Dutch women athlete Maureen Koster was imposed unconscious when she fell during the 3000m female at the European indoor championships in Apeldoorn, in the Netherlands on Sunday.
The 32 -year -old athlete was treated by medical staff and later transported to a local hospital.
Koster was in front of Innes Fitzgerald from Great Britain and behind Hannah Nuttall when the fall occurred. Nuttall was temporarily pushed back from the track and Fitzgerald had to run around Koster.
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Maureen Koster of the Netherlands Falls in the 3000m women’s final on the fourth day of European athletic room championships in 2025 at the Omnisport Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn, in the Netherlands. (Sam Barnes / Sportsfile via Getty Images)
“I just saw her on the ground in front of me. I thought I had to get around her and I hope not to be confused by that,” said Fitzgerald after the race. “I didn’t want it to affect my racing plan. It was the evisceration of falling it, especially in front of a crowd. I hope it is fine. Very sad that it fell.”
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Maureen Koster from the Netherlands receives medical care after collapsing on the track during the 3000m women’s final on the fourth day of the European athletic championships in 2025 at Omnisport Apedoorn in Apeldoorn, in the Netherlands. (Sam Barnes / Sportsfile via Getty Images)
The Netherlands team later posted on X that Koster was aware and responsive.
The friend of Koster and a competitor colleague, the great British runner Melissa Courtney-Buryant, who finished the event with Silver, said that the incident was “carnage”.
Maureen Koster of the Netherlands collapses on the track in the 3000m women’s final on the fourth day of the European athletics in the 2025 indoor athnisport in Apedoorn, in the Netherlands. (Sam Barnes / Sportsfile via Getty Images)
“I heard Maureen Scream,” said Courtney-Bryant. “I know her very well because we trained together and we trained together on the Diamond League. Then I saw one leg when I was running, and I knew it was her shoe. It was putting everyone on the edge, and everyone was growing more. I was just trying to follow, because you didn’t want to end up too.”
Sarah Healy of Ireland won gold after the fall of Koster.
