Wilma Nielsen
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Personal Bests
Mile
Millrose Games
4:25.78
2/8/2025
1500 Metres
4:07.38
1/25/2025
Mile
4:28.51
8/21/2024
1500 Metres
4:10.24
6/16/2024
800 Metres
European Athletics Championships
2:00.86
6/11/2024
Mile
Millrose Games
4:25.78
2/8/2025
1500 Metres
4:07.38
1/25/2025
Mile
4:28.51
8/21/2024
1500 Metres
4:10.24
6/16/2024
800 Metres
European Athletics Championships
2:00.86
6/11/2024
Chris Chavez and Kyle Merber unpack all of the action from this weekend.
We’re talking about a nineteen-year-old freshman from BYU who just walked into the NCAA Indoor Championships and dismantled the field in not one but two distance events. A triple crown is complete for Habtom Samuel. A DQ controversy that had coaches filing protests and athletes biting their tongues. Sprint performances so fast they’re rewriting the record books — again. And a 28-year-old Ethiopian woman who showed up to her first-ever marathon and basically said, ‘yeah, this is fine, I’ll take second all-time.’
Oh, and New York City threw the biggest half marathon in American history, and we somehow need to talk about Grant Fisher’s debut...which, depending on who you ask, was either a totally reasonable first step or terrible.
In this week’s episode:
– Intro & headlines
– Habtom Samuel’s triple crown is complete: men’s 5,000m
– DQ controversy: men’s 3,000m
– Jane Hedengren makes history: 3K & 5K double
– Carter Cutting seizes the moment: men’s mile
– Back-to-back for Wilma Nielsen: women’s mile
– Chepngetich’s redemption arc & Arkansas 1-2
– Record night in the sprints: three collegiate records fall
– Fotyen Tesfay: second-fastest women’s marathon ever, on debut
– NYC Half recap
– Grant Fisher’s NYC Half debut: hot takes and cooler heads
– The Adeajah Hodge doping suspension explained
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Hosts: Chris Chavez | @chris_j_chavez + Kyle Merber | @kylemerber
Produced by: Jasmine Fehr | @jasminefehr
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Wilma Nielsen, the Swedish mid-distance phenom from Oregon, joins the show today to discuss her recent breakthroughs in running.
Wilma is fresh off breaking the school record in the mile in January at the Dr. Sander Scorcher indoor meet at the Armory in New York. This six-second PR places her number three all time in the NCAA for the indoor mile and number two on Sweden’s all-time indoor list.
Wilma is a two-time All-American and three-time Swedish National Champion. She won the bronze medal at the European U23 Championships in Estonia where she ran a 2:02.29 in the 800m. Wilma has run collegiately for Bradley University, the University of Washington and now Oregon.
Wilma was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. She has a twin sister, Julia–who was a package deal with her at Bradley–as well as older siblings Simon and Elisabeth, the latter of who was a Swedish National Championship finalist in the 800m in 2019 and 2020. Needless to say, running was a fixture in the Nielsen household.
Wilma was running fast even in her high school days, logging PRs of 58.19 in the 400m, 2:10.01 in the 800m and 4:31.59 in the 1,500m. Since she started running collegiately, she has lowered those to 57.50 in the 400m, 2:02.26 in the 800m, 4:07.38 in the 1500m and the aforementioned 4:25.89 mile.
In today’s conversation, Wilma dives into her recent 4:25 Mile, her plans to do bigger and better things at the Millrose games, her hopes for her future, how she’s grown as an athlete while at Oregon, what it’s like to have Shalane Flanagan as a coach, and so much more.
Take the time to learn from and get insights from one of the biggest stars in the NCAA right now!
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