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Almgren: "It still feels surreal that I've gone from 400m to half marathons"

Fresh off a historic performance in Copenhagen, Sweden's Andreas Almgren reflected on his journey from a youth competing in short sprinting events and football to claiming the world half-marathon crown with a continental time of 58:06. The dual-career athlete, who balances his professional running with work as a data consultant and holds a background from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, acknowledged that overcoming multiple fourth-place European finishes made his recent gold medals in Birmingham and Tokyo particularly rewarding.