Athletics. Final touches for the European Championships:. Dosso races in Stockholm today

Now in view of the European championships which start on Friday in Rome, finishing touches for Zaynab Dosso who is busy in Stockholm in the Bauhaus-Galan, an important Diamond League meeting, in the late afternoon today. Live broadcast on Raisport with the Italian on the track scheduled for 18,15pm. The opponents are complicated, but these are world-class meetings and there are no easy races. Dosso, seasonal and Italian record of 11.02, will have to deal with the Gambian Gina Bass (10.93) and with her compatriot by birth, the Ivorian Marie-Joseée Ta Laou-Smith (10.91). But the others at the start are also great athletes, such as Brittany Brown (USA, 11.21, but 10.90 in her career), the Swede Julia Henriksson (11.19), the Jamaican Natasha Morrison (11.32 this year, but personal best of 10.85) and the Bulgarian Boglárka Takács (11.11) who also aims high at the Europeans. Zaynab, between the Ostrava meeting and this one in Stockholm, also trained in Rome for a couple of days in the relay.

Meanwhile, the lists of entries for the Europeans have been released: Dosso has the third qualifying time in the 100 (the first is 4/100), Bouih is 9th in the 3000 steeplechase and Nestola is 27th in the half marathon.