70% of Norwegians watching tv tuned in to Jakob Ingebrigtsen winning gold

I may be late to the party here, but i have been watching the 2 year docu / reality show following Team Ingeb. its increible. Starts with Jakob 12 or so. Its addictive. If you haven't already watched all of it, i highly recommend.

jstrummer wrote:

I may be late to the party here, but i have been watching the 2 year docu / reality show following Team Ingeb. its increible. Starts with Jakob 12 or so. Its addictive. If you haven't already watched all of it, i highly recommend.

Who are the two dudes on the right?

Is the show in English or does it have English sub titles?

70% of Norwegians watching tv tuned in to Jakob Ingebrigtsen winning gold

... so, like 600 people?

;-)

Those are their brothers. one is the oldest, the other is #4. Jakob is #5. Sister is #6. And Baby William is #7. The #4 brother was very talented as an xc skier / skater, but didn't want to commit to train hard and often. They both help out still, ride bikes for pacing on the track, etc.

Its a great series, i'm only in season one which covers 2014/2015 and the lead up into 2016.

Its in Norwegian. I'm watching it in Chrome and it is translating.

Like the articles you've read, translation is rough, so i'm guessing i'm only getting about 70% of what's being said.

I can't believe how hooked i am on it, especially knowing where their story will lead.

The relationship with the father / coach is really interesting. For each of the kids. You never know if its healthy or it goes over the edge. But,

They really are a family unit.

Hope everyone enjoys as much as i am.

mdch wrote:

Watching a 24 h ultra on the track might be their thing.

Well. Earlier this summer, Therese Falk attempted to break the 24h treadmill world record. About 800 000 viewers tuned during the live stream/broadcast on VG/VGTV, so about 15% of the population.

Side note: There is a yearly 24h ultra on track in Norway; Bislett 24h - it's run on the 546m indoor track below the stands at Bislett stadium. Time to whisper a few words in the ears of the NRK people, I guess.

It should be added that the commenters are also both high level. One of them has run 1:42.58 in the 800, and the other one is attempting to break 2:30 in the marathon. Yes, one is elite, the other is not, but they both have deep knowledge of running, and they're not trying to dumb it down, and will comment both on form, tactics, and educate the viewers about the sport.

rojo wrote:

jstrummer wrote:

I may be late to the party here, but i have been watching the 2 year docu / reality show following Team Ingeb. its increible. Starts with Jakob 12 or so. Its addictive. If you haven't already watched all of it, i highly recommend.

Who are the two dudes on the right?

Is the show in English or does it have English sub titles?

Its been posted from youtube with english subs numerous times. Have you not been reading any of the ingebrigtsens threads?

NERunner053 wrote:

Serious question: is it any easier to watch track in Norway? A ton of US events are behind paywalls and when they are on tv they're not always on NBC, they're on NBC Sports or the Olympic Channel. In Norway can you just pop on the tv and find track on a popular channel?

Yes. Its broadcasted by NRK, the national channel. Its free, online, on TV and on the radio.

jstrummer wrote:

The relationship with the father / coach is really interesting. For each of the kids. You never know if its healthy or it goes over the edge.

There's a scene where they show home video footage of the kids training roller skies in a parking lot before school when they're like 8 years old at most. No 8 year old will decide for themselves to wake up at 6 am to ride in circles in a parking lot for an hour. Gjert constantly says he wants his kids to do what they choose, but everytime they choose something different than what he wanted, he flips. He says Jakob can choose for himself if he wants to dedicate his life to track, but he acts like his kids who didn't dedicate their life to athletics are weak minded wimps. Oh and girlfriends are unnecessary and harmful distractions.

Did the Norwegians tune in to watch Karsten Warholm in any of his events?

70% of tv viewers, not total population.

You might think you are joking, but I think you are correct.

C/M Runner wrote:

Did the Norwegians tune in to watch Karsten Warholm in any of his events?

Honestly. World Champion, Euro Champion, probably Diamond League Champion. He’s set how many national records this year?

Also kind of signiificant that the race was the final of the Olympic Games, and he came in first...

Henrik Ingebrigtsen just posted this video. Hilarious: Henrik, Filip, and Jakob all sharing a treadmill.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bmgwex-hJQC/?taken-by=ingebrigtsen.henrik

NERunner053 wrote:

Serious question: is it any easier to watch track in Norway? A ton of US events are behind paywalls and when they are on tv they're not always on NBC, they're on NBC Sports or the Olympic Channel. In Norway can you just pop on the tv and find track on a popular channel?

I think so. No way over 3 MM people (70% of population) paid to watch Ingebrigtsens run. It's just that it's a small country and it is a big deal there, they are popular in their country, therefore mainstream tv.

Yeah, it was free.

The World championship was broadcasted by NRK, the goverment-owned public broadcasting company. The Diamond League is also free.

It is actually a law in Norway that states that events classified as having «large social significance» must be broadcasted for free. As for now, it includes the olympics, the World championship in football/soccer, handball, nordic skiing events++. I guess the World championship and european championship in athletics will soon be included if Warholm and the Ingebrigtsens keeps on winning.

And Season 2 of Team Ingrebrigtsens starts Sep. 1. Can´t wait. Also on NRK

Sabre wrote:

This will make for a great episode on Team Ingebrigtsen!

Remember a month or so ago when no one on here could even spell that name right?? They grow up so quick

That is the true test of an athlete being good. When I can spell there name correctly without looking it up that means they are really good.

There are a ton of examples like this. I think I used to spell Frerichs wrong all the time. I'm sure Keflezighi was hard for me one point. Ingebrigtsen used to be as well.