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

Jakob Ingebrigtsen stands during the third day of the trial of his father, Gjert Ingebrigtsen. Photograph: Lise Åserud/Reuters

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”.