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World 10,000m bronze medallist Andreas Almgren has one more objective left to achieve in 2025.
While many of his rivals will be starting their off-seasons, the Swede has announced he is targeting the European half marathon record of 59:13 held by Switzerland&rsquo;s Julien Wanders since 2019 in the Valencia Half Marathon on 26 October.&nbsp;
&ldquo;I'm going to work for five more weeks,&rdquo; Almgren told SVT after landing home in Sweden on Tuesday.&nbsp;
&ldquo;It's been a long trip, I'm very bad at sleeping on an airplane so I don't have many hours of sleep in my body. I'll probably go home and try to go out for a run. I'm thinking of running around 20 kilometres this afternoon anyway,&rdquo; he added.
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Almgren&rsquo;s bronze medal in the 10,000m marked a long overdue breakthrough after many near-misses in major championships, dating all the way back to the 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Prague where he finished fourth in the 800m.
In recent seasons, Almgren has moved through the distances with great success. The 30-year-old has already set two European records this year, clocking 26:53 for 10km in Valencia in January before smashing the European 5000m record with victory in Stockholm in June with 12:44.27.
Almgren has only contested one half marathon but the Swede showed excellent promise at the distance, moving to second on the European all-time list on his debut with a 59:23 clocking to finish second in the Barcelona Half Marathon last year.

Almgren aiming for European half marathon record in Valencia in October

European Athletics President Dobromir Karamarinov has celebrated the achievements of European athletes at the World Athletics Championships, which concluded in Tokyo on Sunday (21).
&ldquo;Congratulations to all of the athletes, their coaches, support teams and the Member Federations on an incredible World Athletics Championships in Tokyo for Europe,&rdquo; he said.
&ldquo;European athletes won 47 medals, the same number as in Budapest 2023 World Athletics Championships. In Tokyo it consisted of 12 gold, 17 silver and 18 bronze.
"While in Budapest, Europeans won 16 gold medals, in Tokyo no fewer than 21 European nations reached the podium, three more than in 2023. This shows the incredible breadth of talent across the continent.
&ldquo;It was also remarkable to see the variety of events in which Europeans triumphed. Medals came not only in our traditional strongholds but across the entire programme.&nbsp;
&ldquo;In every single event group &ndash; sprints, hurdles, relays, middle and long distance, race walking, jumps, throws and combined events &ndash; Europeans reached the podium. This is a true testament to the depth and strength of athletics in Europe.
<h3>Exceptional performances</h3>
&ldquo;There were also some truly exceptional performances. Mondo Duplantis&rsquo; (SWE) incredible world record of 6.30m in the men&rsquo;s pole vault and there were other world leading marks from Europeans, including Pedro Pichardo (POR) in men&rsquo;s triple jump (17.91m), Femke Bol (NED) in the women&rsquo;s 400m hurdles (51.54) and Maria Perez (ESP) in the women&rsquo;s 20k race walk (1:25:54).
&ldquo;We should also congratulate Duplantis, Perez, Bol and Daniel Stahl (SWE) for defending the world titles they won two years ago in Budapest.
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&ldquo;We look forward to welcoming them and the rest of Europe&rsquo;s medallists to the <a href="https://www.birmingham26.com/home/competitions/european-athletics-championships/tickets" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Birmingham 2026 European Athletics Championship</a>s as the biggest athletics competition that will take place next year.
&ldquo;I would also like to congratulate the European athletes elected to the World Athletics Athletes&rsquo; Commission and their representation on the global stage: Andreas Almgren (SWE), Lia Apostolovski (SLO), Lisanne de Witte (NED), Anna Ryzhykova (UKR) and Gia Trevisan (ITA).&nbsp;
&ldquo;In the short-term we are also excited to formally recognising the very best performers in Tokyo at the European Athletics Golden Tracks Awards in Batumi, Georgia on 25 October and celebrating what has been a memorable year for European athletics.&rdquo;

