Roma 2024, Best Quote, Best Result, Biggest Surprice from the European Champs, Day 3!

QUOTE OF THE DAY
 “I am just so happy I made it. I did not care about the time. Today was not my goal. I was not at the 200 percent – I was only at 100 percent. But as athletes, we have to be at 200… Then, the 200 will come at the Olympics,” Alice Finot.

“And it is 201 again—it is a good result, and it shows that I can jump higher and higher. But for tonight, my goal is fulfilled, and thanks to God, I did not feel the pain in my hamstring. Now, I have time to recover even more and prepare for the year’s main competition,” Yaroslava Mahuchikh.

RESULTS OF THE DAY
Wojciech Nowicki won his third consecutive European title in the hammer throw, surpassing his rivals with 80.95 in the last series and moving from third to victory.

SURPRISE OF THE DAY
It was a French day, Alice Finot won her first ever global steeplechase medal (and after a discussion about dq due to running out of lane), and it was gold; Gabriel Tual won the 800 m, and Ilionis Guillaume and Agathe Guillemot won their first individual senior medals.

MEDALS (24 countries)
ITA 7-5-3, FRA 3-1-2, GBR 2-2-3, NOR 2-1-0, IRL 2-0-0, ESP 1-3-2, NED 1-2-1, POL 1-1-2, CRO 1-1-0, UKR 1-0-3

POINTS (31 countries)
ITA 126, ESP 92.5, GBR 86.5, GER 82, FRA 77, NED 41, POL 38, SUI 35, NOR 30, ROU 27, UKR, BEL, SWE 26

TITLE DEFENDERS

Yes (8): Schilder, Tentoglou, Thiam, Ingebrigtsen (5000m), Jacobs, Elkasevic, Mahuchikh, Nowicki

No (7): Ntrismpioti (20kmW), Alekna, Skrzyszowska, Martínez, Mihaljevic, Gega, Lückenkemper

NC (5): Klosterhalfen, Martín, Bekh-Romanchuk, García, Muir

TOP MARKS

WL (5): 841 long jump Ehammer, 3:09.92 mixed 4x400m Ireland, 6848 heptathlon Thiam, 12.31 100m hurdles Samba-Mayela, 865 long jump Tentoglou, WL outdoor Peleteiro 14.85

CR (8): 3:09.92 mixed 4x400m Ireland, 14:35.29 5000m Battocletti, 6848 heptathlon Thiam, 12.31 100m hurdles Samba-Mayela, 865 long jump Tentoglou, 22.45 shot put Fabbri, 1:01:03 half marathon Crippa, 1:08:09 half marathon Grovdal

U20WR (1): 838 long jump Furlani

EL (11): 841 long jump Ehammer, 3:09.92 mixed 4x400m Ireland, 6848 heptathlon Thiam, 12.43+12.31 100m hurdles Samba-Mayela, 865 long jump Tentoglou, 13.20+13.05 110m hurdles Simonelli, 14.85 triple jump Peleteiro-Compaoré, 10.96 100m Asher-Smith, 9:16.22 Finot steeple, 201 Mahuchikh outdoor EL

U23ER (1): 12.40 100H Kambundji
U20ER (1): 838 long jump Furlani