Andreas Almgren breaks the record of 46-year-old Swedish Anders Gärderud in the 5000 metres.
The clock stops at 13.01.70 in the Brussels Diamond League – nearly sixteen seconds shorter than the old clock.
Andreas already said after finishing fourth in the EC in Munich that he bet on a Swedish record before the season ended.
I kept that promise.
Anders Gärderud has set his Swedish record of 13:17.59 since July 5, 1976, the same summer he won his historic Olympic gold in the 3,000 hurdles in Montreal.
But it took time before Mjen was ready for the Diamond League gala in Brussels and a global race.
It’s not easy to get into big festivals especially not with a personal best of 13:26.48 – the second worst out of the eighteen runners in the race except rabbit Wilbeforce Chemit Kones of Kenya.
But he has the same manager as Mundo Duplantis and Jacob Ingbrigtsen in Swede Daniel Weisfeldt, who has managed to secure a place.
– Yes, I had to really fight to get him into the race, but I knew he deserved the place, says Weisfeldt.
He is now 27 years old Andreas Magyar He broke when he was 19 when he set a Swedish junior record in the 800m with 1:46.99. Later that summer, he ran home a bronze medal from the JVM over the same distance in Eugene.
A year into the water cycle, he made his Beijing debut, exiting the race in an 800m test heat.
But the just-starting career was shattered by injuries and illness.
Almgren missed every championship, both outdoor and indoor, until returning at EC in Munich a few weeks ago.
Fortunately, he never gave up.
Many believed that he could become the first Swede in under thirteen minutes.
If he stays healthy.