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Of course, Dafne Schippers is the defenseman of the 100-meter title and world champion in the 200-meter eye-catcher. In addition, she defends the European title with the Netherlands in the relay 4×100 meters
Schippers, Jamile Samuel and Churandy Martina – who, like Schippers, are the defending champions of the 100 meters – are the only athletes to reach three different parts in Berlin. They all participate in 100, 200 and 4×100 meters.
With Anouk Vetter, the Netherlands have another reigning European champion in the selection. Amsterdam, 25, surprised at the tournament in her hometown two years ago with gold on the open competition.
Sifan Hassan is only 5,000 meters away in Germany and has improved the European record ten years earlier this month. The Ethiopian born finished second on the 1500 meters of the EC two years ago, but this distance is being pulled
4×400 meters
The Netherlands do not participate remarkably at the 4×400 meter relay for women in Berlin. "Due to a remarkable organizational choice, this relay race is very unfavorable to the program compared to the individual 400 meters," says Ad Roskam, technical director of the Dutch Athletics Federation.
Roskam is also pleased with the composition of the Dutch team. "It's a broad team with a great team on almost every race number and a lot of the technical parts."
Nicky van Leuveren, who was placed for the 400 meters and would also be an important asset on the 4×400 meters, reported Tuesday with an injury. Monday was the same for the marathon runner Michel Butter.
The European Championship takes place from 6 to 12 August in Berlin. The previous European Championship, which was held in Amsterdam two years ago, reported a total of four gold, one silver and two bronze medals in the Netherlands. .
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