Show Notes
European 10,000m champion Andreas Almgren takes time out to speak to Podium, courtesy of sponsors Maurten, ahead of the World Road Running Championships in Copenhagen.
Almgren produced one of the most extraordinary performances of the year when he lapped almost everyone in Birmingham to win gold and he's following that up with a marathon debut in New York - in one of the most anticipated debuts over the distance this year.
The Swedish athlete talks to Podium about his unlikely move to distance events having started in football and the 800m, how his mentality is one of his super strengths, training with Jakob Ingebrigtsen and about his build-up to New York.
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Presented by athletics commentators Hannah England and Rich Newman, with guest contributor Jake Wightman.
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