The father of Norwegian running stars Jakob, Henrik and Filip Ingebrigtsen is charged with allegations of mistreatment of a family member. According to the NTB news agency, the Norwegian police announced this on Monday. According to NTB, Gjert Ingebrigtsen’s lawyer said his client rejected the allegations. He “disagrees with the account of the events on which the indictment is based.”
In the fall of 2023, the successful middle-distance runners Henrik (33), Filip (31) and Jakob Ingebrigtsen (23) accused their father, who had also trained them for a long time, of being violent in their childhood in an opinion piece in the newspaper “Verdens Gang”. be. “We grew up with a father who was very aggressive and controlling and used physical violence and threats as part of his upbringing,” the brothers wrote at the time.
No accreditation for the Olympics in Paris
The police then began investigating the now 58-year-old athletics coach. The charge that has now become known relates to the mistreatment of a single family member. According to police, all other charges were dropped.
The youngest of the three running stars, Jakob Ingebrigtsen, won the gold medal in the 1500 meters at the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo and is a two-time world champion in the 5000 meters. He and his brothers are among the most famous athletes in Norway.
Her father is currently training middle-distance runner Narve Gilje Nordås. Norwegian Olympic organization Olympiatoppen said on Monday that it would not give Gjert Ingebrigtsen accreditation for the Paris Olympics this summer.
