Nigerian Women’s 60m sprinter, Tobi Amusan, is set to participate in the IAAF World Indoor Tour, ORLEN Copernicus Cup holding at Arena Torun in Poland tomorrow (Saturday).
Amusan would be competing with some of the top athletics stars in the world, including Megan Tapper, Elvira Herman and Pamela Dutkiewicz etc.
In the men’s 800m, all eyes will be on locals Marcin Lewandowski and Adam Kszczot, as they look to give the Polish crowd a rousing finish in what will be the closing event of the Copernicus Cup.
Other top athletes to watch out for include long jumper Ivana Spanovic, and pole vaulter Armand Duplantis, who will battle against a top field featuring the likes of Piotr Lisek, Paweł Wojciechowski and Konstantinos Filippidis. The event is expected to be aired live on SuperSport via DSTV.
“We’re hosting this meeting for the sixth time. It’s something that we should be proud of. [The] ORLEN Copernicus Cup is one of the best indoor meetings in the whole of Europe,” said Michał Zaleski, the president of the city of Torun.
The athletes will compete in 11 events – eight on track and three in the field. The Copernicus Cup will be the fourth stop in the World Athletics Indoor Tour 2020. The series of seven meetings started on January 25 in Boston and will end on February 21 in Madrid.
Also commenting, Andrzej Pietrowski, vice president of Arena Torun, said: “We’re proud that the Copernicus Cup was born in our hall and for now is one of the best meetings in Europe. It means that we have to focus on preparing Arena Toruń on the highest level. It’s a big responsibility. I assure that we’ll do everything to make every athlete have good memories from Toruń and want to come back in 2021.”
“I love to compete in Torun and not only because I won here two times. Every year, the line-up is stronger; so it’s more difficult to win. The crowd on the stands is so great, they make the astonishing atmosphere and give more power to the athletes,” said Iga Baumgart-Witan, the vice-champion of the world in the 4x400m relay.
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