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Ivona Dadic missed the planned precious metal at the European Indoor Championships in Torun (Poland). The 27-year-old Austrian finished fourth in the pentathlon like two years ago. There were 57 points left for bronze. Gold in the first major event since the start of the coronavirus pandemic went to favorite and Olympic champion Nafissatou Thiam. The Belgian beat her compatriot Noor Vidts and the Hungarian Xenia Krizsan.
At 4,587 points, Dadic remained below his personal best goal of 4,767. The Austrian athlete of the year 2020 had the opportunity to get her third precious metal in the hall until the final 800m race after silver at the 2018 World Championships in Birmingham and silver at the European Championships in Belgrade 2017. Thiam also triumphed in Serbia, now with 4,904 points. and he celebrated his second European Indoor Championship title quite safely.
Susanne Walli retired over 400m in the lead. As fourth in her series or 27th overall, she clearly missed progress to the semifinals despite her personal best of 53.41 seconds.
