Andreas Almgren
Personal Bests
10 Kilometres Road
26:53
1/12/2025
3000 Metres
BAUHAUS-Galan
7:34.28
6/2/2024
5000 Metres
Bislett Games
12:50.94
5/30/2024
10,000 Metres
26:52.87
3/16/2024
Half Marathon
59:23
2/11/2024
10 Kilometres Road
26:53
1/12/2025
3000 Metres
BAUHAUS-Galan
7:34.28
6/2/2024
5000 Metres
Bislett Games
12:50.94
5/30/2024
10,000 Metres
26:52.87
3/16/2024
Half Marathon
59:23
2/11/2024
We talked to the top men in the 2026 TCS New York City Marathon field at Thursday’s media availability. Defending champion Benson Kipruto is here, along with top Americans Conner Mantz and Zouhair Talbi. So is Sweden’s Andreas Almgren, whose marathon debut might be the most hyped in recent memory.
Almgren explains his plan to sit with the leaders and kick, and talks about the possibility of a 10,000m and marathon double at LA 2028. Talbi talks about his rivalry with Mantz, explains why he thinks he’s America’s best marathoner, and responds to people who doubt his Boston run. Kipruto, in his 10th year of marathon running, says he isn’t worried about who’s next to him at mile 25. Each athlete also does a lightning round: race shoes, carbs per hour, bicarb and Nomio, mantras, favourite runners, Harry Styles, toenails, trash talk, finishing time predictions, Kalshi odds, and lifetime bans for EPO.
LetsRun
5 days ago
A live episode from the NYC Marathon Expo at the Javits Center, covering the biggest storylines for Sunday's race. The crew reveals insider intel that prominent doping positives are coming from Ethiopia, adding to an already extensive list of banned marathon champions. On the men's side, Swedish sensation Andreas Almgren makes his marathon debut as the betting favorite despite no European-born man winning NYC in 30 years, while defending champion Benson Kipruto looms as the proven contender. The women's race features a surprisingly thin field after withdrawals by Sifan Hassan and others, with Hellen Obiri and Sheila Chepkirui as the clear favorites — and American women Weini Kelati & Jess McClain eyeing America's best shot at a major marathon podium in years. Full NYC coverage here: https://www.letsrun.com/events/2026/11/2026-new-york-city-marathon 00:00 Countdown 01:52 Start 04:01 Doping Bloodbath Coming From Ethiopia 06:06 Albert Korir Ban and Clean Sport Funding 08:26 What We Learned: Benson Kipruto's Fitness 10:54 Deresa Geleta and the Men's Field Breakdown 14:23 Andreas Almgren: Can He Win His Debut? 22:07 Almgren on Shoes: Nike vs Adidas 24:01 Almgren's Size and 2028 Olympic Ambitions 29:18 Connor Mantz: American Record Defender 32:33 Zouhair Talbi vs Connor Mantz Debate 37:46 Women's Race: A Thin Field 40:18 Obiri's Ankle and Race Pace Strategy 42:44 More Ethiopian Doping Positives Coming 44:56 Weini Kelati's Marathon Debut 47:56 Mercy Chelangat and American Women's Chances 50:12 Olympic Qualifying Standards 52:35 Jess McClain and Doping Fatigue 55:11 LetsRun Nation Polls 58:44 Race Tactics and Dark Horse Picks 62:40 Race Day Info and Sign-Off
LetsRun
5 days ago
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LetsRun
5 days ago
The 31-year-old World Half marathon champ details his journey from former 800m runner to NYC marathon betting favorite. Almgren says the marathon could be his best event and explains why he didn't debut in Valencia even if he eventually ends up being a 2:01 marathoner. For full 2026 New York City Marathon coverage, go here: https://www.letsrun.com/events/2026/11/2026-new-york-city-marathon LetsRun.com: the home of professional running. 🔥 Support independent journalism • Score a free t-shirt by joining our Supporters Club: https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe Let’s stay connected: ▶️ YouTube (Subscribe to our channel): https://www.youtube.com/@letsrundotcom?sub_confirmation=1 🏠 Homepage: https://www.letsrun.com 🗣 Forum: https://www.letsrun.com/forum 💛 Supporters Club: https://www.letsrun.com/subscribe ▶️ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@letsRUNfast?sub_confirmation=1 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/letsrundotcom 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/letsrundotcom
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We welcome back superstar and superfriend of the pod, Andreas Almgren to talk about everything training, racing, debuting at the NYC Marathon, and his journey from the very beginning.
