Women's runner hospitalized after falling unconscious during distance race at European Championships

Dutch women's jock Maureen Koster was knocked unconscious erstwhile she fell down during the women's 3000m astatine the European Indoor Championships successful Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, connected Sunday.

The 32-year-old jock was treated by aesculapian unit and aboriginal transported to a section hospital. 

Koster was successful beforehand of Great Britain's Innes FitzGerald and down Hannah Nuttall erstwhile the autumn occurred. Nuttall was temporarily pushed disconnected the way and FitzGerald had to tally astir Koster. 

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Maureen Koster of Netherlands falls during the women's 3000m last connected time 4 of the European Athletics Indoor Championships 2025 astatine the Omnisport Apeldoorn successful Apeldoorn, Netherlands. (Sam Barnes/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

"I conscionable saw her connected the level successful beforehand of me. I thought I had to get astir her and hopefully not beryllium fazed by that," FitzGerald said aft the race. "I didn’t privation it to impact my contention plan. It was gutting to person her fall, particularly successful beforehand of a location crowd. I anticipation she is okay. Very bittersweet that she fell over."

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Maureen Koster of Netherlands receives aesculapian attraction aft collapsing connected the way during the women's 3000m last connected time 4 of the European Athletics Indoor Championships 2025 astatine the Omnisport Apeldoorn successful Apeldoorn, Netherlands. (Sam Barnes/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

The Netherlands squad aboriginal posted connected X that Koster was conscious and responsive.

Koster's person and chap competitor, Great British runner Melissa Courtney-Bryant, who finished the lawsuit with silver, said the incidental was "carnage." 

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Maureen Koster of Netherlands collapses connected the way during the women's 3000m last connected time 4 of the European Athletics Indoor Championships 2025 astatine the Omnisport Apeldoorn successful Apeldoorn, Netherlands. (Sam Barnes/Sportsfile via Getty Images)

"I heard Maureen scream," Courtney-Bryant said. "I cognize her truly good due to the fact that we utilized to bid unneurotic and country connected the Diamond League. Then I saw a limb arsenic I was moving around, and I knew it was her shoe. It enactment everyone connected edge, and everyone was pushing more. I was conscionable trying to support up, due to the fact that you don’t privation to extremity up down arsenic well. It was carnage."

Ireland's Sarah Healy won golden aft Koster's fall. 

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