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| Nationality | Danish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 July 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Steeplechase, cross-country | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 3000m Steeplechase: 8:29.12 (Bergen, 2022) 5km: 13:42 (Monaco, 2022) 10km: 29:01 (Århus, 2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Axel Vang Christensen (born 30 July 2004) is a Danish track and field athlete and cross-country runner. He is the 2021 and 2023 European Cross Country U20 champion. [1]
Christensen was brought up in Hillerod, to the north of Copenhagen. He started running initially just in order to increase his fitness for football. However, he won an under-age national title when 11 years-old and changed his focus to athletics. [2] He attended the University of Birmingham, where he was a contemporary of Will Barnicoat. [3]
In 2021 he won silver in the 3000 Metres Steeplechase at the 2021 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tallinn. [4] He won the U20 race at the 2021 European Cross Country Championships in Dublin. [5]
In 2021, he also won the Danish national championships over 10k, and retained the title in 2022, finishing a minute ahead of Thijs Nijhuis. In 2022, in Lillesø, he beat the Jakob Ingebrigtsen's U20 European record for 3000 meters indoors. [6] He competed in the 3000m steeplechase at the 2022 European Athletics Championships in Munich, however he picked up an injury during the race and could not complete the course. [7]
In December 2023, he won the 2023 European Cross Country Championships U20 race in Brussels, finishing strongly ahead of Niels Laros and Nick Griggs. [8]
In December 2024, he won a bronze medal in the U23 race at the 2024 European Cross Country Championships in Antalya, Turkey. [9]
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Ceili McCabe is a Canadian middle- and long-distance runner who specializes in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She has represented her country at the 2022 and 2023 World Athletics Championships and holds the Canadian 3000 metres steeplechase record of 9:20.58, set in 2024.
Filip Rak is a Polish middle distance and cross country runner. He is the Polish indoor champion over 1500 metres and 3000 metres, and national U23 record holder over 1500 metres indoors and outdoors.
Ilona Mononen is a Finnish runner. She has won national indoor championship titles over 3000 metres and 5000 metres. She is the Finnish national record holder in the 3000 metres steeplechase.
Andreas Fjeld Halvorsen is a Norwegian middle distance and long distance runner. He was a gold medalist at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships over 3000 metres.
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