leading mark this year of 4.85m in the pole vault at the UK Indoor Championships. The 23-year-old from Cornwall's jump was the 2022 Commonwealth Games silver medallist's personal best clearance. Her effort in Birmingham puts her among the favourites for next month's World Indoor Championships in Glasgow. "It's just amazing. It's unbelievable to have opened my season like this," she told BBC Sport. "I'm so grateful and I'm loving every minute of it." Caudery, who was fifth in last summer's World Championships in Budapest, has had a superb start to 2024 having increased her personal best by 0.10m from the 4.75m she set in the final in Hungary, external in August. "My expectations have gone through the roof and I've achieved already more than I wanted to," she added. "But that puts me in such a good place for the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow. "I think having a home crowd there - the noise in here today was amazing and I think being there, it's going to be great." athleticsweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Caudery.jpg
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Post by bluetornados on Feb 29, 2024 8:48:40 GMT
Dame Denise Lewis temporarily steps down as UK Athletics president..i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article32228637.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200d/0_GettyImages-2018107068.jpgDame Denise Lewis has "temporarily" stepped down as UK Athletics president - two months after being elected. The former Olympic heptathlon champion was elected to the role in December to replace ex-sprinter Jason Gardener. However, 51-year-old Lewis has made the "difficult decision" to temporarily step away "with the upcoming Olympics and a hectic summer ahead". "I would only want to accept the role when it can have my full attention," Lewis posted on Instagram on Tuesday. Since retiring as an athlete in 2005, Lewis has worked as a pundit and television presenter. She will be working as a pundit for the BBC at the World Indoor Athletics Championships that start on Friday in Glasgow. Her positions with UK Athletics and the BBC have been questioned, external in terms of a possible conflict of interest given her roles within the sport as well as one of its key media stakeholders. The BBC does not comment on individual contracts but the corporation's guidelines state editorial decisions should not be influenced by outside interests. Lewis won gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympics after claiming bronze in Atlanta four years earlier. She also won two Commonwealth golds, a European gold and two world silver medals as well as being inducted into the England Athletics Hall of Fame in 2011. She was awarded a damehood in the New Year Honours in recognition of her role as president of Commonwealth Games England and for services to sport.
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Post by bluetornados on Feb 29, 2024 9:02:01 GMT
World Indoor Championships: Lina and Laviai Nielsen on 4x400m dream..By Ben Bloom, Athletics writer.i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/06/26/21/28CA7F0100000578-3141003-image-a-6_1435350635711.jpg"People talk about having to travel a rocky road with lots of highs and lows but I feel like we've climbed mountains to be where we are." Lina Nielsen and twin sister Laviai have dreamt of representing their country together on the same relay team almost since they ran laps around the primary school playground. It should have been so simple. Selected to make their senior British debuts together as part of Britain's 4x400m team for the 2017 European Indoor Championships, their hopes were dashed when Lina was forced to withdraw with a stress fracture in her foot. It took another five years for them to be picked together again in the relay at the 2022 World Championships, only for Lina to suffer a severe relapse of the multiple sclerosis that afflicts both sisters but which they had kept secret to that point. The Nielsens hope this weekend will prove third time lucky. Barring further misfortune of illness or injury, the sisters will be the leading lights in Britain's 4x400m team at Glasgow's World Indoor Championships. A medal for the British quartet is a firm possibility. Finally, a twin ambition 27 years in the making could reach its culmination. i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/06/26/21/28CA7FEE00000578-3141003-image-a-3_1435350426510.jpg"There have been so many setbacks along the way," says Lina, who belatedly made her senior international debut in 2022 after switching to the 400m hurdles as her primary individual event. "It's the nature of sport - it is cut-throat. Sometimes you need luck on your side. Hopefully we're all good this time round. It can't get better than finally racing together in front of a home crowd." It has already been an unexpectedly joyous winter for the twins. The pair moved to Aarhus, Denmark, in October to train under former British Athletics coach Tony Lester, who is now employed by the Danish athletics federation. Under a new training regime, they planned to treat the indoor season as a brief opportunity to test out their fitness before an Olympic summer. But, with the World Indoor Championships not originally on their agenda, results prompted a hasty change of heart. Both sisters have taken close to a second off their indoor 400m personal bests, with Laviai's mark of 51.11 seconds placing her fifth in the rankings for the Glasgow event. i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/06/26/21/2A02F98300000578-3141003-image-a-8_1435350756206.jpgLaviai and Lina were inspired by being Jessica Ennis' kit carriers at the London 2012 Olympics.Instructed by Lester that "third is not an option", their most recent outing saw them deliver a historic 400m one-two at the British Championships, where Laviai triumphed. "It's crazy how this indoor season has panned out," says Laviai, sitting next to her sister on a video call from their Aarhus apartment. "We were training pretty hard until the end of January and had no idea what shape we were in. "I didn't plan to go all the way through the indoor season, because the 400m in the UK is so competitive, my main focus is on Olympic trials outdoors this summer. "After I ran 51.1, I was sitting on a plane back to Denmark thinking 'I don't know if I'm making the right decision'. Every fibre of my being was telling me to go to the World Indoors. "We still think I can go a lot faster so I don't want to shy away from the possibility of a medal." Their achievement is all the more notable given they live with neurological auto-immune disease multiple sclerosis. Diagnosed aged 13, Lina had kept the condition under control before a sudden flare-up on the eve of her World Championship debut in 2022 that prompted her to reveal her story publicly. Laviai also has the disease but is yet to suffer major symptoms. "We're still deciding not to take medicine because we're not sure of the side effects," explains Laviai. "We've always been pretty good with our diet and nutrition, but after Lina's flare-up we've taken it even more seriously. So far it's all gone well." This weekend's World Indoor Championships remain part of their bigger picture. Laviai hopes to make the 400m final that would stand her in good stead for an Olympic tilt this summer in Paris, where Lina aims to compete over 400m hurdles and join her sister in the 4x400m. If they do stand on the relay podium together for the first time in Glasgow, Laviai says it will be a moment they have waited for their entire lives. "We would definitely celebrate it greatly," she says. "It would be huge."
