At the Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku, Finland, the Dutchmen Joris van Gool, Tony van Diepen and Nadine Visser achieved a podium place in their part. The athletes won medals in the 100m, 800m and 100m hurdles respectively.
In the 100 meters series, Joris van Gool ran the second time of 10.34 seconds, enough to qualify for the final battle later in the evening. In the final, the Dutchman was again second with 10.38, again behind the Nigerian Raymond Ekevwo, who was also the fastest in the semi-final. However, Van Gool did not reach the World Cup limit of 10.05 seconds.
Tony van Diepen, the man in shape in the 800 meters, could not quite fulfill his favorite role from his distance. The Dutchman ran a time of 1.44.24 and was second behind the British Max Burgin. This made him the fourth fastest Dutchman ever at this distance. Only Bram Som, Rob Druppers and Marko Koers ran the 800 meters faster.
In the women’s race, Nadine Visser and Zoë Sedney both chased the 100-meter hurdles at the World Cup limit of 12.84 seconds. In the first heat Visser ran exactly the time needed, but Sedney was still two tenths of a second short. In the final, Visser improved herself with a time of 12.72, finishing third behind Tobi Amusan from Nigeria and Britany Anderson from Jamaica. Sedney was 13.07 seconds short of the World Cup time and was eighth.
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