Cross-country skater Lovisa Modig took an amazing SM silver in her first race on the track.
Swedish girls’ athletics 10,000m failure?
Yes, Thérèse Juhaug would have hit the whole gang had she been there – twice.
Now Samrawit Mengsteab has won a completely non-dramatic race, with Hälle’s runner leading from start to finish and nearly twenty seconds ahead of runner-up Lovisa Modig.
But Lovisa, in turn, got Julia Nelson in third place.
– Great, said Lovisa, who also runs 5,000 metres.
Now Merav Bhatta retired right before the start and Sarah Lahti was not around, which contributed to her silver medal.
But the fact that cross-country girls are top-notch even in track and field is nothing new.
Therese Juhaug She ran 31:32.88 in a race at Bislet last year, where she was only defeated by WC sprinter Caroline Grundal.
One of three races she did in the 10,000m and all of them were enough for a superior win in SM, where her winning time was 34:34.21.
Juhaug’s time in Oslo last year meant she was eligible to join the European Commission in Munich.
With pride, but she refused for obvious reasons.
Frida Karlsson competed in both the Finnish Youth Competition and placed seventh at the European Youth 3000m Championship in Tbilisi, Georgia in 2016.
Ebba Anderson finished sixth in the JEM over the same distance in Eskilstuna in 2015.
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The fastest woman in Sweden?
Julia Henrikson of BEWF who won the final by a wide margin at 11.54.
The fastest man in Sweden?
Henrik Larsson at 10.30 fine.
No surprises there.
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Emil Millán de Olivas returned to the 10,000m in SM.
After a major achievement when he was 19 years old in 2020, he has somewhat disappeared with many problems and setbacks.
But it was hurdles player Simon Sundstrom who sped off and galloped to victory with a time of 28:41.40, right ahead of Samuel Rossum and with Emil in bronze.
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Just like last year, Bianca Salming took the silver in the women’s javelin with a throw of 50.13.
It bodes well for the seven games in EC.
And she was not far behind winner Caroline Näslund, who won at 50.96.
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European competition-ready Maja Åskag had a tough season after last year’s JVM and JEM double gold.
Now the silver was “only” in the three stage, where Rebecca Abrahamson was strong and won 13.54.
Maja, who jumped 14.05 last year, finished second with a time of 13.32 seconds.
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Sweden had three 3,000 hurdles runners at the Olympics in Tokyo last summer, following one of the strangest selections SOK made.
A total of five (5) beginners came to SM.
You can call this result good for the branch, with Emile Bloomberg winning a crazy race in 8:55.57.