Ingebrigtsen Eyes Historic Triple at Apeldoorn 2025, Alongside Rivals and Rising Stars
Apeldoorn, the Dutch city known for its historic sports venues, will welcome Europe’s top athletes for the European Athletics Indoor Championships from March 6-9, 2025. The competition will be held at Omnisport Apeldoorn, a venue renowned for electrifying performances. This marks the third time the Netherlands has hosted the event, with previous championships held in Rotterdam in 1973 and The Hague in 1989. But this year’s event feels different, with the energy in Apeldoorn higher than ever.
The Netherlands’ home team is full of talent, including indoor world-record holder Femke Bol and the reigning Olympic mixed relay team. However, the athletes in orange won’t be the only ones competing for gold. Three Olympic champions from Paris 2024—Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Yaroslava Mahuchikh, and Yemisi Ogunleye—are all expected to shine. The lineup of rising stars and experienced champions promises four days of thrilling action across the track and field.
Men’s Preview
Norwegian dynamo Jakob Ingebrigtsen is gearing up to make history in Apeldoorn. The 24-year-old, a two-time former European Athlete of the Year, will be looking for a third consecutive 1500/3000m double, further solidifying his legacy as one of the continent’s finest. Ingebrigtsen enters the championships in record-breaking form, having recently shattered Yared Nuguse’s indoor mile world record with a time of 3:45.14, alongside breaking his own indoor 1500m world record with a stunning 3:29.63.
A victory in both events would also see him match Soviet sprinter Valeriy Borzov’s all-time European Indoor Championships gold medal record of seven. Ingebrigtsen’s career kicked off with his championship in 2019 when he became the youngest ever male gold medallist in the 3000m. Alongside Ingebrigtsen in the 3000m will be strong challengers like Dutch prodigy Niels Laros, Great…
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