Following the late withdrawal of Keely Hodgkinson, fellow British star Molly Caudery is set to take centre stage at the Keely Klassic in Birmingham on Saturday (15). The event is set to be live streamed on the European Athletics website* this Saturday (15).
As she builds up to next month's Apeldoorn 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships, world indoor pole vault gold medallist Caudery will make her third outing of the indoor season following victory in Karlsruhe, Germany last Friday (7) with 4.75m and placing second on Lieven on Thursday (13) with an indentical height.
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Bell looking to maintain winning form
Olympic bronze medallist Georgia Bell, training partner of Hodgkinson, heads the entries for the women’s 1500m fresh from her victory in the Wanamaker Mile at the Millrose Games in New York a week earlier. Ireland’s Sarah Healy, another member of the training group and European U23 silver medallist is also in the line up.
World leader Molnar set for Lyon
World leader Attila Molnár is entered for the men’s 400m at the Meeting indoor de Lyon, a World Athletics Indoor Silver meeting on Saturday (15), which is also being streamed on the European Athletics website.
The Hungarian, who clocked a searing 45.08 in Ostrava on 4 February, will have Czechia’s world indoor finalist Matěj Krsek as his main threat. France’s former world and European indoor medallist Aurel Manga is entered in the men’s 60m hurdles.
Lavillenie and next generation head to Perche
At the Perche en Or pole vault meeting in Roubaix, France, 38 year old former Olympic champion Renaud Lavillenie will be hoping to roll back the years in front an adoring home crowd.
Turkiye’s Ersu Şaşma, bronze medallist at the Roma 2024 European Athletics Championships is also in the entries, as is Tokyo Olympic silver medallist Chris Nilsen of the USA.
Italian record holder Roberta Bruni heads the women’s entries at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Bronze meeting .
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