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Last weekend, the World Indoor Championships was held in Glasgow. The World Indoor Championships, as a rule, is the global championship for which it is most difficult to qualify for a Swedish track and field athlete. There are tough qualification limits, fewer participants are allowed at the World Indoor Championships than the World Outdoor Championships and there are tough limits to directly qualify for the championship. Hopes for Sweden were not particularly high.
An expected gold in the pole vault was Sweden's only realistic medal chance according to the experts. Armand Mondo Duplantis delivered a gold completely according to the sky-high expectations. However, not without problems. With two clearances at 5.85 m, he was put under severe mental pressure. But with a harder pole and strong mentality, he managed that height in the third attempt and later 6.05 m and the gold was secured. Mondo also attempted the world record height with failed attempts three times.
But the charm of sports is that it must be competed for the medals and not just decided by statistical tables. In the 800 meters, Stockholm student Andreas Kramer took part and easily advanced from the attempt. In the semi-final, he fell a bit behind before the last lap in a rather messy race. Once into the race, he was in a very bad position and it looked dark. But somehow he found a gap on the inside track and threw his arm and upper body forward and squeezed past on the inside track to clinch the final spot by just a few hundredths. That alone was a feat. He could have been satisfied with that performance and titled himself one of the top 6 middle distance runners in the world. But it didn't stop there. Once in the final, Andreas had a different tactic with more wait-and-see running to avoid mess with pushes and trips. The tactic was successful and he was one of those with the best strength left on the last lap, sprinting up to a brilliant silver. Best European and only beaten by 35 hundredths by gold medalist Bryce Hoppel of the USA who set a world annual best with 1.44.92.
It is the best Swedish middle-distance success at a World Championships or Olympics in modern times.
The BAUHAUS-gala has 800 meters on this year's Diamond League program. See all branches here (click).
Already in December, Mondo Duplantis and Daniel Ståhl gave the go-ahead to the BAUHAUS gala on June 2, 2024.
