‘He hit me in the face’: sister of Jakob Ingebrigtsen struck by father as a child, court told

Ingrid allegedly abused for forgetting heart-rate monitorIngebrigtsen Sr shot to prominence after coaching sons

The sister of the double Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen has told a court that she was struck in the face by their father as a child for forgetting her heart-rate monitor.

The incident is said to have occurred in 2018 or 2019 when Ingrid, who is now 18, was driving to training with her father, Gjert. When she told him, she said there was a lot of screaming and he said she was “incompetent” and “stupid”.

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