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“I’d rather do a race than a time trial as my first marathon. I went to New York during my off season last year just to see how it was. I got to feel the atmosphere and I was like: yeah, I want to do this.” My guest for today’s episode is Andreas Almgren, who is the newly-minted European 10,000m champion and soon-to-be a first-time marathoner. On November 1st he will run the New York City Marathon for his debut at the distance. He’s had a great past 12 months with four European records in that span: the 10K road in Valencia in January at 26:45 (puts him sixth on the world all-time list); the half marathon last October in 58:41 (the first European under 59 minutes); World Championships bronze in Tokyo last September, where he finished 0.25 seconds off gold; and a 5000m European record of 12:44 last outdoor season. He’s one of the best in the world right now. Andreas is 31. He grew up in Sweden playing wing-back at AIK, one of the biggest clubs in the Nordics, and only turned to running full-time after recurring injuries ended that path at 18. He won World U20 bronze in the 800m in Eugene in 2014 and looked like Sweden’s next great middle-distance runner — then spent four years with stress fractures, a broken navicular, a sacral stress fracture, missing more than he raced. In 2019, sitting on a stationary bike during rehab for that sacral fracture, he watched his friend Kalle Berglund make a world championship 1500m final using double threshold training. He copied it. He has been going up in distance ever since, and every time he steps up, he runs faster. He has been working toward the marathon for a while now. We dive into why he picked New York over Valencia, how his double threshold system has evolved over the last seven years, what it took to stay healthy the past two years, the training he is doing for the marathon right now and much more. Take this interview on-the-go in podcast form. SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1v4yriZHUsVh7B4qJYPVzD APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/andreas-almgren-on-his-upcoming-marathon-debut-in-new/id1204506559?i=1000784939647 FOLLOW CITIUS MAG ▶ Subscribe to the podcast: https://apple.co/3Byp72I ▶ On Twitter: http://twitter.com/CitiusMag ▶ On Instagram: http://instagram.com/citiusmag ▶ On Facebook: http://facebook.com/citiusmag ▶ Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/citiusmag ▶ On our website: http://citiusmag.com For other inquiries, contact us: chris@citiusmag.com Thanks for watching - please like, share and comment, and subscribe! Help us continue to bring track and field to your home and become a member today! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjyDlyHPHLhcIT8ov53d5qg/join
European Athletics
3 months ago
Watch Andreas Almgren front run to a brilliant championship record in the 10000m at the Birmingham 2026 European Athletics Championships. SUBSCRIBE to our channel for the best European Athletics videos and highlights: https://www.youtube.com/europeanathletics Follow European Athletics: https://www.european-athletics.com/ https://www.instagram.com/europeanathletics/ https://www.facebook.com/EuropeanAthletics https://twitter.com/EuroAthletics https://www.tiktok.com/@europeanathletics #Athletics #EuropeanAthletics #TrackandField
CITIUS MAG
3 months ago
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Grant Fisher won the Paris Diamond League 5000m in 12:54.80, edging Jacob Krop and Andreas Almgren in a stacked field where ten athletes broke 13 minutes. It was his first Diamond League victory. Sitting fourth with 140 meters to go — not the position you'd typically expect from a runner whose reputation has tilted toward strength rather than kick — Fisher swung wide off the final turn and outsprinted Krop to the line. His closing splits tell the story: last lap in 54.4, last 200 in 26.3, last 100 in 12.7. The win was also the fifth Diamond League victory by an American men's mid-distance runner in 2026 — the most ever in a single year, with seven Diamond League meets still remaining. In this video, we get into what this race actually says about where Grant Fisher is right now. The "is he back" framing assumes he ever really left. We also get into the bigger picture: where Fisher fits in the 2028 Olympic picture. Take this interview on-the-go in podcast form: SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/episode/12GNR9HaXU8lUoWJ3P2ZNP?si=jNpYJJ83Q8aJfsFHhxRKKg APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-track-field-three-diamond-league-records/id1204506559?i=1000774777104 FOLLOW CITIUS MAG ▶ Subscribe to the podcast: https://apple.co/3Byp72I ▶ On Twitter: http://twitter.com/CitiusMag ▶ On Instagram: http://instagram.com/citiusmag ▶ On Facebook: http://facebook.com/citiusmag ▶ Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/citiusmag ▶ On our website: http://citiusmag.com For other inquiries, contact us: chris@citiusmag.com Thanks for watching - please like, share and comment, and subscribe! Help us continue to bring track and field to your home and become a member today! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjyDlyHPHLhcIT8ov53d5qg/join
In near-perfect conditions following a week of brutal French heat, Sunday’s Paris Diamond League produced three Diamond League records.
In this episode:
– Audrey Werro came to Paris explicitly targeting the women’s 800m world record and ran a personal best of 1:53.80 — a Diamond League record, meet record, world lead, and Swiss national record. She’s now the only woman ever with multiple sub-1:54 performances (three of them, all this season). The world record is 1:53.28, set by Jarmila Kratochvílová in 1983. Werro is 0.52 back.