President hails achievements of European athletes at Tokyo 2025

A dramatic final-round victory for Sweden&rsquo;s Daniel St&aring;hl in the men&rsquo;s discus and Germany&rsquo;s Leo Neugebauer&rsquo;s triumph in a hard-fought decathlon were the highlights of a magical final day at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sunday (21).
There were also medals in the distance events: Britain&rsquo;s Georgia Hunter Bell and Keely Hodgkinson took silver and bronze respectively in a record-breaking women&rsquo;s 800m, while Belgium&rsquo;s Isaac Kimeli and France&rsquo;s Jimmy Gressier claimed silver and bronze in the men&rsquo;s 5000m.
In the field, Lithuania&rsquo;s Mykolas Alekna earned silver behind St&aring;hl in the discus, while Poland&rsquo;s Maria Żodzik captured a surprise silver in the women&rsquo;s high jump as Ukraine&rsquo;s Yaroslava Mahuchikh shared bronze with Serbia&rsquo;s Angelina Topić.
On the track, the Netherlands secured bronze in both the women&rsquo;s 4x400m and men&rsquo;s 4x100m relays, with Germany adding bronze in the women&rsquo;s 4x100m.
<h3>Discus drama</h3>
The men&rsquo;s discus delivered high drama, as torrential rain forced a postponement. The sodden circle still proved treacherous when competition resumed, but St&aring;hl showed his trademark composure, unleashing a season&rsquo;s best of 70.47m in the <a href="https://www.european-athletics.com/home/news/stahl-wins-dramatic-discus-gold-with-final-throw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">final round to snatch gold</a> from world-record holder Alekna, who settled for silver with 67.84m.
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In <a href="https://www.european-athletics.com/home/news/leo-neugebauer-win-decathlon-gold-for-germany" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the decathlon</a>, Neugebauer&rsquo;s superb personal best of 64.35m in the javelin propelled him into the lead with only the 1500m remaining. Digging deep, he clocked another lifetime best of 4:31.89 to seal victory with 8804 points&mdash;just 20 ahead of Puerto Rico&rsquo;s Ayden Owens-Delerme, who had crossed the line 14 seconds earlier.
<h3>Hodgkinson pipped</h3>
The <a href="https://www.european-athletics.com/home/news/hunter-bell-and-hodgkinson-win-silver-and-bronze-in-record-breaking-800m-final" target="_blank" rel="noopener">women&rsquo;s 800m final</a> produced more drama. Olympic champion Hodgkinson appeared on course for victory, only to be overhauled in the closing meters by Kenya&rsquo;s Lilian Odira, who stormed to gold in a championship-record 1:54.62.
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Hodgkinson was also edged out for silver by just 0.01 seconds as Hunter Bell surged past in a personal best of 1:54.90.
In the <a href="https://www.european-athletics.com/home/news/kimeli-and-gressier-win-5000m-silver-and-bronze-as-ingebrigtsen-fades" target="_blank" rel="noopener">men&rsquo;s 5000m</a>, Olympic 1500m champion Cole Hocker unleashed a devastating kick off the final bend to deny Kimeli and Gressier, winning in 12:58.30. Kimeli could still celebrate his first global medal with silver, while Gressier added bronze to the 10,000m title he had claimed earlier in the week.
<h3>Mahuchikh settles for bronze</h3>
The <a href="https://www.european-athletics.com/home/news/zodzik-wins-high-jump-silver-as-mahuchikh-and-topic-share-bronze" target="_blank" rel="noopener">women&rsquo;s high jump</a>, also interrupted by rain, saw Australia&rsquo;s in-form Nicola Olyslagers triumph on countback over Żodzik. World champion Mahuchikh relinquished her crown, sharing bronze with Topić after both cleared 1.97m.
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In <a href="https://www.european-athletics.com/home/news/dutch-grab-two-relay-medals-as-german-women-win-4x100m-bronze" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the relays</a>, Femke Bol anchored the Netherlands to bronze in the women&rsquo;s 4x400m with a time of 3:20.18. The Dutch men&rsquo;s 4x100m squad set a national record of 37.81 for their bronze, while Germany&rsquo;s women added another world bronze to the Olympic bronze they earned last year, clocking 41.87.

