Nico who? Sweden's Andreas Almgren solos a 12:44.27 European Record in Stockholm

First the Germans, now the Swedes. What are the Europeans up to this season?

he did run 12;50 last year and has a 26;50 PR, so not so random

That's #20 all time for Almgren

Watched it live, was a fantastic run and led the last mile and really pushed on! The worlds champs 5000 is going to be interesting! In better conditions and being pushed in a group low 12.40s maybe under, he looked extremely fit.

Andreas Almgren is hardly random. He’s trained with Jakob in the past. Winning a Diamond League in 12:44 is huge for him though.

His PRs by World Athletics peak quite nicely in the middle:

1156 | 1:45.59 800m June 2015
1216 | 3:32.00 1500m June 2023
1212 | 7:34.28 3000m June 2024
1268 | 12:44.27 5000m June 2025
1238 | 26:52.87 10000m March 2024
1211 | 59:23 Half Marathon Feb 2024

I think he can lay down a sub-7:30 3000m and a 26:45 or so 10000m too

A random American just set a record the other day in the same event.

Lol, "random"

This means healthy Jakob is under 12:40… he is better than his training partner

I wouldn’t be surprised if he can run closer to 26:30 now honestly. He ran that 26:52 in a race won by Fisher in 26:52–they made sure the Olympic standard was in the bag, but otherwise it was a kicker’s race. 12:44.27 is worth 26:30ish and the 59:23 half shows he’s not gonna drop off much between 5k and 10k.

Random, huh? Maybe pay better attention. Dude's been grinding for ages. Has a World Junior medal from 2014.

Personally, I find the "teenage" Africans that pop up out of nowhere every season to be quite "random."

he's hardly random. he already has a European Record (10k road). fast time trialist with decent range (1:45 800, 59:23 HM) but he's just not good at tactical/championship races so most ppl don't know about him.

ROJO calling him a Random Swede is hilarious.

Anything over 13 sucks….

Great run by the 30 year old

Age is just a number

Not too many 5000m guys at this level can run mid-1:45 800m. This guy can medal, though I notice that he made the pace hot after lap 6 (about 6:02 for the last 2400m), rather than really dropping down the last two laps, albeit with no one close to him. At World's, it will probably be close to 13:10 yet again with a very quick last two laps.

Idk if I put this or Nico’s higher since Nico’s competition was so strong, but both are nuts and so exciting to see some diversity in who wins DL 5ks. Call me the #1 DEI supporter

Well again here is another guy who I think would be best dropping the 10,000 if he wants to medal in the 5,000. He’s certainly in the mix if he does. But if he goes against a fresh bunch of athletes in the 5,000 like Mills, Girma, Lobalu etc his chances go lower.