OREGON22: Silver for Krop as Ingebrigtsen bags 5000m gold

Jacob Krop withstood tough competition in a loaded 5000m field to deliver silver for Kenya In the men's 5000m on the final day of the World Athletics Championships in Oregon. 

The Kenyan who went into the race as the second fastest man in the distance this year, behind compatriot Nicholas Kimeli who was also in the field clocked 13:09.98 to finish behind Jakob Ingebrigtsen who won gold in 13:09.24. 

In a unique situation, Krop was up against a field that had three Olympic champions, Ingebrigtsen, the 1500m champion, Joshua Cheptegei the 5000m and the 10,000m winner in Tokyo, Selemon Barega. 

Cheptegei went to the front from the gun and the three Kenyans trailed him for the first three laps.

He, however, relegated the pacing duties to Krop in the third lap with Kimeli and Daniel Simiu, the other Kenyan representative going with him at the front with eight laps to go. 

Ingebrigtsen made his move to the leading pack seven minutes into the race, even as he steeped off the 

The leaders went through the first three kilometre in 8:04 minutes a steady pace that was placing in to the hands of the fast finishers. 

With 600m to go, Ingebrigtsen went to the front to take the bell in pole position with Krop and Kimeli behind him but the blistering pace was too much tough for the Kimeli, fastest man this year but compatriot Krop kept with it for second place. 

Uganda's Oscar Chelimo completed the podium places in 13:10.20 a season best.

Kimeli finished in seventh place in 13:11.97 while Simiu was 10th in 13:16.63 behind Cheptegei who clocked 13:13.12.

The East Africans had no response for Ingebrigtsen who was hungry for gold after faltering in the 1500m where he won silver behind Jake Wightman.