Racewalking, 2025.
Racewalking events and races, during 2025.
Racewalking, 2025. Select years or subpages from the Racewalking menu above.
2025-01-26. 3000m indoor District Championships in Borås.
First racewalking competition in 2025. Finished first with 13:30.79.
2025-02-22. 5000m indoor Swedish championships in Växjö.
Swedish racewalking indoor championships. Still not fully recovered from a flu, but managed to finish first with 22:30.46.
2025-04-06. 5 km at Göta5k in Helsingborg.
A road district championship outside my own district. Finished first overall with 21:20.3.
Not enough judges for a new PB though.
2025-04-26. 35 km Swedish championships in Växjö.
At a course around lake Trummen in Växjö. This was my first 35 km road race, finished first with 3:01:15.
A short video from Växjö. Also an article (in Swedish) at Swedish Athletics.
2025-05-17. Training in Poděbrady.
Training in Poděbrady, on Saturday. Here’s a 10s video.
2025-05-18. 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 15th with 44:18.
Results at Swedish Athletics and an article (in Swedish) at Swedish Athletics.
2025-06-07. 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 with 12:36.01.
2025-06-14. 20 km Swedish Championships in Tibro.
20 km Swedish Championships, a hot airless day in Tibro. Finished first with 1:38:07.
A 3m video from the race.
2025-07-31. 10000m Swedish Championships in Karlstad/Kil.
10 000 m Swedish Championships in Karlstad/Kil. Finished second with 44:01.45.
Here’s a full broadcast from Friidrottskanalen.
2025-08-10. 10000m European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere.
10000m European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere. Finished 14th with 44:38.23.
A full broadcast from Eurovision Sport. The racewalk starts at 00:42:55.
The Swedish National U20 Team photo, below.
2025-08-24. 10000m Finnkampen Stockholm.
The 100:th anniversary of the Finland-Sweden match, in Swedish; Finnkampen, or in Finnish; Ruotsi-ottelu.
Finished 5th with 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.
2025-10-18. Gångsupporters oktobergång 3000 m.
Gångsupporters oktobergång, a 3000 m virtual race. Finished with 11:49.
Finished first and received a diploma.
2025-10-19. Gångsupporters oktobergång 5000 m.
Gångsupporters oktobergång, a 5000 m virtual race. Finished with 19:56.
Here’s a short clip from the start. Finished first and received a diploma.
2025-11-08. 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.
2025-12-06. Technique session.
A technique session, one week before Dublin. Here’s a short clip from that session, pace was 4:00/km.
2025-12-14. 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 with 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.
2025-12-23. 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.