– Femke Broeders-Bol’s 800m transition is real. The reigning 400m hurdles world champion ran 1:55.60 in the 800m — a massive personal best — finishing second behind Werro’s Diamond League record. Her move to the 800m is no longer an experiment.
– Cam Myers ran 3:28.00 in the Paris Diamond League 1500m — a personal best by over a second, the 27th fastest time in history, and faster than Jakob Ingebrigtsen at the same age (Jakob ran 3:28.68 at 20). Myers beat a field that included 3:27 man Azeddine Habz and 2025 World Championship medalists Jake Wightman and Reynold Cheruiyot
– What it all means for the Bowerman Mile at the Prefontaine Classic
– Grant Fisher won the Paris Diamond League 5000m in 12:54.80, edging Jacob Krop (12:55.22) and Andreas Almgren (12:55.38) in a stacked field where ten athletes broke 13:00. The win also marked the fifth Diamond League victory by an American men’s mid-distance runner in 2026 — the most ever in a single year, with seven meets still remaining.
– Marco Arop dominates the men’s 800m. He confirmed after the race that he intends to go for the record this year: “Clearly I’m in shape for it”
– Trayvon Bromell beats Noah Lyles and there’s Twitter comments afterward by the Olympic champion
– Jamal Britt runs 12.89 PB in Paris — his 10th win of 2026, his 12th meet since April
– Collen Kebinatshipi runs 43.54 Diamond League record in Paris.
+ More highlights and shout-outs from around the running world including Western States.
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6 months ago
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Are European and North American athletes beginning to close the gap on Kenya, Ethiopia, and Uganda? France’s Yann Schrub delivered a stunning run at the Facsa Castellón 10K, breaking his first European record with a 26:43 — moving to No. 6 all-time in the world. Uganda’s Harbert Kibet won in 26:39 on debut, while Sweden’s Andreas Almgren equaled his own former European record (26:45) in a stacked race that saw four men break 27 minutes. Chris Chavez and Preet Majithia discuss what the performance means. Catch the full episode on The CITIUS MAG Podcast in audio form ⬇️ SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7HdV1fcJAUaHbZu7yNJ16u?si=Zsus7tUaTam7xREAJHJH5A APPLE PODCASTS: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/this-week-in-track-field-a-controversial-dq-for/id1204506559?i=1000751099377 __________ FOLLOW CITIUS MAG ▶ Subscribe to the podcast: https://apple.co/3Byp72I ▶ On Twitter: http://twitter.com/CitiusMag ▶ On Instagram: http://instagram.com/citiusmag ▶ On Facebook: http://facebook.com/citiusmag ▶ Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/citiusmag ▶ On our website: http://citiusmag.com For other inquiries, contact us: chris@citiusmag.com Thanks for watching - please like, share and comment, and subscribe! Help us continue to bring track and field to your home and become a member today! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjyDlyHPHLhcIT8ov53d5qg/join
European Athletics
over 1 year ago
Sunday 9 March 2025: Day Four Highlights from the EICH in Apeldoorn 2025 Includes coverage from the following events: - Men 4x400m Relay - Women 4x400m Relay (ft the Dutch team including Femke Bol, Lieke Klaver, Cathelijn Peeters) - Men 3000m (ft Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Niels Laros, George Mills, Azeddine Habz, Andreas Almgren) - Men 800 (ft. Samuel Chapple, Eliott Crestan, Mark English) - Women 800m (ft. Anna Wielgosz, Clara Liberman, Audrey Werro, Anita Horvat) - Women 60m (ft. Mujinga Kambundji, Ewa Swoboda, Zaynab Dossa, Patrizia Van der Weken, Amy Hunt) - W3000 (ft Hannah Nuttall, Sarah Healy, Melissa Courtney-Bryant, Salomé Afonso) - Women Pentathlon ( ft. Jade O’Dowda, Saga Vanninen, Sofie Dokter, Kate O’Connor) - Men Pole Vault (ft. Emmanouil Karalis, Thibaut Collet, Menno Vloon, Bo Kanda Lita Baehre - Women Shot Put (ft. Yemisi Ogunleye, Jessica Schilder, Auriol Dongmo, Jorinde van Klinken) - Women High jump (ft. Yaroslava Mahuchikh, Angelina Topic ) - Men Shot Put (ft. Wictor Petersson, Tomáš Stanek, Zane Weir, Andrei Rares Toader) SUBSCRIBE to our channel for the best European Athletics videos and highlights: https://www.youtube.com/europeanathletics Follow European Athletics: https://www.european-athletics.com/ https://www.instagram.com/europeanathletics/ https://www.facebook.com/EuropeanAthletics https://twitter.com/EuroAthletics https://www.tiktok.com/@europeanathletics brnw.ch/EAWhatsApp #Athletics #EuropeanAthletics #TrackandField