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Post by bluetornados on Feb 29, 2024 9:06:21 GMT
World Indoor Championships: UK 60m champion Jeremiah Azu pulls out of Glasgow event..i2-prod.walesonline.co.uk/incoming/article16577640.ece/ALTERNATES/s1200e/0_WML_110719_Jeremiah_Azu_06JPG.jpgUnited Kingdom indoor 60m champion Jeremiah Azu has pulled out of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team for the World Indoor Championships in Glasgow that start on Friday. The 22-year-old Welshman announced his withdrawal on social media. Welsh Athletics said Azu had a hamstring issue last weekend at a World Athletics Indoor Tour event in Berlin. Azu clocked 6.60 seconds as he won the 2024 UK indoor title in Birmingham in February.
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Post by bluetornados on Apr 10, 2024 20:38:41 GMT
Paris 2024: World Athletics to become first federation to award prize money at Olympic Games..
i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/10/10/83453753-13292041-image-a-55_1712742236050.jpg Gold medallists in track and field at the Paris 2024 Olympics will received £39,400 in prize money after World Athletics announced a £1.89m prize fundWorld Athletics has announced it will become the first international federation to award prize money at the Olympic Games. The global governing body said a total prize pot of $2.4m (£1.9m) has been made available for this summer's Olympics in Paris, with gold medallists receiving $50,000 (£39,400). This will be extended to silver and bronze medallists at Los Angeles 2028. World Athletics president Lord Coe called the decision a "pivotal moment". He told BBC Sport the organisation wanted to create a "stable financial landscape" for athletes. There will be 48 athletics events in Paris, with relay gold medallists to share their prize money among the team. The prize money will not apply at the Paralympics, which takes place from 28th August to 8th September, as Para-athletics is governed by World Para Athletics. i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/10/10/83453797-13292041-image-a-56_1712742285450.jpgElaine Thompson-Herah"The introduction of prize money for Olympic gold medallists is a pivotal moment for World Athletics and the sport of athletics as a whole, underscoring our commitment to empowering the athletes and recognising the critical role they play in the success of any Olympic Games," Coe said. "While it is impossible to put a marketable value on winning an Olympic medal, or on the commitment and focus it takes to even represent your country at an Olympic Games, I think it is important we start somewhere and make sure some of the revenues generated by our athletes at the Olympic Games are directly returned to those who make the Games the global spectacle that it is." Greg Rutherford, who won gold in the long jump at London 2012, said: "This is a brilliant step in the right direction and I take my hat off to Seb Coe and the rest of the World Athletics staff for initiating this improvement." The former British athlete said the view that Olympic sports are still amateur "couldn't be further from the truth". Asked if prize money went against the Olympic spirit, Coe replied: "I don't see that making life a little easier for the athletes, allowing them maybe to stay on in the sport a little bit longer, to give them the financial independence to train, and maybe in a more sophisticated way is anything other than sitting behind good firm Olympic principles." World Athletics said the format and structure of prize money for the 2028 Games will be announced nearer the time. It added that the payment of prize money will depend on athletes "undergoing and clearing the usual anti-doping procedures". Given the Olympics' origins as an amateur sports event, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) does not award prize money but distributes funding through international federations (IF) and national Olympic committees (NOC). Some national Olympic committees offer financial rewards to their medallists, though the British Olympic Association does not. The IOC said: "It is up to each IF and NOC to determine how to best serve their athletes and the global development of their sport." i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/10/10/83453751-13292041-image-a-57_1712742345269.jpgIndia's Neeraj Chopra shows off his gold medal after winning the men's javelin last time outDame Denise Lewis, won gold in the heptathlon at the 2000 Sydney Olympics for Great Britain, said the announcement is "really positive", but added athletics "has not been a rich sport". "This is nothing to do with 'the Olympics is supposed to be about valour, about honour and representation of your country', this is absolutely a gesture from World Athletics to its athletes," Lewis told BBC 5 Live Drive. "The Olympics earns billions - as we know, for a lot of people, but the athletes don't always get that in track and field." Lewis, who also took heptathlon bronze