So far, we've seen a world record, dominant displays, surprise victories and emotional celebrations at the Atakoy Arena. So what magic will the final evening's action at the European Athletics Indoor Championships hold?
Here are five of the most interesting storylines to follow on Sunday evening in Istanbul.
Can Vuleta win a historic fourth long jump title?
Ivana Vuleta is on the cusp of European Athletics Indoor Championships history, as she goes for her fourth title on Sunday evening. She would be only the second ever athlete to achieve the feat.
The Serbian made a flying start in her 2023 bid, soaring to a European lead of 6.98m in qualification - the second-longest jump in the world this year. However, she will face tough competition from Germany’s Olympic and world champion Malaika Mihambo, who jumped 6.87m in the third round.
“In the final, I want to be the best version of myself,” said Vuleta after her single-jump qualification. “I am in the running for my fourth indoor medal which is very special for me. I expect to jump over seven metres and I believe that will be needed for the gold.”
Women’s long jump final – Sunday, 19:50 (17:50 CET)
More success for Ukraine’s high jump heroes?
In the women’s high jump final on Sunday morning, Yaroslava Mahuchikh added European gold to world indoor gold from last year. She won the world title just days after fleeing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, having undertaken a three-day journey by car from Ukraine to Serbia to compete.
Since then, preparation has continued to be anything but straightforward for Ukraine’s athletes, but their high jumpers are doing their country proud in Istanbul.
Kateryna Tabashnyk, who has suffered personal tragedy during the war, took an inspirational bronze behind Mahuchikh and is a training partner of Andrii Protsenko, who leads the men’s high jump field going into Sunday evening’s competition with a season’s best of 2.32m. He has won a number of silver and bronze medals in world and European championships, but this would be his first gold.
The 34-year-old, from the Kherson region, was forced to relocate following the outbreak of the war and, with no training facilities available, had to make his own hurdles out of scrap materials along with weights using an old metal bar and car tyres, as well as doing plyometric exercises, drills and sprints in a local field. He has since been travelling between various training venues.
There could be more emotional scenes on Sunday evening if Protsenko could add yet another high jump medal to Ukraine’s tally, especially after everything the athletes have experienced over the last year.
Men’s high jump final – Sunday, 19:05 (17:05 CET)
Where will the medals go in the heptathlon?
Rounding off the first day, Norway's Sander Skotheim cleared a huge 2.19m in the heptathlon high jump, 21cm higher than the favourite and early leader Kevin Mayer, who managed just 1.98m, making for a close competition in the heptathlon.
However, after a 5.30m pole vault, Kevin Mayer holds a commanding 101-point lead going into the final event. Skotheim is having a great competition and achieved an indoor personal best of 5.00m in the pole vault, but he would need to beat Mayer by 14.2 seconds to win gold on Sunday evening.
In the race for bronze, Germany's Manuel Eitel is just 22 points ahead of Estonia's Risto Lillemets. This means Eitel has a 2.1-second buffer over Lillemets in the 1000m, however the Estonian's best is 10-seconds quicker. If Eitel can produce a PB though, it could be close...
Heptathlon 1000m – Sunday, 19:40 (17:40 CET)
Can anyone stop Jakob in the 3000m?
On Friday evening, Jakob Ingebrigtsen won his tenth European title at the age of just 22. It was a confident performance as he banished his demons from Eugene when Britain’s Jake Wightman beat him to the world 1500m title. In Istanbul though, Ingebrigtsen held off a strong surge from Great Britain’s Neil Gourley on the final lap to win in a championship record of 3:33.95.
He showed no ill effects from the illness that hampered his training earlier this winter, but Sunday’s 3000m final will be Ingebrigtsen’s fourth race in four days. If he’s not at his best, Germany’s Sam Parsons, with a season’s best of 7:39.94, is the fastest in the field this year, while Spain’s Adel Mechaal has the experience and speed to capitalise, having won European 5000m silver in 2016 and European indoor gold and bronze in 2017 and 2022 respectively.
Mechaal is also the third fastest in Europe this year over 1500m, with 3:33.28 behind Ingebrigtsen and Britain’s Neil Gourley – the 1500m gold and silver medallists from Friday.
Men’s 3000m final – Sunday, 20:00 (18:00 CET)
What are Hodgkinson’s limits?
Great Britain’s Keely Hodgkinson, who celebrated her 21st birthday this week, appears to be in a league of her own in the 800m, with a season’s best over three seconds quicker than anyone else in the field.
The time of 1:57.18, set in Birmingham last weekend, was a British record and a world lead by over a second. A month earlier, she sprinted to a 600m world best of 1:23.41 in Manchester.
Her outdoor personal best for 800m stands at 1:55.88 which is just 0.06 seconds off the world record set in Vienna at the 2002 edition of these championships. She couldn’t, could she?
It would be a monumental ask, and retaining her title at the age of 21 in any shape or form would be an incredible achievement. She looks full of running at these championships though, after going out fast and coming home over a second clear of her nearest rival in her semi-final, so it will be interesting to see how fast she can go on Sunday evening.
Women’s 800m final – Sunday, 20:35 (18:35 CET)
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Nick Howard for European Athletics