Tokyo 2025 Day 9 wrap | Ståhl stars and Neugebauer wins decathlon as champions toppled on final day

The final act of the World Athletics Championships provided a thrilling conclusion as Sweden&rsquo;s Daniel St&aring;hl won men&rsquo;s discus gold with his last throw and cemented his status among the event&rsquo;s all-time greats in Tokyo on Sunday (21).
A dramatic final was postponed after two opening throws with torrential rain making the circle dangerous. But with the rest of the athletics programme concluded, the gladiatorial throwers returned to the arena to resume, despite frequent downpours.
And none look less affected that the 33-year-old Stahl, who won Olympic gold in the same arena four years ago, had two world titles already to his name and has seen and experienced it all in his glittering career.
<h3>Final fling for glory</h3>
Sitting in silver medal position but with an ominously consistent series of 63.74m, 65.60m, 67.47m and 66.97m behind him, the ice-cool Swede took his place in the cage for the penultimate throw of the competition with Mykolas Alekna&rsquo;s leading throw of 67.84m in his sights.
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And while all around him slipped and slid in the wet, the Swede was sure-footed and he delivered a monstrous season&rsquo;s best throw of 70.47m to seize gold.
It was reminiscent of his fellow Swede Armand Duplantis who equally revelled in the solo spotlight when breaking the pole vault world record to win gold in the same stadium six days earlier.&nbsp;
The Lithuanian world-record holder could not respond and had to settle for silver with his second-round effort. St&aring;hl&rsquo;s victory denied Alekna a first senior global triumph.&nbsp;
For St&aring;hl, it once again showed his trademark competitive fire, taking gold with the final throw, just as he had from Slovenia&rsquo;s Kristjan Čeh at the Budapest 2023 World Athletics Championships.&nbsp;
Čeh, the 2022 world champion, struggled in the wet and finished eight with 63.07m, while Lithuania had three athletes inside the top seven&mdash;Alekna, his older brother Martynas (63.34m, 7th), and former world champion Andrius Gudžius (63.43m, 6th).
<h3>"Mentally, I was ready"</h3>
Dancing in the rain before his opener, umbrella in hand, St&aring;hl embraced the chaotic conditions with typical flair. &ldquo;This was my first rainy championships ever. I tried to stay positive and never give up,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Mentally, I was ready for that last throw. This arena is my favourite&mdash;it was special in 2021, and it was special again tonight.&rdquo;
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His triumph adds to his world titles from 2019 and 2023, making him a three-time world champion and one of the most decorated European discus throwers in history.
Australia&rsquo;s Matt Denny (65.57m) narrowly missed the podium, overtaken late by Alex Rose of Samoa, whose 66.96m secured his nation&rsquo;s first-ever global athletics medal. Yet, for all the international breakthroughs, the night belonged to Europe&rsquo;s giants.
Even Alekna, gracious in defeat, paid tribute to his rival: &ldquo;Daniel is an amazing guy. I cannot be mad at him. He&rsquo;s an absolute legend and I&rsquo;m thankful to share the field with him. I hope the day comes when I beat Daniel at a major championship.&rdquo;

