Armand Duplantis is chasing both a world record and another major title. National team captain Kajsa Bergqvist believes Sweden can set a new medal record. Here's everything you need to know ahead of the European Athletics Championships.
SportsThere will be a pair of siblings in the Swedish European Athletics team. Already selected discus thrower Vanessa Kamga will be joined by her sister Patricia, who competes in the hammer throw. It is the largest Swedish team in modern times, with 65 athletes, says national team captain Kajsa Bergqvist.
SportsThe form was on the rise and she aimed to "sprint well". But nothing more came of it in the Tokyo World Championship – Julia Henriksson was eliminated on 100 meters. I had hoped for a faster time, she says after 11.49.
SportsThat Armand Duplantis would take home the season premiere of Diamond League in Chinese Xiamen was no giant shock. But that he would not take himself over six meters was all the more surprising. The Swede won the competition on a somewhat pale 5.92.
SportsLast year, Armand Duplantis launched his "world record year" in China. Now the world's best athlete is back in Xiamen and the pole vaulter is the brightest star at the Diamond League premiere.
SportsNext best Swedish time on 3,000 meters of all time – now held by Djurgården's hurdling specialist Simon Sundström. In the season premiere, he clocked 7:48.19 at the indoor gala in Gent, Belgium.
SportsThe hurdler Leo Magnusson did not get to go to the Olympic Games in Paris. But in Zagreb, he ran himself into third place all-time in Sweden – and second in Europe this year.
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