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World Medalists, Top Brits and Swedes Combine for Gothenburg showdown

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Vinco   Aug 27th 2020, 11:58am
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World medalists, top Brits and Swedes combine for Gothenburg showdown

 
Medalists from the World Athletics Championships will be joined by a host of British and Swedish stars for the final Folksam Grand Prix of the season in Gothenburg on Saturday.

The Göteborg Friidrott Grand Prix will be streamed live and you can watch it here on RunnerSpace from 1200 EST, with the action available on runjumpthrow.com in other parts of the world.

American Raevyn Rogers - a silver medalist at Doha 2019 - is one of the headline names to look out for. The 23-year-old is set to be joined in the 800m by 2009 world bronze medallist Shannon Rowbury, British indoor champion Keely Hodgkinson, European indoor finalist Mari Smith and home favourite Lovisa Lindh.

As usual with the Folksam Series, Lindh is part of a long list of Swedish record holders expected. Among them is Meraf Bahta who is down for the 1500m along with four UK runners in the shape of Commonwealth medalist Melissa Courtney-Bryant, Rosie Clarke, Ellie Baker and Katie Snowden.

It is a similar story in the women's pole vault where Gothenburg-born Michaela Meijer is involved having recently taken the national record away from world finalist Angelica Bengtsson. They are entered alongside English duo Holly Bradshaw and Sophie Cook, with Bradshaw hoping to pick up where she left off after winning the Stockholm Diamond League last weekend.

On the men's side, European silver medalist Andreas Kramer returned to form by running 1:45.04 in Sollentuna and he returns for a stacked 800m that includes 1:44 men Joseph Deng, Craig Engels, Guy Learmonth and Daniel Rowden along with European under-23 second-placer Piers Copeland.
 

Meanwhile, long jumpers Shara Proctor and Jazmin Sawyers return having taken part in last year’s competition and they will likely face 6.81m competitor Khaddi Sagnia and Tilde Johansson, who is also the European under-20 100m hurdles champion.

British teenage sprint sensation Amy Hunt - who won European under-20 gold on Swedish soil last summer - is down for the 100m, while from a Canadian point of view, national steeplechase record holder Matt Hughes takes on the 5000m.

Finally, the high jump could be a good battle between Sweden’s Sofie Skoog and Erica Kinsey, while Thobias Montler and Fanny Roos participate in the long jump and shot put respectively.

For a full list of provisional entrants and the event timetable, head to the Folksam Grand Prix website or download the Roster Athletics app. Coverage will be available on-demand afterwards.



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