Perseus Karlström is a major Swedish gold hop in the European Athletics Championships. Tonight, he hopes for a hot run over 20 kilometers outside the Olympic Stadium in Rome.
Here's everything you need to know before Saturday's EM events.
What: European Athletics Championships
Where: Olympic Stadium in Rome, Italy.
TV/Radio: SVT/Radiosporten
+ Program
Saturday, June 8
Morning session:
10:05: Hammer throw (men), qualifying group A (Ragnar Carlsson)
10:10: 3,000m steeplechase (men), qualifying (Simon Sundström, Emil Blomberg, Vidar Johansson)
10:40: Pole vault (men), qualifying
10:50: 100m (women), qualifying (Julia Henriksson)
11:30: Hammer throw (men), qualifying group B
11:45: 400m (men), qualifying
12:10: Long jump (women), qualifying (Bianca Salming, Lovisa Karlsson)
12:20: 400m (women), qualifying (Lisa Lilja)
Afternoon session:
6:00 PM: 20km walk (men), final (Perseus Karlström)
6:20 PM: Javelin throw (women), group A (Bianca Salming, Lovisa Karlsson)
7:35 PM: Javelin throw (women), group B
7:50 PM: 800m (men), semifinals (Andreas Kramer)
8:10 PM: 100m hurdles (women), semifinals
8:35 PM: Long jump (men), final
8:40 PM: 110m hurdles (men), semifinals
9:02 PM: Shot put (men), final (Wictor Petersson)
9:10 PM: 100m (men), semifinals (Henrik Larsson)
9:35 PM: Discus throw (women), final (Vanessa Kamga, Caisa-Marie Lindfors)
9:41 PM: 800m (women), final (Bianca Salming, Lovisa Karlsson)
10:05 PM: 100m hurdles (women), final
10:16 PM: 110m hurdles (men), final
10:26 PM: 5,000m (men), final (Emil Danielsson)
10:53 PM: 100m (men), final (Henrik Larsson)
+ The walking star is on the hunt for gold
After five silver and bronze medals in EM and VM, Perseus Karlström is chasing EM gold. He has a championship gold medal from the team VM in April. He thinks it's great that it will be around 30 degrees warm when the walkers' 20-kilometer race is decided.
+ Dramatic race for the VM runner-up again?
Andreas Kramer, who was the runner-up in the 800m at the VM in the spring, made it to the semifinals at the EM with a margin of just two hundredths of a second.
He, who took the EM silver in 2018, said after the race that it's so close on the 800m that he doesn't take it for granted that he'll make it to the next round.
+ Sprint promise in the qualifying round of 100m
Julia Henriksson, who is approaching Linda Haglund's Swedish record in 100m and 200m, starts the EM with a qualifying round of 100m. She has been faster than Haglund's 44-year-old record (11.16) in May, with a time of 10.95, but the wind was too strong. Her personal best is 11.19.
Corrected: In an earlier version, three Swedish athletes were incorrectly listed in the 400m qualifying round. Kramer has previously made it to the semifinals in the EM, and it was against the wind that was too strong for Julia Henriksson.
