Racewalking, 2025.
Racewalking, events and races, during 2025.
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20250126. 3000m indoor District Championships in Borås.
First racewalking competition in 2025. Finished first in 13:30.79.
20250222. 5000m indoor Swedish championships in Växjö.
Swedish racewalking indoor championships. Still not fully recovered from a flu, but managed to finish first in 22:30.46.
20250406. 5 km at Göta5k in Helsingborg.
A road district championship outside my own district. Finished first overall in 21:20.3.
Not enough judges for a new PB though.
20250426. 35 km Swedish championships in Växjö.
At a course around lake Trummen in Växjö. This was my first 35 km road race, finished first in 3:01:15.
Here’s a 2m video (opens in a new window). Also an article (in Swedish) at Swedish Athletics.
20250517. Training in Poděbrady.
Training in Poděbrady, on Saturday. Here’s a 10s video (opens in a new window).
20250518. 10 km U20 in Poděbrady.
First real international competition. Not fully recovered from a flu (yes, again).
But finished well below the qualifying time for the U20 European Championships 2025. Finished 15:th in 44:18.
Results at Swedish Athletics and an article (in Swedish) at Swedish Athletics.
20250607. 3000m District Championships in Uddevalla.
Image above from the race, here’s a short clip from the warmup run. Another image from the start.
A short video from the race, audio removed due to windy conditions. Finished first in 12:36.01.
20250614. 20 km Swedish Championships in Tibro.
20 km Swedish Championships, a hot airless day in Tibro. Finished first in 1:38:07.
A 3m video from the race (opens in a new window).
20250731. 10000m Swedish Championships in Karlstad/Kil.
10 000 m Swedish Championships in Karlstad/Kil. Finished second in 44:01.45.
Here’s a full broadcast from Friidrottskanalen.
20250810. 10000m European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere.
10000m European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere. Finished 14:th in 44:38.23.
A full broadcast from Eurovision Sport. The racewalk starts at 00:42:55.
The Swedish National U20 Team photo, below.
20250824. 10000m Finnkampen Stockholm.
The 100:th anniversary of the Finland-Sweden match, in Swedish; Finnkampen, or in Finnish; Ruotsi-ottelu.
Finished 5:th in 43:44.54. A finnish broadcast from the racewalk can be found here.
The Swedish racewalking team below, from left to right:
Hampus Otterborg, Anatole Alm Ibáñez, Perseus Karlström, Monica Svensson, Nashieli Karlström and Eleonora Olsmats.
20251018. Gångsupporters oktobergång 3000 m.
Gångsupporters oktobergång, a 3000 m virtual race. Finished in 11:49.
Finished first and received a diploma.
20251019. Gångsupporters oktobergång 5000 m.
Gångsupporters oktobergång, a 5000 m virtual race. Finished in 19:56.
Here’s a short clip from the start. Finished first and received a diploma.
20251108. Track Interval Session.
Not a race, but an interval session. 7x1200m, here’s a short clip from the 5:th interval.
Way too fast in that clip with 3:20/km pace in the first 50m, average pace for all the intervals was just above 4:00/km.
20251206. Technique session.
A technique session, one week before Dublin. Here’s a short clip from that session, pace was 4:00/km.
20251214. World Race Walking Tour - Dublin.
My last racewalking competiton in 2025, the World Race Walking Tour in Dublin.
2025 World Race Walking Tour in Dublin. Start Senior & U18 5 km and U20 10 km.
Passing after two kilometers.
Finished second in 44:30, after three red cards and a 1 min penalty.
Here’s a 1:52 video clip from start to finish with each 1 km passing.
20251223. First ever test walk on our old treadmill.
First ever test walk on our old treadmill. Yes, I’ve never used it before… Set at 15 km/h or 4:00/km, but felt a bit faster than that.