Quando ho visto il minorenne Jakob in testa sui 1’500m a due giri dalla fine ho pensato aiutasse i fratelli maggiori Henrik e Filip, già campioni europei …

Invece lo junior di famiglia non ha mollato un metro, come il giorno dopo sui 5’000m: autorità alla Viren, precocità alla Ovett, quando non c’erano tutte ste gare.

Andrea Buongiovanni ha tradotto in rosa un bell’articolo IAAF e relativa scheda, lasciando fuori il link più interessante: il documentario della TV norvegese del 2016.

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It was the golden double that rippled around the world, a feat of athletic mastery most could only dream of at any stage of their careers, never mind at the tender age of 17.

“I’ve been a professional runner since I was eight, nine, 10 years old. I’ve been training, dedicated and following a good structure – the same as my brothers – from an early age.”

Steering the ship, at least in a sporting context, is Gjert, who had no background in athletics but quickly realised his sons had potential after older brothers Henrik and Filip took up the sport.

He learned as we went along,” says Henrik. “He’s a smart dad and he read all the books and talked to all the right people. Together we tried some things, failed a couple of times, then went back to what worked.”

The older brothers mixed a range of sports throughout their youth and while so too did Jakob, he specialised much earlier than them on athletics, something his older brother has his own take on.

He was useless at football!” said Henrik. “Jakob is born to run, simple as that – nothing else. All of us have been doing football, skiing and running and a lot of different stuff.”

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Qui l’articolo completo @IAAF, qui la serie televisiva che rischia di durare molto più di 8 episodi..

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