Dawit Seare passes Ingebrigtsen in the last 100 m to win the world 5 km title in 12:56

Jakob Ingebrigtsen raced on his 26th birthday on Saturday, eight days after winning the Ultimate 5000 m in Budapest, in only his second road 5 km. With about 30 seconds to run he went past Dawit Seare into the lead of the world championship race in Copenhagen, and for a moment it looked like the right move. Seare came back almost at once, drew level and pulled away in the final metres to win in 12:56, an Eritrean record. Ingebrigtsen was second in a Norwegian record of 12:59, 29 seconds faster than his only previous road 5 km six years ago. Saymon Amanuel, Seare's 19-year-old teammate, took bronze in 13:00.

France did the early work. Flavien Szot led through 1 km in 2:38 and 2 km in 5:20 and then stepped off; Jimmy Gressier, the European record holder, took over until Mezgebu Sime surged before 4 km. Ky Robinson, fresh from a Commonwealth 10,000 m title and ninth at the Ultimate, ran an Oceanian record of 13:04 in fourth, matched by Keneth Kiprop. Seare was fourth at the first championships in Riga as a teenager.

Likina Amebaw won the women's race from the front. She took charge in the first kilometre, left Caroline Gitonga at the 4 km mark and crossed the line with her arms up in 14:41, six days after her Ultimate 5000 m title and nine after second place in Brussels. Gitonga ran 14:48, Rose Davies an Oceanian record 14:50 for bronze, and the first six broke 15 minutes. Ethiopia won the mixed team title.

The world's best 1500 m runner, beaten on the road by a man who waited one second longer.

Sources: World Athletics; World Athletics; Athletics Weekly.