https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Double Olympic champion Caster Semenya, who lost her appeal over a controversial gender ruling, will not race at this month's Diamond League meeting in Stockholm, the organizers told AFP on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20190517/diamond-league-major-athletics-event-to-take-place-in-stockholm-without-caster-semenya Fri, 17 May 2019 09:17:18 +0200 diamond-league-major-athletics-event-to-take-place-in-stockholm-without-caster-semenya Two leading Swedish athletes have criticised a radical plan from the European Athletics Council to wipe out existing European and world records and set a clean slate as part of the fight against doping. https://www.thelocal.se/20170502/swedish-athletes-slam-plans-to-reset-european-records-in-anti-doping-push Tue, 02 May 2017 10:15:04 +0200 swedish-athletes-slam-plans-to-reset-european-records-in-anti-doping-push Sweden's Meraf Bahta held off a late challenge from hot favourite Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands to win the 5,000m final at the European Athletic Championships in Zurich on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.se/20140817/swedens-bahta-denies-hassan-to-claim-gold Sun, 17 Aug 2014 11:44:10 +0200 swedens-bahta-denies-hassan-to-claim-gold Ethiopian-born Swede Abeba Aregawi won women's 1500m gold at the World Indoor Athletics Championships at Sopot on Saturday but her win was overshadowed as she asked for privacy following media reports about her marriage. https://www.thelocal.se/20140309/swede-aregawi-wins-race-and-asks-for-privacy Sun, 09 Mar 2014 11:50:00 +0100 swede-aregawi-wins-race-and-asks-for-privacy Sweden took home an unexpected tally of six medals at the European Indoor Athletics Championships in Gothenburg at the weekend, including a spectacular gold by runner Abeba Aregawi. https://www.thelocal.se/20130304/46526 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:37:00 +0100 46526 Veteran Swedish athletics coach Peter Eriksson has come under fire in the UK for "ridiculous" decisions about which athletes will represent Britain at the upcoming European Indoor Championships in Gothenburg. https://www.thelocal.se/20130220/46294 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 09:08:00 +0100 46294 Swedish long jumper Carolina Klüft has been left with a race to be fit for the London Olympics after pulling out of a meet in Finland on Sunday with a leg injury. https://www.thelocal.se/20120722/42168 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 20:10:00 +0200 42168 Swedish Olympic gold medalist triple jumper Christian Olsson is abandoning his bid to compete at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, the one-time world record holder said as he announced on Monday he was retiring from the sport. https://www.thelocal.se/20120514/40816 Mon, 14 May 2012 12:18:00 +0200 40816 Chances look slim for Sweden’s 16 athletes at the IAAF World Championships 2011 which open in the South Korean city of Daegu this weekend. https://www.thelocal.se/20110826/35780 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 11:57:00 +0200 35780 World and Olympic champion sprinter Usain Bolt of Jamaica sprinted to victory in the 200m during Friday's Diamond League competition in Stockholm while American 400m runner LaShawn Merritt debuted with a second place after a 21-month doping ban, insisting he's a clean athlete. https://www.thelocal.se/20110730/35254 Sat, 30 Jul 2011 14:44:00 +0200 35254 Usain Bolt returns to action in the Diamond League meeting in Stockholm on Friday hoping to erase bad memories of last year's defeat. https://www.thelocal.se/20110728/35204 Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:51:00 +0200 35204 Sprinter superstar Usain Bolt has been confirmed to partake in Swedish athletics competition DN-Galan, which is to be held on July 29th, at Stockholm's classic Olympic arena, Stockholms Stadion. https://www.thelocal.se/20110711/34868 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 17:08:00 +0200 34868 American sprinter Tyson Gay left world record holder Usain Bolt trailing in his wake on Friday in the Diamond League men's 100 metres in Stockholm. https://www.thelocal.se/20100807/28238 Sat, 07 Aug 2010 12:36:00 +0200 28238 Jamaican sprinter Asafa Powell has been forced to withdraw from the Stockholm leg of the Diamond League on Friday due to a groin injury. https://www.thelocal.se/20100806/28218 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 10:30:00 +0200 28218 Friday's Diamond League men's 100 metres in Stockholm is set to be extra special with the world's three fastest men meeting for the first time since last year's world championships in Berlin. https://www.thelocal.se/20100805/28192 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 10:07:00 +0200 28192 Swedish high-jumper Emma Green showed that there is life in Swedish athletics by beating her personal best to clinch a silver medal at the European Championships in Barcelona on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.se/20100802/28128 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:06:00 +0200 28128 Swedish Olympic champion Carolina Klüft squeaked into Wednesday's long jump final at the European Athletics Championships in Barcelona on Tuesday, jumping 6.62m for 12th for the last spot. https://www.thelocal.se/20100728/28048 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:39:00 +0200 28048 Swedish athlete Carolina Klüft will compete at the European Championships after being given a wild card despite falling short of the minimum qualification distance for the long jump competition at a meet in Karlstad on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20100716/27820 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 09:24:00 +0200 27820 With just days remaining before deadline for qualification for the 2010 European Championships, Swedish athlete and Olympic heptathlon gold medallist Carolina Klüft is battling to achieve a long jump distance to ensure participation. https://www.thelocal.se/20100715/27802 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:29:00 +0200 27802 Sweden’s Carolina Klüft will miss the world athletics championships in August following a serious injury to her thigh muscle earlier this week. https://www.thelocal.se/20090709/20550 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