Results via European Athletics website
Andy Butchart took on Europe’s best once again in the Men’s 5000m final in Munich – and came home in seventh place.
Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen justified his pre-race status as favourite to take the gold.
Butchart was close to the front until the last two laps or so and then had to fight for every place as he finished in 13:31.47 as the best of the three GB and N representatives.
It was similar to his Commonwealth Games performance when he finished seventh in the Men’s 10,000m final in Birmingham.
‘It was hard, which I expected,’ said Andy.
‘I’m disappointed not to medal but that’s the way it is. I felt comfortable but I just didn’t have the legs to go with the move.
‘It’s annoying, seventh place again is beginning to feel like my unlucky number. Today it wasn’t quite there for me.’
Earlier, David Smith cleared 2.17,m as his best height in high jump qualifying but did not progress to the final.
It was a similar story to the Commonwealths and David expressed his disappointment.
‘I had a really good start to the season, and instead of going up, I had a few injuries at the wrong time and Covid, which interrupted my championship preparation.
‘I feel a bit unlucky, if you’d said at the start of the season that it would take 2.21 to make a final I would’ve been quite confident i could’ve done that. Disappointed and time to reflect.’
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On Tuesday morning, Laura Muir comfortably made it through to the Women’s 1500m final – the 20th major final of her career (taking in Olympic, Worlds, European, Commonwealths and both indoors and outdoors).
Laura took the win in 4:06.40 and will be joined by fellow Brits Ellie Baker and Katie Snowdon.
‘I managed to end up at the front which I don’t normally do but I was getting clipped a bit, so I just wanted to stay out of trouble really and qualify safely,’ said Laura.
‘It has been a busy summer but in a way that’s a good thing because it has been a distraction, so I haven’t had much time to think about coming to another championships.
‘It’s really exciting to have another championship, so I hope it goes as well as the other two. I come into these championships as the reigning champion with the orange bib so I’d like to keep it that way. I’d very much love to do that but it is a very tough…
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