2025-03 EC Apeldoorn - Women's Pentathlon

The competition

Saga Vanninen (FIN) won the women's pentathlon at the European Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn in March with 4922 points, 79 above her own PB series. The four athletes ahead of the rest all beat their series and all four set personal bests.

Beatričė Juškevičiūtė (LTU) led after the hurdles by two points and Jade O'Dowda (GBR) after the high jump. Vanninen took the lead in the shot and held it through the long jump and the 800m.

Vanninen was above her series in the first four events and gave seven points back in the last: 29 up after 8.19 in the hurdles, 25 more at 1.81 in the high jump, 19 in the shot at 15.56 and 13 in the long jump at 6.52, for 4922 and 79 above her series. It beats the 4843 she scored at Tallinn in February.

Sofie Dokter (NED) produced the second largest gain of the competition out of one jump. She was 64 points above her series after the shot and 205 above it after the long jump, where 6.61 was worth 1043 points and 141 more than her own series mark holds. A 2:14.53 over 800m added 18, and the 4826 is a personal best by a distance over the 4603 she scored on the same ground in February 2023.

Kate O'Connor (IRL) was eighth after the hurdles and third from the high jump onward. Her competition gained a little in four events and a lot in none, and the 800m closed it: 2:11.42 for 944 points and 31 above her series, finishing 98 up on it with 4781, a personal best over the 4683 she scored at Tallinn in February.

The largest gain of the competition belongs to Jade O'Dowda, fourth on 4751 and 489 points above her series, a personal best over a 4262 that had stood since February 2021. Sandrina Sprengel (GER) was seventh on 4455, level with her series and with the personal best she had set at Frankfurt a month earlier.

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