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Andreas Almgren, who runs for one of the organising clubs, Turebergs FK, is this year’s brightest shooting star on the Swedish men’s side. The 1:45.65 he clocked at the World Junior final is a Swedish junior 800m record and places him second on the senior national all-time list. At the weekend he won his first gold medal as a senior when he won the 800m final at the Swedish Championships in Umeå. DN Galan will be Andreas’ Diamond League debut:
– I’ve had an unbelievable season so far and to get the chance to run at DN Galan is, of course, a dream come true. To face the world’s best in a packed Stockholm Stadium, and to feel the crowd’s support will be fantastic. I’m ready to give 100% on the night, said Andreas Almgren.
DN Galan has signed up the two fastest 800m runners in the world this year. The 20-year-old Botswanan, Nijel Amos, tops the world’s list with 1:42.45, which he ran in Monaco when he beat Pierre-Ambroise Bosse from France, whose 1:42.53 from the same race placed him second on the list
Everything seems in place for an exceptionally fast race on the classic Stockholm Stadium track which has witnessed many fast times in its history. The stadium 800m record of 1:41.73 from DN Galan 1997 belongs to Wilson Kipketer, which at the time equalled the world record and is still one of the 10 fastest times over the distance.
David Fridell