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Polanik is a family company, founded by Wiesław Szczepanik in 1966. It produces athletics equipment having over thousand products in the offer. Polanik fully equips stadiums all over the world and handles the highest-level athletics events. Stars of athletics beat world records using Polanik products. Polanik is held in high regard by many for top quality and advisory services for designers and investors of athletics stadiums.

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Reigning world and European indoor 60m champion Jeremiah Azu has confirmed he will compete at the ISTAF INDOOR D&uuml;sseldorf on 24 January.
The British sprinter, who enjoyed a career-best indoor season last year will be ramping up his preparations for a title defence at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Kujawy Pomorze (Torun), Poland on 20-22 March.
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The World Athletics Indoor Tour Silver meeting will also include two German Olympic gold medallists. Tokyo champion and reigning European champion Malaika Mihambo will line up in the women&rsquo;s long jump and Paris Olympics gold medallist Yemisi Ogunleye is confirmed in the women&rsquo;s shot put. &nbsp;

World and European indoor champion Azu confirmed for Düsseldorf

Reigning world and European indoor heptathlon champion Sander Skotheim is set to return to the site of his first European record set last year, when he competes at the Tallinn Combined Events competition on 31 January and 1 February.
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The Norwegian set a new record of 6484 at the same World Athletics Combined Events Tour Silver meeting last year, before going on to improve the record by a further 74 points in taking gold at the Apeldoorn 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships.
The full entry lists are set to be revealed on 19 January, but the Norwegian Athletics Federation has confirmed Skotheim&rsquo;s intentions.

Skotheim set to return to record-breaking venue in Tallinn

Six individual medal winners from the 2025 SPAR European Cross Country Championships will be in action on the global stage at the World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Tallahassee, United States on Saturday (10) afternoon.&nbsp;
Not since 2001 has a European won a medal in the senior men&rsquo;s race at the World Cross Country Championships but this year could see a reversal of fortunes as the entry-list features Spain&rsquo;s Thierry Ndikumwenayo and France&rsquo;s Jimmy Gressier, the gold and silver medallists in Lagoa last month.
Ndikumwenayo was the leading European finisher at the 2024 World Cross Country Championships in Belgrade (also the host city for the 2026 SPAR European Cross Country Championships) where he finished ninth while Gressier kicked to 10,000m gold at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo last summer before winning 5000m bronze.
Gressier spearheads a powerful French team which also includes 2023 European cross country champion Yann Schrub along with former European 10km record-holder Etienne Daguinos, European half marathon bronze medallist Valentin Gondouin and Fabien Palcau.
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Not since 2001 - again - when France won team silver has a European nation featured on the team podium at the World Cross Country Championships but Gressier believes Les Bleus can challenge for honours as a collective on Saturday.&nbsp;&nbsp;
"My objective is to help the team win a medal at the World Cross Country Championships, even though I'm not ruling anything out individually. Just because I'm behind now doesn't mean I won't be at the front in a few weeks," he said as quoted by L'Equipe in the days after the SPAR European Cross Country Championships.
Helmed by Ndikumwenayo, the Spaniards will also be fielding a team in Tallahassee. Their team also includes Abdessamad Oukhelfen and Aaron Las Heras, who finished sixth and ninth respectively in Lagoa and helped Spain to a successful defence of their team title.
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The entry-list is headed by reigning two-time world cross country champion Jacob Kiplimo from Uganda and Olympic 10,000m silver medallist Berihu Aregawi from Ethiopia.&nbsp;
<h3 dir="ltr">More individual medallists from Lagoa in action</h3>
European cross country silver medallist Megan Keith is the standout name from a continental perspective in the senior women&rsquo;s race which also features world 10km record-holder Agnes Ngetich from Kenya.
A European U20 and U23 cross country champion in 2021 and 2023 respectively, Keith recovered from an early fall to win her first medal as a senior at the 2025 SPAR European Cross Country Championships behind Italy&rsquo;s Nadia Battocletti whose next big target is the World Athletics Indoor Championships in March.
Keith finished 52nd in her last appearance at the 2023 World Cross Country Championships but the Brit has improved considerably since, winning 10,000m bronze at the 2024 European Athletics Championships and finishing tenth over the same distance at the 2025 World Athletics Championships.
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Spain is also fielding a team in the senior women&rsquo;s race which features Maria Forero who capped her age-group career by winning the U23 title at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Lagoa last month.
Another gold medallist in action will be Belgium&rsquo;s European U20 cross country champion Willem Renders in the men&rsquo;s U20 race. The line-up also includes 17-year-old Alois Abraham from France who won U20 bronze in a sprint finish in Lagoa before setting a national U20 5km record of 13:38 in Barcelona on New Year&rsquo;s Eve.&nbsp;
And two years after Great Britain won mixed relay bronze in Belgrade, there is a plausible chance of another European medal in this format in Tallahassee.&nbsp;
The Brits have named a strong team including returning medallists Adam Fogg and Alex Millard as have the French whose team features European indoor 1500m champion Agathe Guillemot and 2024 European 3000m steeplechase champion Alexis Miellet.&nbsp;
The full entry-lists can be found <a href="https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/document/695d0a5c7a5dad25a940fb69.pdf?_gl=1*hig6le*_gcl_au*NzIyMDMxMjQ0LjE3Njc1MTk0MDQ.*_ga*NDI1MzA0NTE3LjE3MzYzMzU1NDM.*_ga_7FE9YV46NW*czE3Njc3MTI4NDkkbzI3MSRnMSR0MTc2NzcxNTQxOCRqNTckbDAkaDA." target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.

