He came second in Karlsruhe at the end of January in his first competition.

But above all, Andreas Kramer was back in the same arena where he lowered the Swedish record indoors by 82 hundredths almost exactly one year ago, 1.45.09.

On Tuesday, the Swede managed another good race when he finished second behind 27-year-old Briton Elliot Giles, who won bronze at the European Championships 2016.

The time of 1.45.71 is the best year for Kramer, who is now fourth in the world.

Hit several strong names

- Magnificent best of the year.

He makes a brilliant race.

It is so wonderful to see that he runs so superbly, says SVT Sports Jacob Hård.

Kramer beat Kenyan Collins Kipruto and Poles Marcin Lewandowski and Adam Kszczot, among others.

SVT's athletics expert Alhaji Jeng thinks he had a completely different offensive during the evening.

- Canon fine race.

As he runs, as he routinely does not penetrate into various complicated situations, he says.