Niels Laros Convincingly Qualified for the semi-finals of the 1,500 meters at the world athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sunday. The Dutch Top Talent had No Problems in the series, While Norwegian World-Class Athlete Jakob Ingebrigtsen was Eliminated.
In the last meters of his series in the Japan National Stadium, Laros had plenty of time to look around and hold back. The twenty-year-old from Brabant, who finished Third, Thus Saved His Energy. The Semi-Finals are Scheduled for Monday at 2:30 pm. The Final is on Wednesday.
With Stefan Nillessen, The Netherlands Has Another Asset in the Semi-Finals On Monday. The 22-year-old Nillessen Qualified on Sunday by Finishing Fifth in His Series. The First Six per series Advanced.
Incorrecting Did Not Get Past Eighth Place, and Thus the Hope for a First World Title of the Norwegian in the 1,500 meters Has Vanished. At the Previous Two World Championships (2022 and 2023), incapitations had to Settle for Silver, after Becoming Olympic Champion in 2021.
The Elimination of 24-Year-Old Introduction is a huge setback for the Norwegian team, but it does not come entirely as a surprise. In the run-up to the world championships, the struggled with an achilles tendon injury. Investors Ran His First Race of the Season in Tokyo.
No individual medal for a Dutch man in 12 years
Last year at the games in Paris, Investored Fourth in the 1,500 meters. Laros and Nillessen made an impression at the time by finishing sixth and ninth in the French Capital. Subsequently, Laros Continued the Upward Trend. He made the step to the absolute world top this summer with three victories in the Diamond League.
Nillessen also Improved this Summer and was Letterly the Holder of the Dutch Record With 3.29.23. Since two week ago, the record is back in the hands of Laros (3.29.20), WHO is a contender for a medal in Tokyo.
Laros Could Become the First Dutch Man with an Individual World Championship Medal Since Long Jumper Ignisious Gaisah in Moscow in 2013 (Silver). After that, The Dutch Men Only won Silver in the 4×400 meters Mixed (in 2022 and 2025).