RunBlogRun presents Audio coverage of the 4x400m Mixed Relay at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, NED, March 6, 2025

This is audio coverage of the EICH 2025 Mixed Relay, in which the Dutch team, anchored by Femke Bol, ended the first evening in Apeldoorn!

RunBlogRun presents Audio coverage of the 4x400m Mixed Relay

at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn, NED.

Audio coverage provided by Larry Eder

Photo credits: Maja Hitij/Getty Images for European Athletics

Chiara Montesano, Marta Gorczynska for European Athletics

Sona Maleterova for European Athletics

The first night of the European Indoors in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, was, well, stupendous! I recorded the audio on the Mixed

Relay, because I wanted you, dear global readers, to appreciate the absolute excitement of the Dutch crowd with the first session of the Apeldoorn 2025.

The heats of the 1,500 meters, 60 meter men’s hurdles kept us enthralled. 

But it was the Mixed Relay that would take the major stage. The LOC folks who decided to open the champs with a race where Femke Bol, European superstar competed, was, well, brilliant. Americans can not appreciate Femke Bol, without seeing her in her natural surroundings.

Her coach, Laurent Mewley, did not want Femke running five times. He did approve Lieke Klaver racing the 400m and 4x400m relay. Femke was allowed to run both relays. 

The Mixed relay lived up to the hype. It was super competitive with Belgium, Spain and the Dutch battling for European supremacy. The Mixed Relay was anchored by Femke Bol. And Femke delivered! What a race.

I hope that you enjoy the audio. 

Special thanks to production work and wonderful photos from European Athletics, with the final mixing by Mike Deering! Please enjoy!