One day to go! Karsten Warholm weighs in to advise Norwegian hope
16th July 2025Inspired by the deeds of 400m hurdles world record holder Karsten Warholm, Henriette Jaeger will be attempting a medal assault on multiple fronts on home soil at the European Athletics U23 Championships in Bergen from 17-20 July
Over the course of the next four days, Jaeger is planning to contest the 200m and 400m individually as well as the 4x400m relay at Bergen 2025, she revealed at the pre-event press conference on Wednesday (16).
“I remember that Karsten did the 400m and 400m hurdles back in 2017 so I called him on FaceTime and he gave me some advice. He said: 'you just need to believe in yourself, have fun, conserve your energy and do your best,” said Jaeger.
Meanwhile, European Athletics President Dobromir Karamarinov stressed the importance of the U23 age group for developing world class athletes.
Bergen 2025 set to open with a bang
Ten medallists from the Apeldoorn 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships, nine defending champions from Espoo 2023 and 24 reigning European Athletics U20 champions are raring to go for the Bergen 2025 European Athletics U23 Championships.
There is action galore on Day 1 as Bergen 2025 busts into life, including:
- Henriette Jaeger and Britain's defending champion Yemi Mary John star in the women's 400m heats
- Men's 10,000m final featuring European U20 record holder Abdullahi Dahir Rabi of Norway
- Women's shot put final including European U20 champion Nina Chioma Ndubuisi of Germany
- Switzerland's world no3 Audrey Werro takes part in the women's 800m heats
- Men's and women's 100m semi finals
- Olympic finalist and defending champion Stefan Nillessen of the Netherlands starts his campaign in the men's 1500m
- Day 1 of the men's decathlon
Read the event previews for women’s track, men’s track, women’s field and men’s field or even the beginner's guide to get up to speed on a brilliant week ahead.