The look left you in no doubt. It was March 2022, the World Indoor Championships in Belgrade, and Jakob Ingebrigtsen, the reigning Olympic champion, had just won a silver medal in the 1500m.
In the months before, stories had been leaking out of Norway about a rift in the Ingebrigtsen family, specifically between the three athlete brothers – Jakob, Filip and Henrik – and their father, Gjert, who’d coached them all their lives. Gjert was known to be a hard taskmaster, an impression that came across loud and clear in the long-running reality TV series: Team Ingebrigtsen.
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