Jakob Ingebrigtsen crushed the world record in the English mile (1,609 meters) at the indoor athletics gala in Lievin, France, with a time of 3:45.14. The Norwegian was clocked at 3:29.63 after 1,500 meters in the race, which is also a world record.
SportsSamuel Pihlström set a Swedish record on an English mile and Erik Erlandsson equaled his on 200 meters. For Thobias Montler, it was a third place in the indoor gala in Czech Ostrava.
SportsErik Erlandsson struck with a super race at an athletics gala in Växjö. The 20-year-old set a new Swedish record on the 200 meters indoors, and thereby erased Johan Wissman's nearly 21-year-old record. "I thought I would be able to run a time close to the Swedish record, but not that fast", says Erlandsson.
SportsThe Paris-Olympic Games are over for Carl Bengtström. Now he is aiming for Los Angeles in four years. Hopefully, I can be there and fight for medals, he says.
SportsA Swedish record took Julia Henriksson to the semifinal. There, the Olympic Games adventure came to an expected end. Henriksson ran in 22.88 and finished sixth in her heat.
SportsAthletics faces prize money in this year's OS. Sweden's Olympic Committee (SOK) is skeptical. I think it's a trickiness that they introduce prize money in certain sports and not in others, says team manager Peter Reinebo.
SportsFor the first time, Kajsa Bergqvist will lead the Swedish athletics team in the OS. She will certainly tell them how it is to take a medal and how it is to live in the OS village. And maybe even the story about the auctioning off of the OS outfits. It became a really good little sum of money, she says.
SportsTen Olympic medals. This is the goal from the Swedish Olympic Committee (SOK) ahead of the summer's Olympic Games in Paris. We have good hopes that the goal can be achieved, says team manager Peter Reinebo.
SportsArmand Duplantis and Perseus Karlström secured the Swedish gold medals in the European Championship in athletics. And then we saw a new Swedish sprint sensation. Now Kajsa Bergqvist hopes for more Olympic places. I have high hopes for it, says the team captain.
SportsAfter three days of competition at the European Championship in athletics, Sweden has already submitted four protests with a multitude of appeals. Is it really normal? The feeling is that it has happened more in three days than it usually does in an entire championship, says Stefan Olsson, Secretary-General of the Swedish Athletics Association.
SportsBritish sprinter Erik Erlandsson pulled off a giant performance and finished fourth in the European Championship final over 200 metres – barely a day after the chaos surrounding the final spot. To finish fourth in the European Championship as a 20-year-old – I couldn't have imagined that, he says.
SportsTwo Swedes are through to this evening's semi-final on 200 metres at the European Championship in Rome. Both Julia Henriksson and Nora Lindahl won their heat. It's completely crazy, says Lindahl.
SportsErik Erlandsson made it to the European Championships final on 200m – with a hundredth of a margin. Then the trouble started. Erlandsson was deprived of his final place by the organiser – who then changed their mind and looked at the matter again – and finally announced that the Swede is race-ready.
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