Two Final Spots and a Withdrawal: Day One Wrap-Up at the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships

How the Ukrainians performed on day one of the championships.

The European Athletics Indoor Championships have kicked off in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, and will run from 6 to 9 March. In total, 18 Ukrainian athletes are taking part — Ukraine received its largest quota in the high jump: the national team will be represented by three men and three women.

On day one of the championships, the Ukrainians competed in four disciplines: the high jump, the triple jump, the long jump and the 60-metre hurdles. Yana Hladiichuk was also set to represent Ukraine in the pole vault, but withdrew from the competition on health grounds on the opening day.

How the Ukrainians performed on the first competition day of the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships

• The first event for the "yellow-and-blues" was the men's high jump qualification. Ukraine was represented in this discipline by three athletes: Dmytro Nikitin, Oleh Doroshchuk and Vadym Kravchuk. To qualify for the final, the athletes had to clear a height of 2.26 metres or make it into the top eight.

• Two Ukrainians made it through the qualification round: Oleh Doroshchuk and Dmytro Nikitin jumped 2.23 metres and found themselves among the eight finalists. Vadym Kravchuk, however, failed to clear a height of 2.18 metres.

• In the women's triple jump qualification, Ukraine was represented by Mariia Sinei, Olha Korsun and Anna Krasutska. None of the Ukrainian women made it to the final — the best result for the team was 13th place for 27-year-old Mariia Sinei.

• Continental championship debutant Danylo Dubyna represented Ukraine in the long jump. To advance to the final, the athlete had to jump the eight-metre standard or make it into the top eight. Dubyna's best jump was 7.67 metres. As a result, the Ukrainian finished 12th and did not qualify for the final.

• 38-year-old athlete Hanna Plotitsyna, who took part in the 60-metre hurdles heat, also failed to advance to the next round. The Ukrainian clocked a time of 8.24 seconds.

On the second competition day, 7 March, Ukraine will be represented by six athletes in four events: the women's high jump, the 400 metres for women and men, and the men's triple jump.

Schedule for the Ukrainians on day two of the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championships

• 12:00 — Long jump, women (Yaroslava Mahuchikh, Yuliia Chumachenko, Kateryna Tabashnyk)
• 13:11 — 400 metres, women (Tetyana Melnyk)
• 14:17 — 400 metres, men (Oleksandr Pohorilko)
• 14:40 — Triple jump, men (Vladyslav Shepelev)