at the Atlanta Games in 1996, said prize money would not devalue the achievement of reaching an Olympics, rather it would offer athletes a possible incentive to continue competing. "And to just give them a little bit of assistance going forward," she added. Rutherford, who was also an Olympic bronze medallist in Rio in 2016, said he hopes other sports can adopt the same approach as World Athletics. "Athletes from around the world sacrifice so much to achieve the most difficult accolade in sport, becoming Olympic champion - standing at the top of the podium and hearing your national anthem is one of the greatest feelings you can have," he said. "But, the scrutiny that the athletes are constantly under - along with the comparisons to other sporting success stories - always fail to mention the lack of financial support given." i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/10/10/83453881-13292041-image-a-58_1712742391793.jpgWorld Athletics president Sebastian Coe said the organisation wanted to 'empower athletes'The 2015 long jump world champion added: "I really hope the athletes across all sports will now finally be supported by the multi-billion dollar IOC and their efforts, not just by individual sports, for the long-term health of the Olympic movement. "We do this for the love of the sport, but it is also our livelihood." Swedish Olympic pole vault champion Armand Duplantis said World Athletics' move was a "step in the right direction". Meanwhile, Norwegian Olympic 400m hurdle champion Karsten Warholm said the prize money did not change his motivation to win an Olympic gold medal, but he agreed it was the "right direction" for building a professional sport. However, Jonathan Edwards, GB gold medallist at Sydney 2000 and still the men's triple jump world record holder, said the decision was "a little bit odd". "It's not [World Athletics'] event, it's the Olympics. It feels like a bit of an undercut to the IOC, who have been very strict around saying 'we're not going to have prize money'", said the 57-year-old. "Athletes who win at the Olympic Games already get rewards."
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Post by bluetornados on May 3, 2024 0:52:38 GMT
Ingebrigtsens' father charged with physical abuse..i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/29/17/84218557-13362659-Jakub_Ingrbrigtsen_s_father_Gjert_blue_jumper_has_been_charged_w-m-1_1714406951969.jpgGjert Ingebrigtsen, the father of Olympic 1500m champion Jakob, has been charged by Norwegian police with physical abuse. Last year, Jakob, 23, and his older brothers Henrik 33, and Filip, 31, who are also Olympic athletes, made public claims that their father, who had coached them until 2022, had been violent. The 58-year-old has strenuously denied the allegations. Police in Norway, who had been investigating the case, said on Monday that Gjert had been charged with one offence. Norwegian website VG, which published the initial story with the brothers, said the victim, external, who was allegedly beaten with a wet towel on one occasion, was not one of the three siblings but a younger family member. The remaining cases against Gjert have been dropped – five on the strength of evidence and one because of time constraints. Mette Yvonne Larsen, who represents five of the Ingebrigtsen children, told VG they would appeal against at least one of the dropped cases. In October, the brothers, who are among seven Ingebrigtsen children, wrote that they still felt discomfort and fear about Gjert and had to tell their story publicly because of intense media coverage in Norway about their split with him. "We have grown up with a father who has been very aggressive and controlling and who has used physical violence and threats as part of his upbringing,” they said. "We still feel discomfort and fear which has been in us since childhood. "Two years ago, the same aggression and physical punishment struck again. It was the drop that made the cup run over." i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/29/15/84218555-13362659-In_an_explosive_interview_last_year_the_three_brothers_wrote_tha-m-60_1714400437516.jpgOn Monday, Gjert’s lawyer, John Christian Elden, again maintained his client’s innocence. “Concerning the dismissed charges, we concur that there is no evidence to suggest that Mr Ingebrigtsen has committed any act punishable by law,” he said in a statement to BBC Sport. “Moreover, Mr Ingebrigtsen disputes the account of events that form the basis of the indictment and, as such, does not acknowledge any criminal wrongdoing.” He added they intend to contest the claims “vigorously” in court. As well as being Olympic champion, Jakob is a two-time 5,000m world champion and is preparing for this summer’s Olympics in Paris while Henrik and Filip were European 1500m champions in 2012 and 2016 respectively. i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/04/29/14/84218553-0-image-a-44_1714397975306.jpg
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