Petersson's record throw measured 21.49.
The old record was set by Sören Tallhem in 1985 and measured 21.24 – but now it's erased, with a good margin.
It felt so easy that I didn't think it was that long. Brutally fun feeling, it's magical, says Petersson.
He had his suspicions that it would be possible to throw far during the competition in Växjö.
I had my hopes, I threw 20.70 last week and then I wasn't quite there in terms of technique and my body has felt so good. And I know I respond so well when there's a lot of audience and a good atmosphere in the arena, so I knew that today it was possible to do something big.
Petersson's throw is actually also longer than Hans Höglund's outdoor record, 21.33, which is fifty years old. In Sweden, however, one distinguishes between indoor records and outdoor records in shot put.
