July 4th
2023
on
10:33

Norway to EC U23 with several gold candidates

The Norwegian Athletics Association has made a strong selection for next week’s U23 EC in Espoo, Finland. Pål Haugen Lillefosse and Sander Skotheim take part in the championships, as does recent Norwegian record holder Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen (400 metres), while Henriette Jæger will chase the precious metal in the 200 and 400 metres.

The squad was ready a few days after Lillefosse took the final podium of the pole vault competition at the Diamond League meeting in Stockholm. The Bergen native shares the Norwegian outdoor record of 5.86 meters with Sondre Guttormsen.

The championship runs from July 13 to 16.

Here’s the Norway squad:

Man:
100 m: Jacob Vaula (Gular)
200 m: Kenny Emi Tijani-Ajayi (Tjalve)
400 m: Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen (Moelven), Andreas Grimerud (Moelven), Andreas Ofstad Kulseng (Larvik Turn & IF)
800 m: Tobias Grønstad (Tjalve), Ole Jakob Høsteland Solbu (Ås)
1500 m: Esten Hansen-Møllerud Hauen (Ren-Eng), Moa Abounnachat Bollerød (Sem)
5000 m: Abdullahi Dahir Rabi (Runar), Vebjørn Hovdejord (Snøgg)
10,000 m: Abdullahi Dahir Rabi (Runar), Ibrahim Buras (BUL), Phillip Anders Anthelme Massacand (Gneist)
110 m hurdles: Herman Ellingsen (Gneist)
400 m hurdles: Andreas Haara Bakketun (Gular)
3000 m hurdles: Vebjørn Hovdejord (Snøgg), Jesper Lundin (BUL Tromsø), Didrik Røssum Jensen (Nittedal)
Staff: Pål Haugen Lillefosse (Fana), Simen Guttormsen (Vidar)
Duration: Henrik Flåtnes (Tønsberg)
Triple step: Henrik Flåtnes (Tønsberg)
Discus: Steffen Melheim (Old)
Javelin: Daniel Thrana (Kristiansand)
Decathlon: Sander Skotheim (Tjalve), Markus Rooth (Tjalve)
4 x 100 m relay: Vaula, Tijani-Ajayi, Jonas Berggård Skåden (Sandnes), August Hemstad (Gular)
4 x 400 m relay: Ingvaldsen, Grimerud, Kulseng, Bakketun.

Woman:
100 m: Maren Bakke Amundsen (Moelven)
200 m: Maren Bakke Amundsen (Moelven), Henriette Jæger (Aremark)
400 m: Jæger, Astri Ayo Lakeri Ertzgaard (Tjalve), Sigrid Kongssund Amlie (Moelven)
800 m: Anne Gine Løvnes (Vidar), Pernille Karlsen Antonsen (Vidar), Anniken Årebrot (Orion)
1500 m: Ingeborg Østgård (Tjalve), Selma Løchen Engdahl (Tjalve), Grete Tyldum (Steinkjer)
5000 m: Mari Roligheten Ruud (IL in BUL)
10,000 m: Kristine Meinert Rød (Oppegård), Adele Norheim Henriksen (Gular)
100 m hurdles: Andrea Rooth (Lambertseter), Martine Hjørnevik (Norna-Salhus), Ingrid Pernille Rismark (Vidar)
400 m hurdles: Rooth, Marin Stray Gautadottir (Skjalg), Astri Ayo Lakeri Ertzgaard (Tjalve)
3000 m hurdles: Kristin Svendby Otervik (Lørenskog), Sigrid Alvik (Tyrving), Sara Busic (Skjalg)
Staff: Kitty Augusta Friele Faye (Fana)
Triple step: Rachel Ombeni (Norna-Salhus), Hedda Kronstrand Kvalvåg (Tjalve)
Discus: Lotta Flatum (Brandbu), Elisabeth Thon Rosvold (Tjalve)
4 x 400 m relay: Jæger, Rooth, Ertzgaard, Amlie, Gautadottir.

(NTB)