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Double Swedish Championship gold for Henriksson

On Wednesday, the Swedish Olympic team will be finalized. One of those who still hopes for a ticket is sprint star Julia Henriksson, who won the Swedish Championship gold on both 100 and 200 meters. I have shown everything I can now, she says.

Published: 30 June 2024 16:26
Double Swedish Championship gold for Henriksson
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On Wednesday, the Swedish Olympic team will be finalized.

One of those who still hopes for a ticket is sprint star Julia Henriksson, who won the Swedish Championship gold on both 100 and 200 meters.

I've shown everything I can now, she says.

She won the Swedish Championship gold on 100 meters on Friday. But she also had the strength to take the gold on the double distance on Sunday.

With difficulty.

For on the finish line, Julia Henriksson crashed and rolled around a few times on the hard track at Rimnersvallen in Uddevalla.

The strength was completely gone. But I dared to bet from the start, that's good, she says.

Good sprint summer

The Swedish sprinters have had a really good summer and on the men's side, 100-meter specialist Henrik Larsson – who also won double gold at the Swedish Championship in Uddevalla – is already selected for the Olympics.

Now Julia Henriksson is hoping for her chance on the women's side.

On Friday, she won the Swedish Championship gold on 100 meters in 11.08 seconds – eight hundredths under Linda Haglund's Swedish record, but in too strong a tailwind.

New Swedish Championship record

Instead, Linda Haglund's Swedish Championship record on 200 meters was broken several times over the weekend.

For a short time, Nora Lindahl was the new record holder, with 23.06 in the trials on Saturday. But it only stood for a few minutes. For in the next trial heat, Julia Henriksson ran 23.03.

She then won the final convincingly and lowered her Swedish Championship record to 22.93.

Now she's facing a few nervous days. She already has the support of national team captain Kajsa Bergqvist. The question is whether the Swedish Olympic Committee agrees.

Yes, Kajsa wants to take me, I just hope the SOK selects me, says Julia Henriksson.

Nora Lindahl took silver on 23.17 while veteran Moa Hjelmer – who is retiring after the season – took bronze on 23.95.

Andreas Kramer (800 meters), Andreas Almgren (5,000 meters and 10,000 meters), Carl Bengtström (400 meters hurdles), Thobias Montler (long jump), Armand Duplantis (pole vault), Daniel Ståhl (discus), Fanny Roos (shot put), Suldan Hassan (marathon), Carolina Wikström (marathon), Perseus Karlström (walking), Axelina Johansson (shot put), Oskar Edlund (400 meters hurdles), Thea Löfman (hammer throw), Ragnar Carlsson (hammer throw), Henrik Larsson (100 meters), Vanessa Kamga (discus).

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