Lavec Kronos surprises Torvald Palema in Sweden

Hugo Abergs Memorial.In front of 16 thousand spectators in the Malmoe arena Lavec Kronos and Lutfi Koljini brought the house down by setting a new record of 1.09.9. All they needed were 350 meters to take command of the Swedish classic leaving the pre-race favourite, Torvald Palema, to come in second while the German Brioni was a surprise third.Irving Rivarco lost 20 meters at the start but made up fro the slow start at the end and finished a fine fourth. It marked the second victory for Lutfi Koljini after the success in 2003. Lisa America went out of the race after just 200 meters.