Pia Skrzyszowska from Poland stormed to the European gold medal in the women’s 100 metres hurdles in 12.53 on the final day of the European Championships in Munich, coming very close to her PB of 12.51 set in the Diamond League meeting in Chorzow. The Polish hurdler set the fastest times at the European Championships since Yordanka Donkova in Stuttgart in 1986.
Luca Kozak from Hungary equaled her national record to 12.69 to win the silver medal. Ditaji Kambundji from Switzerland claimed the bronze medal in 12.74, holding off Nadine Visser by 0.01. The Kambundji sisters won a total of three medals (two for Mujinga and one for Ditaji) at this edition of the European Championships.
Pia Skrzyszowska: “It is amazing. I did what I should have done. I started very fast and kept the rhythm until the end. The job is done. I am so happy with the two medals in the 100m hurdles and in the 4×100 relay in one evening. I had enough energy because after my individual race, I felt lot of emotions. I was taken away to the relay after the finish, so I did not have the time to realize what had just happened. That was crazy.”
Women’s 100 metres hurdles semifinal:
Double European indoor 100m hurdles Nadine Visser won the first semifinal in 12.74 ahead of Ditaji Kambundji (12.78).
Pia Skrzyszowska claimed first place in the second semifinal in 12.66, beating Luca Kozak from Hungary, who improved the national record to 12.69.
British record holder Cindy Sember set the fastest overall time with 12.62 in the third semifinal beating Cyrena Mayela Samba (12.82).
Men’s 4×100 final:
The British men’s 4×100 team formed by Jeremiah Azu, Zharnel Hughes, Jona Efoloko and Nethanel Mitchell Blake won the gold medal in the men’s 4×100 relay in a championship record of 37.67. Hughes won his third medal at these championships after gold in the 200m and silver in the 100m.
Zharnel Hughes: “It hurts a little bit. We wanted to celebrate with the women’s 4×100 team. Sometimes things don’t go the way we had planned, but we are one team, and always look out for each other. We are very happy for our medal, but we are going to be there for the girls”.
Nethaneel Mitchell Blake: “We feel that we all deserve. We knew we had the quartet to do it. The championship record was definitely a bonus, but put a lot of work into this.
Jimmy Vicaut anchored France to a silver medal in 37.94 ahead of Poland, who claimed bronze in a national record of 38.15.
Switzerland finished…
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