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Hosting the
European Indoor Athletic Championships
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lasgow has already proven it is a city that loves athletics. The second major European event to be held in the city within 12 months, after the successful European Championships last year,
is imminent. Some of the world’s leading athletes will descend on the Emirates Arena on 1–3 March as the European Indoor Athletic Championships return to the city for the first time since 1990, when the event was held at Kelvin Hall. There will be 650 athletes from more than 45 nations setting their sights on winning medals, and an anticipated 18,000 spectators over the three-day event. Scotland’s own superstars Eilidh Doyle and Eilish McColgan will be hoping to compete, as well as two-time European indoor champion Laura Muir. Eilidh, from Perth, is Scotland’s most decorated track and field athlete of all time with 15 major championship medals to her name, including an Olympic Games medal, three Commonwealth Games silver medals and a podium finish at last year’s World Indoor Championships. One of her greatest achievements came at last year’s Commonwealth Games, where she became Scotland’s first female flag bearer. “I remain hungrier than ever to add to my achievements
and I cannot wait to be back on home soil and competing at another major event in Glasgow,” Eilidh said. “The city has shown time and again that it is one of the best globally when it comes to hosting major sporting events and I’ve no doubt that the European Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 2019 will be hugely successful.”
Double Olympian and European silver medallist Eilish, has been “working harder than ever” during the off-season training to make 2019 a year to remember. She will be looking to build on what was a successful experience at the 2017 European Indoor Championships in Belgrade, where she picked up a bronze medal in the 3,000m event. Jake Wightman, the Scottish middle-distance runner, speaking at the partnership launch between Glasgow 2019 and Glasgow Airport, said: “With the Worlds being late in the year, the European Indoors is going to be a really big focus for all European athletes and Scots in particular. “It’s exciting to be able to come back and race a home championship. It’ll come around quickly and this is only my second indoor season, so it’s all very exciting. To have the World Indoors in Birmingham last year and then Glasgow [the following year] is so great. Having the home atmosphere before was excellent but being in Scotland only adds to that. It’s not a bad couple of years. “Every British athlete will get that big support and that’s been shown in every home Championships we’ve had. Indoors gives you more of an intense atmosphere as well. It’s a lot more intimate and hopefully, that will reflect in our performances.” There will be six sessions, morning and afternoon, on
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, at the Emirates Arena, at 1000 London Road. Tickets range from £5 to £40 depending on the seat and the day. Sunday tickets are virtually sold out. The full athletics event will be televised live.
The European Indoor Athletics Championships come to Glasgow in March
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