Dutch female athlete Maureen Coster was unconsciously knocked when she collapsed in the women's 3,000m at the European indoor championships held in Apeldorn, Netherlands on Sunday.
The 32-year-old athlete was treated by medical staff and was later taken to a local hospital.
Coster was in front of Innes Fitzgerald in England and behind Hannah Nuttal when the fall happened. Nuttall was temporarily pushed out of the track, and Fitzgerald had to run around Coster.
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Maureen Coster of the Netherlands will fall in the women's 3000m final on the fourth day of the European Athletics Indoor Championship 2025 at Omniport Apeldoorn, Apeldoorn, Netherlands. (Samburns/Sports File via Getty Images)
“I just saw her on the floor in front of me. I thought I had to walk around her. “I didn't want to affect my race plan. I didn't have the courage to make her fall, especially in front of the crowds at home. I think she's fine.
The Virginia High School track star slammed his head on by his opponent with the baton: “I just couldn't believe it.”
Maureen Coster of the Netherlands is being seen by a doctor after collapsed on the track at the 2025 Women's 3000m final at the European Athletics Indoor Championships at Omnisport Apeldorn in Apeldorn, Netherlands. (Samburns/Sports File via Getty Images)
The Dutch team later posted to X that Coster was conscious and responsive.
Coster's friend and fellow competitor, British runner Melissa Courtney Bryant, said the event was finished in Silver, calling the incident a “massacre.”
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Maureen Coster of the Netherlands will collapse on the track in the women's 3000m final on the fourth day of the 2025 European Athletics Indoor Championship at Omniport Apeldoorn in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. (Samburns/Sports File via Getty Images)
“I heard Maureen scream,” Courtney Bryant said. “We were training together and training the room in the Diamond League so we knew her really well. Then I looked at my feet while I was running around, and I knew that was her shoes. It was everyone's edges.
Ireland's Sarah Healy won the money after Coster's fall.
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