Femke Bol (400 meters) and Jessica Schilder (shot put) also won their part on the first of three tournament days. Menno Vloon had already won the pole -high jump on Thursday during a separate game for the Royal Palace.
Elvis Afifa also brought many points. The Dutch champion sprinted in the 100 meter to second place in a personal record of 10.10 seconds. Minke Bisschops (100 meters) and Diane van Es (5000 meters) contributed to production with their third places.
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The Netherlands in the lead, for Spain and Italy
The Netherlands, which is in Madrid led by head coach Laurent Meuwly, leads the score with 165.5 points. Spain follows with 134 points and title defender Italy is third with 133 points.
Femke Bol makes a special trip
Bol makes a trip to the 400 meters flat especially for the European Championship. After the tournament in the Spanish capital, she switches to the 400 meters hurdles, her favorite part on which she is world champion.
The Amersfoortse was inimitable for the competition in the bright athletics stadium of Madrid and scored the maximum 16 points for the Dutch team. The Polish Natalia Bukowiecka finished second in 50.14 and the Spanish Paula Sevilla finished third in 50.70 seconds.
EK Athletics: Menno Vloon wins pole -high jumping
Bol stood with a big smile afterwards. “This tournament is so nice. Nobody participates for themselves, but fights every second or centimeter for his country. I am happy, because my time was good and the maximum 16 points were in,” said the athlete in the flash interview.
“It was warm, but those are ideal conditions for this distance. Strange to walk on a green athletics track, but it didn’t give me a deducted. The track was fast.”
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Bisschops won the B-series of the 100 meters in a personal record of 11.17. Only the Hungarian Boglarka Takacs (11.06) and the Polish Ewa Swoboda (11.13) were faster in the A-series. Jonas Phijffers finished fifth in the 400 meters with a time of 45.13. European champion Samuel Chapple did not get any further than seventh place in 1.46.09 in the 800 meters.
Jessica Schilder wins shot put
Painter won the shot put at the European Championship. The European Champion from Volendam was the only one to bridge the 20 meters: 20.14 meters. The German Yemisi Ogunleye finished second with a distance of 19.58 and the Swedish Fanny Roos finished third with 19.38. Painter won the maximum 16 points for the Dutch team.