The 2023 European Athletics U23 Championships will kick off at the Leppävaaran Stadion, in Espoo, Finland, on 12 July with the women’s and men’s 20km Race Walk competitions, and below you will find the start lists for both events. Live streaming coverage of the championships will be on All Athletics, along with several other platforms, which can be found here.
Live results of the five-day championships will be available on the European Athletics website, with the action starting at 11:00 a.m. ET with the women’s race, followed by the men’s approximately 30 minutes later.
Watch live streaming coverage on the following streaming platforms from the selected countries below:
- Bosnia and Herzegovina: Sportklub
- Croatia: Sportklub
- Finland: YLE
- Hungary: M4 Sport
- Israel: The Sport Channel
- Montenegro: Sportklub
- North Macedonia: Sportklub
- Poland: TVP
- Serbia: Sportklub
- Slovenia: Sportklub
- Spain: RTVE
- Sweden: SVT
The men’s 20km Race Walk will feature the likes of Spain’s Paul McGrath, who is ranked in the European top 10. The event will also see Andrea Cosi of Italy competing for a podium place, and even the gold medal.
The top women starters are Eliška Martínková from the Czech Republic, Pauline Stey of France, as well as Alexandrina Mihai of Italy, and Turkey’s Evin Demir.
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Start List – 20km Race Walk Women Final
| Name | Personal Best | Season Best | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiaska, Olga | 1:36:51 | 1:38:14 | GRE |
| Martínková, Eliška | 1:30:53 | 1:33:02 | CZE |
| Pulgarin Cardeno, Ana | 1:36:50 | 1:36:50 | ESP |
| Spiller, Tiziana | 1:39:28 | 1:39:28 | HUN |
| Di Dato, Vittoria | 1:37:35 | 1:37:35 | ITA |
| Demir, Evin | 1:32:14 | 1:45:56 | TUR |
| Nirkkonen, Venla-Nora | 1:47:07 | 1:47:07 | FIN |
| Tutu, Sorana | 1:43:53 | 1:43:53 | ROU |
| Mihai, Alexandrina | 1:32:55 | 1:32:55 | ITA |
| Mendes, Inês | 1:35:44 | 1:35:44 | POR |
| Ragasová, Alžbeta | 1:39:21 | 1:39:21 | SVK |
| Marques, Bruna | 1:39:48 | 1:39:48 | POR |
| Carré, Elvina | 1:37:26 | 1:37:26 | FRA |
| Redondo, Lucia | 1:34:18 | 1:34:18 | ESP |
| Rico, Eva | 1:40:44 | 1:40:44 | ESP |
| Moutard, Camille | 1:31:29 | 1:31:40 | FRA |
| Antola, Maria | 1:46:52 | 1:46:52 | FIN |
| Viveiros, Adriana | 1:39:54 | 1:44:00 | POR |
| Stey, Pauline | 1:32:21 | 1:32:21 | FRA |
| Lataretu, Maria Diana | 1:41:29 | 1:41:29 | ROU |
| Veikkola, Heta | 1:38:37 | 1:38:37 | FIN |
| Zahorán, Petra | 1:42:40 | 1:51:45 | HUN |
| Devaldová, Karin | 1:47:20 | 1:47:20 | SVK |
Start List – 20km Race Walk Men Final
| Name | Personal Best | Season Best | European Ranking | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rushchak, Mukola | 1:26:07 | 1:26:07 | UKR | |
| Cosi, Andrea | 1:21:39 | 1:21:39 | 21 | ITA |
| Afonso Gonzalez, Aythamy | 1:26:27 | 1:26:27 | 65 | ESP |
| Koretskyy, Taras | 1:28:27 | 1:28:27 | UKR | |
| Dias, Pedro | 1:31:32 | 1:31:32 | POR | |
| Morávek, Jaromír | 1:27:33 | 1:27:33 | 64 | CZE |
| Frenzl, Johannes | 1:24:20 | 1:24:20 | 61 | GER |
| Madeline-Degy, Martin | 1:25:13 | 1:25:13 | 44 | FRA |
| Tóth, Norbert | 1:26:57 | 1:26:57 | 54 | HUN |
| Joukas, Lauri | 1:30:06 | 1:39:29 | FIN | |
| Martinez, Oscar | 1:26:06 | 1:26:06 | 58 | ESP |
| Lane, Oisin | 1:26:00 | 1:26:26 | 46 | IRL |
| Ekberg, Jonathan | 1:34:23 | 1:34:23 | FIN | |
| Kelepouris, Anthimos | 1:34:33 | 1:34:33 | GRE | |
| Papastergiou, Andreas | 1:31:03 | 1:31:03 | GRE | |
| Ramos, Tiago | 1:34:07 | 1:34:07 | POR | |
| Demir, Mazlum | 1:24:46 | 1:24:46 | 31 | TUR |
| Duc, Mattéo | 1:26:45 | 1:26:45 | 49 | FRA |
| Shelest, Yehor | 1:26:16 | 1:26:16 | UKR | |
| Zajíček, Adam | 1:26:37 | 1:26:37 | 59 | CZE |
| Finocchietti, Davide | 1:24:55 | 1:27:11 | ITA | |
| McGrath, Paul | 1:21:15 | 1:21:15 | 9 | ESP |
| Jokinen, Jerry | 1:26:11 | 1:27:35 | 39 | FIN |
| Brigante, Emiliano | 1:26:12 | 1:26:12 | 60 | ITA |
