Swede Andreas Almgren shakes up marathon world with debut win

Swede Andreas Almgren, 31, won the prestigious New York Marathon on his debut. In doing so, he ended a long-standing East African dominance in the race and emerged as a new Swedish athletics phenomenon alongside pole vaulter Mondo Duplantis. Yet Almgren initially seemed destined for a football career. Belgian marathon runner Koen Naert calls him inspiring and motivating.