There were two bronze medals for Perseus Karlström (20 kilometers and 35 kilometers) before Armand Duplantis rounded off the WC with an unparalleled gold and world record, 6.21, in the pole vault.
Confederation captain Kajsa Bergqvist looks back with joy on the three Swedish medals, but also notes that it could have been a bigger blue-and-yellow party.
- It's a little frustrating that we don't have the margins on our side.
Overall, we take more points than before, then I feel that it could have been even better, she says.
She mentions Daniel Ståhl and Simon Pettersson's fourth and fifth place in the discus, as well as long jumper Khaddi Sagnia's sixth place.
- Khaddi misses a medal by two centimeters and Ståhl has a four millimeter overrun.
Thobias (Montler) didn't quite get it right at the plank meets in the long jump.
If we had had a little better flow for some, there would have been more.
As early as August 15-21, it's time for the next athletics championship – the EC in Munich, Germany.