The 22nd edition of the Meeting International d’Athlétisme de la Province de Liège takes place on Wednesday 19 June. Cynthia Bolingo will make an attack on the Belgian record in the 300 metres at the Province Naimette Arena, while Eliott Crestan will try to sharpen the BR in the 600 metres. Spectators in Liège can also look forward to the arrival of Liège resident and three-time world para-athletics champion Maxime Carabin.
The Meeting International d’Athlétisme de la Province de Liège will once again welcome the cream of Belgian athletics and top international athletes. A few weeks before the Paris Olympics, the Olympic atmosphere will also be felt in Liège. Those not yet qualified for Paris can grab one of the last chances to win an Olympic ticket in the cosy Province Naimette Arena. For those who are already sure of Paris, Liege is the ideal meeting to hone their Olympic form.
That second category of athletes includes Cynthia Bolingo. The number 5 in the 400 metres at the 2023 World Athletics Championships will run the 300 metres at the Meeting International d’Athlétisme de la Province de Liège. At this rather unusual distance, she will attack her own Belgian record, which has stood at 36.47 since August 2022. Helena Ponette, Bolingo’s colleague at the Belgian Cheetahs, is also at the start of the 300 metres in Liège.
Eliott Crestan, good for bronze in the 800 metres at the World Indoor Championships this spring, is venturing into the 600 metres at the Meeting International d’Athlétisme de la Province de Liège. He too will make an attack on the Belgian record: Joeri Jansen’s 1:15.35 dates back to 2002! Crestan will compete in Liège against, among others, Kenyan Ferguson Rotich, the vice-Olympic champion in the 800 metres at Tokyo.
Who only recently ran a Belgian record is hurdler Michael Obasuyi. He too will be in Liège on 19 June. Can he top his top time of 13.20 in the 110-metre hurdles? In the same race, it will also be a happy reunion with Julien Watrin.
Other Belgians to look out for will certainly include high jumper Thomas Carmoy (who will compete against former world champion Bohdan Bondarenko and ex-European champion Mateusz Przybylko, among others), pole vaulter Ben Broeders, sprint star Rani Rosius (in the 100 metres) and two-time world pentathlete Noor Vidts (who will run the 100-metre hurdles).
Three-time reigning world para-athletics champion Maxime Carabin will also be on display at the Meeting International d’Athlétisme de la Province de Liège. At the World Championships in Kobe, Japan, this month, the Liège wheeler took gold in the 100m, 400m and 1500m in the T52 class. At the Province Naimette Arena, Carabin will make his appearance in front of his own crowd in the 100 metres.
Tickets are available for free download here until Tuesday 18 June or will be on sale on Wednesday 19 June from 5pm at 10 euros each at the main entrance of the Province Naimette Arena.
