Apeldoorn, Day 1 of the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships, Best Quote, Best Results, Biggest surprise !

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APELDOORN DAY 1
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Femke Bol: “It (the gold) is something really amazing. I am so proud of our team for doing so well today. If this was only the first night and the first gold, I’m excited for what’s to come for the rest of the team this weekend. With the crowd like this, it doesn’t feel like just a training. Even though it’s at our home track. Of course you have to run smart, because it was my first race. I felt a bit more uncertain than usual, but with this amazing team around me I knew we could achieve great things.I heard the crowd when Nick overtook and was like ‘ok, they are loud’. I won’t be doing much the next days, actually. I think I will have a nice bath, we have a nice bath in the hotel(laughs). And I will support the others.”

RESULT OF THE DAY
Inaugural European Indoor title for Netherlands, with finishing Femke Bol, in the mixed 4x400m relay in 3:15.63, just 0.13 seconds behind a target for the European record.

SURPRISE OF THE DAY
Israel’s Jonathan Kapitolnik, who cleared 231 earlier this year and is second in European lists, failed to advance to the final after missing 218 three-times. Surprise was the low level with 218 in first attempt enough to qualify. Marta Zenoni with 4:03.59 not qualified from 1500 m heats.

APPROACHING 35, GRØVDAL IS BETTER THAN EVER

2025 Winter Indoor Racing/Training Program, March 15, 2025, week 10, day 6, tenth week of year, building mileage, it’s Saturday!!!!!

Apeldoorn 2025: Assessing the British team at the European Indoors

MEDALS (3 countries)
NED 1-0-0, BEL 0-1-0, GBR 0-0-1

POINTS (6 countries)
NED 8, BEL 7, GBR 6

TOP MARKS

WL (1): 3:15.63 NED mixed

EL (1): 3:15.63 NED mixed

CR (1): 3:15.63 NED mixed

STATS

Men’s 1500m: Ingebrigtsen’s 3:37.49 is the fastest first round time at Euro Indoors, previous was 3:38.68 by Fontes in 2021. Also 3:38.25 by Nuno Pereira is the fastest non-qualifying time from first round at Euro Indoors.

Men´s 60 m Hurdles: 7.46 by Wilhelm Belocian and 7.47 by Just Kwaou-Mathey are the two fastest first round time in the 60 m hurdles at the Euro Indoors. Previous fastest was Colin Jackson 7.48 in 1994.

Women´s 60 m Hurdles: 8.06 by Helena Jiranova is the fastest non-qualifying time from first round at Euro Indoors.

APELDOORN NEWS

APELDOORN (NED): Fastest split in the mixed 4x400m relay was 49.93 for Ireland’s Sharlene Mawdsley among women, ahead of Femke Bol (50.33) and Helen Ponette of Belgium (50.99). Spain’s Bernat Erta clocked fastest men’s time (45.70) ahead of Tony van Diepen of Netherlands (46.00).

APELDOORN (NED): Elie Bacari, advancing to semi-finals, equalled Belgium’s national record and also European U23 record.

APELDOORN (NED): Czechia’s Matěj Krsek will not take part in Friday’s 400m heats due to a minor muscle injury. His participation in Sunday’s relay remains open. Krsek holds the fourth fastest time of the season (45.85) among the entries.

APELDOORN (NED): Ukrainian Yana Hladiychuk was not able to compete in the pole vault qualification due to her health condition. From Ukrainian Athletics.

APELDOORN (NED): Malaika Mihambo and Max Heß were presented as German team captains.

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