Ståhl wins dramatic discus gold with final throw 

France&rsquo;s 10,000m gold medallist Jimmy Gressier took his second medal and Belgium&rsquo;s Isaac Kimeli won his first ever global medal in an epic men&rsquo;s 5000m final at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sunday (21).
The USA&rsquo;s Olympic 1500m champion Cole Hocker won gold in a sprint finish to win in 12:58.30, with Kimeli (12:58.78) and Gressier (12:59.33) hanging on for silver and bronze.
<h3>Bold Ingebrigsten&nbsp;</h3>
Defending champion and Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsten lined up for the final despite a difficult season that has seen him miss the entire summer build-up to Tokyo with an Achilles injury.
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The Norwegian showed his true champion spirit by bolding taking the lead with three laps to go, but his characteristic surge was absent, and he was swamped by the chasing pack with 500 metres to go. He eventiually faded to tenth in 13:02.00.
<h3>Europeans celebrate successful seasons&nbsp;</h3>
Biniam Mehary led at the bell with Ethiopian teammate Hagos Gebrhiwet, Kimeli and Gressier hot on his heels.&nbsp;
Mehary led into the final turn, but the momentum was with Kimeli, Gressier and Hocker, who were all rapidly making ground. Kimeli hit the finishing straight in front, but Hocker looked fresher and pulled clear for gold, Kimeli had enough for silver sand Gressier celebrated another world medal at the line.
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Kimeli and Gressier both won medals in April&rsquo;s European Running Championships in&nbsp;Brussels-Leuven when the Belgian won bronze in the 10km and Gressier won gold in the half marathon. Their Tokyo exploits cap a fine year for the European duo.
<h3>"I started to believe"</h3>
"I'm so proud of myself," said Kimeli. "I think this one of the most remarkable Belgian medals ever. Maybe I was not among the medal pretenders here but after our first round on Friday I started to believe that everything is possible.
"I played a tactical game in the final. When I saw Jakob Ingebrigtsen come to the front, I didn't know what mark we were so I just followed his step. It was great move from me. Then I saw Hocker. He has the speed of a 1500m runner. It was important to be as close to him as possible. That is how I took this silver.
"It was very difficult season for me. I started it very late because I got injured after the world indoor championships. I tried to be strong and keep my goal to get to the world final in Tokyo. I was doing a lot of training camps in Kenya.
"The federation didn't cover all of them, but I suffered too much and stayed with my family. They cooked for me, they supported me through difficult periods. Then I said I have to be very focused and paid them off for everything they did for me."
<h3>Proud Gressier</h3>
"I'm going to come out of these championships with a lot of confidence," said Gressier post-race "I'm very happy to win a second medal for France. I wanted to get the double gold medals but I am very proud.
"I ended my season with a gold medal in the Diamond League in Zurich, a gold medal and a third place here in this 5000m. My season is super successful. And now I'm a little bit closer to my hero Zin&egrave;dine Zidane, even if it's still in my sport and not football."

Kimeli and Gressier win 5000m silver and bronze as Ingebrigtsen fades

The Netherlands celebrated two further medals and Germany picked up one, as the relays took centre stage on the final day of action at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo on Sunday (21).
There was a brace of bronze medals for the Dutch in the women&rsquo;s 4x400m and men&rsquo;s 4x100m, whilst Germany won bronze in the women&rsquo;s 4x100m final.
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<h3>Bol guides Dutch to bronze</h3>
Femke Bol&rsquo;s epic relay legs have become a feature of major championships, and she had the baton in hand again for the final leg of the women&rsquo;s 4x400m.
But it was one of Bol&rsquo;s less dramatic relay legs as she found herself marooned in bronze with little chance of catching Jamaica and less still of the distant USA quartet anchored by individual champion Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone.
Nonetheless, she routinely brought the Netherlands home for bronze, her ninth medal in the women&rsquo;s 4x400m in major championships indoors and outdoors since 2022. It also completed a full set of medals from Tokyo 2025, having won gold in the 400m hurdles and silver in the mixed 4x400m.
She was joined on the podium by Dutch teammates Eveline Saalberg, Lieke Klaver and Lisanne de Witte who laid the groundwork for Bol to complete in 3:20.18. USA won gold in 3:16.61 and Jamaica silver in 3:19.25.&nbsp;
<h3>Rain fails to dampen sprinters</h3>
In the men&rsquo;s 4x100m, the Netherland quartet of Nsikak Ekpo, Taymir Burnet, Xavi Mo-Ajok and Elvis Afrifa ensured the baton had a safe passage despite torrential rain to grab a brilliant bronze in a national record of 37.81.&nbsp;
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USA took gold in a world lead 37.29 and Canada grabbed silver in 37.55. &nbsp;In the women&rsquo;s 4x100m, Germany also made light of conditions. The foursome of Sina Mayer, Rebekka Haase, Sophia Junk and Gina L&uuml;ckenkemper splashed their way to bronze in 41.87. USA won in 41.75 ahead of Jamaica in 41.79.

Dutch grab two relay medals, as German women win 4x100m bronze