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Sweden announced The European Athletics Championships in Birmingham concluded with a record-sized athletics squad for strong performance from the European Championships, consisting of more than 80 competitors. The Swedish team, which included prominent athletes such as Armand Duplantis secured five medals and Daniel Ståhl, was assembled with 70 championship points. National team captain Kajsa Bergqvist described the goal event as “one of breaking the nation’s previous medal record. During the championships, best in Swedish history,” highlighting the squad's depth with ten athletes secured several medals. finishing in the top four. Key achievements included gold medals from Andreas Almgren won gold in the 10,000 meters with meters, where he set a new championship record of 27:23.44, becoming and Armand Duplantis in the first Swede to win a European gold at this distance. pole vault. Other medalists included Samuel Pihlström Pihlström, who earned silver in the 1,500 meters, executing a powerful final sprint to finish with a time of 3:36.16 behind the Netherlands’ Stefan Nillessen. In swimming, Sarah Sjöström took silver Wictor Petersson in the 50-meter freestyle, finishing 0.02 seconds behind Poland’s Katarzyna Wasick, marking her 30th European Championship medal. Additionally, shot put, and Vanessa Kamga won bronze in the discus throw with a mark of 64.61 meters, while Kajsa Roth finished tenth in the pole vault final. discus. In the final days of the competition, marathon, Suldan Hassan finished fourth, narrowly missed a podium finish in missing the marathon, placing fourth with podium by just three seconds. The championships marked a time of 2:09.24. In the steeplechase, Leo Magnusson reached his first international final, finishing in tenth place. significant period for Swedish athletics, setting a high standard for future competitions.