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Ingebrigtsen v Cheruiyot: Impossible Games take shape
A world record attempt in the hurdles, a star-studded pole vault battle and a long distance showdown between Norway and Kenya in the middle distance will all be on the agenda when the Impossible Games take place in Oslo next month.
Kenyan middle-distance star and reigning 1500m Diamond League Champion Timothy Cheruiyot is to go head to head with Norway’s Ingebrigtsen brothers in a one-off, team event at the Bislett Impossible Games next month.
The Ingebrigtsens will run in Bislett while Cheruiyot-led rival team will compete in Nairobi, in what Oslo meeting director Steinar Hoen described as “the first virtual race at such a level in the history of athletics”.
The Maurie Plant Memorial Race, named in honour of the former Bislett organising committee stalwart, will see the two teams battle it out in an innovative new format over 2000 metres.
Both teams will start with five runners and end with three, and the winner will be the team with the best overall time from their top three runners.
A Wanda Diamond League exhibition event, the Impossible Games were conceived by Bislett Games organisers to allow this year's Oslo Diamond League meeting to go ahead under Norway's coronavirus regulations.
Instead of the usual, elite-level hunt for Diamond League points, the Impossible Games will instead showcase the innovative spirit of athletics with a series of set-piece exhibition events.
Beyond the 2000m battle, the programme is taking shape for the Games, which will take place at Bislett Stadium on June 11.
Confirmed events now include:
A long-distance pole vault showdown involving world-record holder Mondo Duplantis and record Diamond League Champion Renaud Lavillenie.
A 300m hurdles world record attempt from World Champion and Norwegian star Karsten Warholm
A Norway vs Finland duel in the women’s 200m hurdles
An all-Scandinavian discus competition involving Swedish World Champion Daniel Ståhl.
A Norwegian record attempt over 1000m by Filip Ingebrigtsen.
The meeting will be shown on Norwegian public broadcaster NRK, with commentary from British middle-distance legend and 2000m European record holder Steve Cram.
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