Can we win three golds in 90 minutes?

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The first decisions will be made on Friday at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul. Blick clarifies the most important questions for the first highlight of the season.

The starting position for an EM was probably never as good as it is now. With Mujinga Kambundji (60 m), Simon Ehammer (heptathlon) and hurdles sprinter Jason Joseph, three Swiss stars enter the race as No. 1 on the European best-of-the-year list.

On Sunday, there would be three gold medals to be won within 90 minutes: At 5:40 p.m. Ehammer will start the last discipline of the heptathlon, followed by Ditaji Kambundji (6:55 p.m.) and Joseph (7:05 p.m.) over 60 m hurdles in very short time. That would be historic: Switzerland has never had three gold medals at an indoor European Championship. World indoor champion Mujinga Kambundji could provide the first gold medal over 60 m (final at 7.45 p.m.) on Friday evening.

The simple answer is: Home is the best. After two difficult years with training stays with the American star coach Rana Reider, the bidder from Basel is training again with his old trainer Claudine Müller. In recent weeks he broke his own record over 60 m hurdles five times and is currently the fastest man in Europe. “I was surprised that I am so consistently fast,” he says. “Now I’m the favorite, I want to confirm this role.” The goal is: gold. Or? “Actually yes. If the others don’t suddenly start walking on a different level, that must be my goal.”

With Ditaji Kambundji (60 m hurdles) and Annik Kälin (tall), there are two other medal candidates. It will be exciting what top talent Audrey Werro (800 m) will show and whether high jumper Loïc Gasch can shine. There is a question mark about pole vaulter Angelica Moser, who was injured in the preparation.

Sarah Atcho writes a little athletics fairy tale as she qualifies for the European Championships at the Swiss Championships. “I will enjoy every second in Istanbul,” she says. «2019 at the World Cup in Doha was my last individual start. I didn’t take anything with me then, even though it could have been my last big event.” After a heavy history of injuries with two knee operations and heart problems, it’s a small miracle that the woman from Lausanne is still here. “I never thought that I could be that fast again”, she wonders to herself. The third Swiss sprinter is Melissa Gutschmidt, who was preferred to Géraldine Frey – a decision that caused surprise in the scene and in some places also a lot of dismay.

Source : Blick