Sofie Dokter finished as the best Dutch in the prestigious heptathlon in Götzis, Austria.
The 20-year-old athlete of Groningen Athletics is in seventh place after the seven parts with a personal best of 6321 points. Dokter met the qualification requirement (6254 points) for the world championship in August in Budapest with this total of points.
She can look back on an excellent heptathlon; she set a new personal best in five parts. She ran the 100m hurdles in 13.51 seconds, her bullet came to a distance of 13.38 meters, she sprinted the 200 meters in 23.68 seconds, her javelin flew to a distance of 43.18 meters and the final 800 meters she ran in 2 minutes and 16.12 seconds. She was unable to sharpen her top performances in the high (1.80 meters) and long jump (6.24 meters) components.
American Anna Hall won the competition. She came to 6988 points.
European Championship under 23 years
Dokter had a best heptathlon score of 6144 points to her name so far. She achieved this number in June last year in Apeldoorn. Thanks to this, she was already guaranteed participation in the European Championship for athletes up to 23 years old. This is in July in Espoo, Finland.
Sprint star Leonie van Vliet (Groningen Athletics) was successful in Tilburg during the T-Meeting. There she won the 200 meters (23.66 seconds) and finished second behind Naomi Sedney (ARV Ilion, Zoetermeer) in the 100 meters. Sedney clocked 11.58, Van Vliet 11.65 seconds.
Prins and Slobben win Loop Rondje Koekange
Laura Prins (Hoogeveen) was the fastest woman in exactly 36 minutes on the 10 kilometers of the Loop Rondje Koekange. Michel Slobben (Staphorst) finished in 34.11 minutes as the first man. The half distance was won for the men by Finn van Pijkeren (Middelstum, 16.12 minutes) and for the women by Linda Ooms (Tonden, 18.22 minutes).