# Ultimate Championship Day 1 Recap / Ingebrigtsen Reigns Supreme / Masai Russell's World Record Season

An episode of [The Real Science of Sport Podcast](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1461719225), 12 Sep 2026, 1 h 07 min.

Audio: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/realscienceofsport/e/6aa522d32e8bb8424cda9fab/media.mp3

Watch it with us! Our members call the races live on Discord, and a small monthly pledge gets you the community and a bonus Applied show every week. Show notes Our day one recap, and a look ahead to a much bigger day two: • (00:00:52) First impressions of the Ultimate Championship. The black infield, the pink sand, a schedule that felt rushed, and camera work that never quite showed us the athleticism. And don't get us started on the predictions • (00:07:26) The money, at $150,000 to a winner and $40,000 for third, which beats winning a Diamond League final. • (00:15:39) Our featured event, the men's 5000m. Jakob Ingebrigtsen breaks 13 minutes off a season wrecked by surgery, and we ask why his rivals let the middle kilometers drift. • (00:34:43) Masai Russell caps a season of meeting records at every Diamond League she ran, plus the world record. • (00:37:43) Ja'Kobe Tharp, this year's world record breaker, beats Cordell Tinch in the 110m hurdles. Do both hurdles records go again next year? • (00:40:25) Day two brings six finals, starting with the 400s, where Marileidy Paulino and Collen Kebinatshipi look untouchable. • (00:44:14) The women's 1500m, where tactical intrigue creates an open race • (00:47:30) The women's 800m, our race of the weekend. Audrey Werro is unbeaten all year, and Femke Bol and Keely Hodgkinson are both coming for her. • (00:56:00) The 100m finals, Melissa Jefferson-Wooden against Julien Alfred, and a men's field covered by six hundredths. • (01:01:49) Prestige, or just the cash? Our verdict after one night Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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