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Emil von Barth took Sweden’s first championship medal for men at 77 years in the 100 meters when he ran into the sensational third place in the junior championship up to 19 years in Eskilstuna.
Emil von Barth took Sweden’s first championship medal for men at 77 years in the 100 meters when he ran into the sensational third place in the junior championship up to 19 years in Eskilstuna.
It was a historic 100-meters final at the Junior European Championships. Three Swedes in the final of a championship has never happened before.
Three Britons were also on the starting line. They had the top three personal records, followed by the Swedish trio.
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One of the Swedes managed to break into the British. Surprisingly, it was he with the worst personal record that managed best.
Ullevi runner Emil von Barth trick namely the bronze medal by a margin of three tenths of Reuben Arthur.
The favorite Ojie Edoburun won at 10.36, after initially
But in the end it was 18-year-old von Barth’s glorious frequency in the run that resulted in a historic Swedish medal .
Emil’s bronze is the first Swedish medal in the 100 meters in a junior championship and only the third ever.
– I’m totally shocked, says Emil SVT after the race.
– I was so nervous in the morning, but also overjoyed to have only taken me to the final. And I do it in my first championship, this will mean a lot for my career, continued the historical medalist Emil von Barth.
Emma Stenlöf was not a perfect förstadag of sjukampen. Therefore she began the second day in fifth place. But after 5.81 in length she climbed, before the full meeting came in the javelin.
She got on a great roll directly at 42.06, an improvement of her personal best by half a meter. It took her to the bronze for the final 800 meters.
But an insect bite earlier this year, have disrupted the preparations and she has therefore not been able to train fitness since May. Emma dropped and eventually became the sixth place for her, just before the Loviisa Östervall in seventh place.
In Saturday’s finals is the greatest Swedish hoping to spear thrower Simon Litzell, which is top-rated by those who compete in Eskilstuna. Even Wille Levay is in the final at 1 500 meters for fastest time in the trials.
MAI Adriana Janic ran its third fastest race in the 100 meters hurdles. The rack for Saturday’s final with a margin of one hundredth. In 2013, she was fifth at the World Youth Championships.
Donald Berglund, a medal candidate in the 800 meters, won his preliminary heat on Friday with the seventh best time ahead of Saturday’s semifinals. But Andreas Kramer surprised and took there with third fastest time.
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