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This year she broke the 45-year-old Swedish record for 200 meters.
To take further steps in her development, the new sprint star Julia Henriksson is moving to Italy.
A new coach and a really strong training group await in Padova Julia Henriksson.
“It feels like the right time in my career and it will be fun with a change of environment,” says the 24-year-old in a press release.
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The training group is led by the Italian Marco Airale and the group includes the British sprinters Daryll Neita and Amy Hunt. Neita has three straight Olympic relay medals and finished fourth and fifth in the sprint races at the Paris Olympics last summer.
“It will be exciting to train with such fast girls every day and hopefully it will push me to a new level!”, says Henriksson.
She says that her coach in Helsingborg, Kent Olssonwill continue to be there as a sounding board and mentor.
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Julia Henriksson hit Linda Haglunds 45-year-old Swedish record in 200 meters this summer, at 22.69. This year she also came sixth in the EC and made it to the Olympic semi-finals over the distance.
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