Dear fans of athletics!
Today we present you the best relays of the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow. In the 4x400m the fastest women team was Poland and among men won Belgium. Come on and read the article if you want to know the best line-ups!
Poland women's 4x400m relay team (Anna Kiełbasińska, Iga Baumgart-Witan, Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik oraz Justyna Święty-Ersetic) won at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow. Their time of 3:28.77 set a new World Leading result. It's worth to mention that Poland defended the title from two years ago, when they have got the gold medals in the Kombank Arena in Belgrade. In Glasgow the second place was taken by Great Britain and third was Italy. The 2018 was a good year for Poland's team, because they was second at the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham and first at the European Championships in Berlin. Last year Poland took silver medals at the World Championships in Doha, Qatar. Medals for Poland were won by Justyna Święty-Ersetic (EIC, WIC, EC and WC), Patrycja Wyciszkiewicz-Zawadzka (EIC, WIC, EC and WC), Iga Baumgart-Witan (EIC, EC and WC), Małgorzata Hołub-Kowalik (EIC, WIC, EC and WC), Anna Kiełbasińska (EIC and WC), Aleksandra Gaworska (WIC), Martyna Dąbrowska (EC) oraz Natalia Kaczmarek (EC).The best men team was Belgium (Julien Watrin, Dylan Borlée, Jonathan Borlée oraz Kévin Borlée),
with the time of 3:06.27. Compared to the European Indoor Championships Belgrade 2017 where they took second place, the Belgians improved theirselves. In the Emirates Arena second place was taken by Spain and third by France. In 2018 Belgium was third at the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham and first at European Championships in Berlin. Last year Belgians took the bronze medals at the World Championships in Doha, Qatar. The Borléebrothers represent the strength of team and they are supported by Jonathan Sacoor (WIC, EC and WC), Julien Watrin (EIC, EC and WC) and Robin Vanderbemden (EIC, EC and WC).| European indoor records | ||
| 3:23.37 | Russia (Y. Gushchina, O. Kotlyarova, O. Zaytseva, O. Krasnomovets) | 28.01.2006 Glasgow |
| 3:01.77 | Poland (K. Zalewski, R. Omelko, Ł. Krawczuk, J. Krzewina) | 4.03.2018 Birmingham |
| Indoor championships records | ||
| 3:27.56 | Great Britain (E. Child, S. Cox, C. Ohuruogu, P. Shakes-Drayton) | 3.03.2013 Göteborg |
| 3:02.87 | Belgium (J. Watrin, D. Borlée, J. Borlée, K. Borlée) | 8.03.2015 Prague |
