\u2013 I\u2019m really looking forward to BAUHAUS-galan! I\u2019ve had some of my best races there and there\u2019s always such a great atmosphere with home support.
The Gothenburg athlete had a brilliant first half of the season last year. She finished fourth in her season\u2019s debut in Oslo, in a time only three hundredths of a second off the Swedish record, and followed that with the second place at BAUHAUS-galan three days later. In Lausanne, at the beginning of July, she broke the Swedish 800m record by almost half a second with 1:58.77 and a few days later ran 2:35.15.to also break the 1000m record.<\/p>\n
\u201dNever had such good basic fitness\u201d<\/b>
However, Lovisa then suffered a stress fracture in her foot and was forced to miss the World Championships. Many hours of \u2019alternative\u2019 training have followed.
\u2013 My foot was actually OK in October according to a second MRI but we chose to increase the training slowly to avoid a re-occurrence. My foot is fine now and I have never had such good basic fitness, explained Lovisa.
\u2013 I still haven\u2019t run in spikes but I\u2019m hoping it will go well. I\u2019ll try them out soon.
European Championships, an ambitious goal<\/b>
The main focus of the summer is the European Championships in Berlin, where Lovisa has a bronze to defend from Amsterdam 2016. The qualifying time is 2:02.50, which would not normally be a problem to achieve.
\u2013 Some days I want to build up ambitious goals but at the moment it feels better to just aim to get going with races before I really focus on the European Champs, said Lovisa who had earlier expressed a wish to defend her medal.<\/p>\n
Jonas Hedman<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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