Eriksen, Norway Advance to World Athletics Championships Finals in Tokyo

Former Utah track & field star Josefine Eriksen and Norway advance to the 4x400m relay finals on Sunday, Sept. 21.

TOKYO – Former Utah track & field star Josefine Eriksen and Team Norway advance to the 4x400m relay finals at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo after running a national record time in Japan National Stadium Saturday evening there.

Eriksen led things off for the Norwegians, running a split of 51.31 – which was third fastest among those in the opening leg. The Norwegians would go on to run a national record time of 3:23.84 to take second in their heat and earned the automatic qualifier into the finals. That time ended up being good for third-overall between the 16 nations competing…

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