Running star Abeba Aregawi won the Ottawa Marathon, setting a new Swedish record in her debut at the distance. She improved Isabellah Andersson's 15-year-old record by a full 29 seconds. The new record time is 2:23:12.
SportsIt will be no World Championship in Tokyo for Abeba Aregawi – but she is aiming to run a marathon in the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in three years. In her first Finnkampen in ten years, she was warmly received by the home crowd at Stockholm stadium. Thank you so much for everything, says the 35-year-old.
SportsControversial Abeba Aregawi meets the Swedish athletics audience for the first time in a decade when the Finland-Sweden athletics international is decided at Stockholm Stadium. We welcome her with open arms, says long jumper Khaddi Sagnia.
SportsAbeba Aregawi will have a hard time reaching the World Championship in athletics in Tokyo. The 35-year-old making a comeback was 25 seconds from the World Championship qualification limit on 5,000 meters in the Diamond League gala in Brussels.
SportsAs an SVT expert, Kajsa Bergqvist thought Abeba Aregawi would never compete for Sweden again. Nine years later, she has selected the former world star for the Finnkampen. They were a bit too categorical, one can say, says the national team captain about the statements.
SportsSuperstar Armand Duplantis gets company from a family member in the Finnkampen this weekend. Little sister Johanna Duplantis will represent Sweden in the pole vault competition at Stockholm Stadium.
SportsPreviously doping-banned Abeba Aregawi makes a comeback in the athletics national team – after several years of absence and the deleted Swedish record on a half marathon this spring. ”She has followed the routines for residence reporting”, says national team captain Kajsa Bergqvist.
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