Renaud Lavillenie, photo by PhotoRun.net
7 medalists in 7 events
JABLONEC (CZE): French World record holder Renaud Lavillenie will be the top star of the last European Athletics Indoor Permit meet of the indoor season in Jablonec, Czech Republic on Saturday. The meet should also remember one year since the succesfull European Indoors in the country. In total three winners from 02 Arena will compete, also four other medalists in seven events. For example in women 60 m hurdles the full podium will return with Belarus Alina Talay and British hurdlers Lucy Hatton and Serita Solomon added with 2014 European Champion Tiffany Porter. Men 60 m will have top two with Briton Richard Kilty and German Christian Blum (here another top rival Yunier Perez of Cuba). Lavillenie will face in his last test before Portland home in-shape jumpers Jan Kudlicka and Michal Balner, also the best ever youth jumper Emanouil Karalis from Greece. Hungarian record holder Balazs Baji will face tough US opposition in men hurdles with Jeff Porter and Jarret Eaton. Great duel is expected in men shot put with IAAF World Indoor Tour winner Tim Nedow against double Olympic winner Tomasz Majewski, multiple junior medalist Konrad Bukowiecki and in-shape Tomas Stanek of Czech Republic. Men long jump has European indoor silver medalist Radek Juska against British champion Dan Bramble and sensation of the year Bachana Khorava of Georgia who improved this winter to 825 cm. Women 60 m is having Trinidad´s World relay medalist Michelle-Lee Ahye as the top favorite, also to mention Slovenian champion Maja Mihalinec and German talent Lisa Meyer.