\u2013 It will be great to run 800m and I will try to break my Swedish record. After the gold in Moscow, I\u2019m full of self-confidence and on my home ground in front of the wonderful crowd at the Stadium I believe it will be a good race, said Abeba.
She has only run one 800m in the past three years and it was in June this year when she reduced Malin Ewerl\u00f6f\u2019s 15 year old Swedish record by two tenths of a second to 1:59.20.\u2028\u2028 Tough opposition\u2028
It won\u2019t be easy for Abeba since, besides the World Champion from Moscow, Eunice Som, bronze medallist, Brenda Martinex and 4th placed Alysia Montano will be there. Eunice Som thinks it will be a fast race.
\u2013 It could well be faster than the World Championships final, said Eunice Som, who set a personal best time by almost two seconds with her 1:57.38.
When Abeba and Eunice were asked who they thought would win at DN Galan, they both laughed and refused to respond. We will get the answer on Thursday at 21:50. The 800m is the last event on the programme.<\/p>\n
Irene\u2019s debut at DN Galan<\/strong> A new Swedish record holder<\/strong> Jonas Hedman\u2028\u2028<\/em><\/p>\n Photos (Foto: Deca Text & Bild)\u2028 It was a smiling Abeba who came to the press conference at the Radisson Blu Waterfron Hotel on...","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"city":[],"class_list":["post-1551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stockholm"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stockholm.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stockholm.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stockholm.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockholm.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stockholm.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1551\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stockholm.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockholm.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockholm.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1551"},{"taxonomy":"city","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockholm.diamondleague.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/city?post=1551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
This year\u2019s World Youth 200m Champion was Sweden\u2019s Irene Ekelund who will compete for the time in an international event at Stockholm Stadion.
\u2013 The World Youth Championships in Donetsk were cool and a good experience! DN Galan will also be fun. I will run as fast as I can, said Irene who will face the world\u2019s elite in the 100m.<\/p>\n
\u2028European Junior Champion, Sofi Flinck broke the Swedish javelin record with her first throw in the qualifying round at the World Championships in Moscow which was also her debut on the senior stage. At DN Galan she will meet several of the finalists from the Luzniki Stadium, including World Champion Christina Obergf\u00f6ll and bronze medallist, Mariya Abakumova.
\u2013 I\u2019m happy with my World Championships performance! It felt good and I did my best. Now I\u2019m looking forward to DN Galan and throwing in front of a home crowd. I will try to put on a good show, promised Sofi whose Swedish record is 61.96.\u2028\u2028<\/p>\n
Above: Abeba Aregawi (left), and Eunice Sum who meet in the 800 m at DN Galan.\u2028
Middle: Irene Ekelund will run 100 m.\u2028
Bottom: Sofi Flinck, new Swedish javelin record holder who will debut at DN Galan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"