Stenmark struck and set Swedish pole vault record

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Stenmark struck and set Swedish pole vault record
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Ingemar Stenmark has competed again - at the Swedish Veteran Championships. He won and broke the Swedish record in pole vaulting.

While the Winter Olympics in Italy have begun in earnest, one of Sweden's greatest winter sports athletes of all time has been competing in something else.

Alpine legend Ingemar Stenmark competed in the pole vault at the Swedish Veteran Athletics Championships.

The 69-year-old won and broke the Swedish record in the M70 class, clearing 3.10 metres.

Veteran sports are something Stenmark likes.

"It means a lot, especially because there are good people involved in training and competing. You can be quite incognito - no one cares if your name is Stenmark, Duplantis or Kalle Persson," says Stenmark in the victory interview.

The competitions were held at Storängshallen in Huddinge, Stockholm County.

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