Munich. Perseus Karlström got up after a crash at 35 km and took European silver at 20 km.
Because it was a blast.
Even if he’s the guy who never gives up.
Perseus Karlstrom He got into the beautiful room this summer and those who saw him leave the 35-kilometer race in an ambulance didn’t think he’d go up to 20 kilometres.
But he just stood there as if nothing had happened, and made his way to another championship medal.
There was no mention of two bronzes in the World Cup and a silver in the European Championships in the same summer.
After this show in Munich, he even made it to the golden nominees for 2022.
Not that he will win after the Olympics in Beijing where Nils van der Poel won the 5,000 and 10,000 metres.
There is a difference between two Olympic golds, two bronzes, and one silver in WC and EC.
But it is possible that his name will at least appear in the skull of the boasting animal.
You won’t get rich
Because it’s more or less the same on Perseus as van der Poel.
Two real personalities, as Perseus Karlström wore his Viking hat already hundreds of meters from the finish line.
Almost completely alone in their sports, walking and skiing are likely to be at the bottom of the scale in terms of attraction value for today’s youth.
It’s a massive effort and massive amounts of training to get to the top of the world where glory is pretty much the only reward.
You can’t get rich walking and filling the prize money that Perseus pulled into the restroom two empty pockets.
Here at the EC, he gets nothing.
four? 54-year-old burger
The question now is whether these successes will boost walking in Sweden again.
Now, Perseus alone stands on the men’s side.
When the 10km run was set in Eskilstuna indoors last winter, he won by a wide margin, ahead of Ato Ibanez and Remo Karlstrom.
His two older brothers, who stopped the elite.
Fourth was 54-year-old Berger Falt, fifth Krister Svensson, 52, and sixth, 66-year-old Anders Björkmann.
Three happy exercisers.
So there were no future names behind Familjen Gång, as the three brothers were called and where mother Siv Karlström is still captain of the national team.
Saif, whom I saw, takes bronze at the European 10km Championship in Stuttgart in 1986.
But there’s nothing on the women’s side at the moment, and at Finkappen, 65-year-old mum Saif usually has to change squad just to put together an entire team.
controversial branch
A fresh start is needed and one step closer is for the fairway to come under the Swedish Athletics Federation umbrella next year.
Currently, Perseus has her own association, the revered Old Swedish Walking and Walking Association, and her own association captain at Mother Siv.
The Swedish Athletics Federation has always looked at the pass with mixed feelings, and there has been some opposition to the fact that he will now be affiliated with athletics from next year.
The Perseus European Championship silver is not included in the official statistics on the IAAF website, although it is included in the medal draw here at the European Championships.
Only next year can athletics claim glory.
But it is a controversial offshoot, not everyone likes it, and has been derided more than it has been praised throughout history.
I must admit that I was one of those who watched the sport over the years and I still struggle with playing a sport that has been sunny with a lot of doping issues over the years and is also a judging sport, where it’s up to the umpires to decide whether the participants go to the finish or not.
This time, three of the participants were washed away.
Don’t give up until you fall
But Perseus is not only among the best in the world, he is also one of the few runners who have mastered this technique and is rarely or never warned.
Plus, he has a skull in class with our greatest skateboarding legends.
He does not give up until he falls.
She spoke with Kajsa Bergqvist about the clip that will now come under her umbrella next year and whether it will make a difference.
I thought so.
Swedish athletics clubs will have a new branch in the program, one that is worth as many SM points as other branches.
And if there’s one thing Swedish athletics clubs love, it’s SM points.
Kajsa believes that this will mean that more people will put resources into the march and that it will automatically bring in more practitioners.
Yes, maybe it will be.
But the question is whether it will create more Perseus Karlströms.
He alone has reached this level
How many young athletes today are willing to pay that price?