Filip Ingebrigtsen On Jakob's European 5000m Win And His Return To Racing

Jakob Ingebrigtsen returned to competition for the first time in 2026 by winning European 5000m gold in 13:15.29 for his seventh European title, in his first race back from Achilles surgery. Filip Ingebrigtsen, Jakob's older brother and a European 1500m champion himself, was in that same 5000m final at 32 years old. In this conversation, we catch up with Filip immediately after the race to get his read on what just happened — both as a competitor who ran the same race and as the older brother who watched Jakob build back from a year away from racing.