From Lagoa to Tallahassee! Six European medallists set for World Cross Country Championships

After an injury-plagued 2025 season, Bashir Abdi has big plans for 2026.
The two-time Olympic marathon medallist will be seeking his third victory in the NN Rotterdam Marathon on 12 April and the Belgian is also seeking an improvement on his European marathon record of 2:03:36 in 2026.&nbsp;
"It's a special marathon. I've already run 14 marathons, four of which were here in Rotterdam. It won't be easy to win here, as there will be a strong field of participants. But I'm especially looking forward to running with a good feeling," said Abdi as quoted by Sporza.be.
Abdi&rsquo;s European marathon record of 2:03:36 has stood for over four years. He ran that time in winning the 2021 Rotterdam Marathon just two months after winning his first Olympic marathon medal with bronze in Tokyo.
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The 36-year-old approached his European record two years later in winning the Rotterdam Marathon for the second time in 2:03:47 and he is astutely aware that a growing number of runners are getting closer to his record time.&nbsp;
"I feel many athletes are getting close to that record. If I want to hold on to it for a few more years, I have to go faster. Whether it's for this edition or another time, I don't know. But my ambition is to break that European record," said Abdi.&nbsp;
Ahead of the Rotterdam Marathon, Abdi will test his form and fitness in his home city in the Gent Half Marathon on 8 March.
The Rotterdam Marathon has a long and illustrious history for producing record-breaking performances.&nbsp;
Aside from Abdi&rsquo;s European record in 2021, Portugal&rsquo;s Carlos Lopes set a world record of 2:07:12 in 1985 which was broken on the same course in 1988 by Ethiopia&rsquo;s Belayneh Dinsamo whose world record of 2:06:50 stood for a decade.&nbsp;
Tegla Loroupe also broke Ingrid Kristiansen&rsquo;s long-standing world record in the women&rsquo;s marathon with 2:20:47 in 1988.&nbsp;
<h3 dir="ltr">Abdi&rsquo;s 10 fastest marathon times</h3>
2:03:36 (1) - 2021 Rotterdam Marathon 2:03:47 (1) - 2023 Rotterdam Marathon 2:04:32 (3) - 2023 Chicago Marathon 2:04:49 (2) - 2020 Tokyo Marathon 2:05:19 (3) - 2022 London Marathon&nbsp; 2:05:23 (4) - 2022 Rotterdam Marathon 2:06:14 (5) - 2019 Chicago Marathon&nbsp; 2:06:47 (2) - 2024 Olympic Games (Paris) 2:06:48 (3) - 2022 World Athletics Championships (Eugene, OR) 2:07:03 (7) - 2019 London Marathon

Abdi outlines his goals for 2026: "My ambition is to break that European record"

French record-holder Laeticia Bapte has confirmed she will compete in the 60m hurdles at the Meeting Miramas Metropole on 30 January.
The 26-year-old opened her indoor season last year with victory at the World Athletics Indoor Tour silver meeting in 7.93.&nbsp;
Bapte&rsquo;s French teammate, European indoor 1500m champion Agathe Guillemot. will compete in the 800m in Miramas.
The full schedule of World Athletics Indoor Tour Silver, Bronze and Challenger events can be found <a href="https://european-athletics.directus.app/assets/ce258bea-8b37-4c66-8791-f3fb6f882a50/WIT%20Europe%20Calendar%202026%20.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
Live streaming details for the 2026 indoor season will be communicated in the next week.&nbsp;&nbsp;

French record-holder Bapte set for Miramas

European Athletics is deeply saddened by the tragic events that occurred in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, which resulted in the loss of life. 
Our thoughts are with the victims, their families, and all those affected by this shocking incident, as well as with the local community at this time of grief.
European Athletics President Dobromir Karamarinov said: &ldquo;We are profoundly saddened by the news from Crans-Montana. On behalf of European Athletics, I would like to express our deepest sympathies to the families and loved ones of those who lost their lives, and to the wider community affected by this tragic event.&rdquo;
European Athletics Chief Executive Officer Christian Milz added: &ldquo;This is a deeply distressing moment, and our thoughts are with all those impacted. We stand in solidarity with the people of Crans-Montana and the Swiss community as they mourn.&rdquo;
European Athletics Head Office is in Lausanne where many of the injured were treated. Out of respect for those affected, European Athletics will make no further comment at this time.

European Athletics Statement | Crans-Montana