The 2022 U-18 1500m European champion will contest the senior 10km in Tilburg next December,
Dutchman Niels Laros has set an ambitious target of clinching gold at the U20 European Cross Country Championships in Turkey on December 8.
As part of his preparations for the annual showpiece, Laros, who was crowned 2024 men’s Rising Star by European Athletics at the Golden Tracks in Skopje last month, will continue his cross country season with an appearance on home soil at the Warandeloop Cross Country meeting November 24.
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The 2022 U18 1500m European champion will contest the senior 10km in Tilburg but his foremost goal for the winter season is to capture the U20 title.
"I'm determined to turn second into first,” Laros told European Athletics. The 2023 European U20 championships 5000m champion narrowly missed out on the U20 title in a sprint finish against Denmark’s Axel Vang Christensen last year in Brussels.
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Niels Laros happy to be back in the mud as he finetunes preparations for the new season
The Dutch is targeting gold in the European championships in December
Laros faces a field which features the top four finishers from last year’s race in Tilburg, including Norway’s surprise winner Senay Fissehatsion who claimed the title twelve months ago ahead of Spain’s 2016 European 5000m champion Ilias Fifa.
European U23 1500m champion Stefan Nillessen, who lined up alongside Laros in the memorable and dramatic Olympic 1500m final in Paris 2024, will be part of the Dutch challenge.
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