QUOTE OF THE DAY
“I tried high-altitude training to manage this transition from indoors, and everything felt in the right place, so I am glad that everything is going quite well right now. For the rest of the season, my goal is to try to get a medal in relays at the Olympics and maybe an individual one, too. I am totally taped in, so I was not even confident if I started the race because I was full of pain. And finishing the race like this is just amazing,” Alexander Doom.
“We joke with my coach that my grandmother can still throw well and win a medal. Because I am kind of an older competitor, we joke like this, and it is also nice motivation for me to continue. Sometimes, before the attempt, he shouts at me: Come on, granny! And a granny can maybe win an Olympic medal, too. We still have two months to prepare for Paris, and I still have some reserve in my technique,” Anita Wlodarczyk.
RESULTS OF THE DAY
Both 400m champions, Natalia Kaczmarek in 48.98, new NR (Szewinska 49.29 from 1976), and Alexander Doom in 44.15, second best European time ever.
SURPRISE OF THE DAY
Timothé Mumenthaler, 21 years old, defeated all expected favourites in the 200m. His best before 2024 was 20.50. “These are my first European championships, and my first target was to get to the final. Then I was hoping for a medal. But it would be bold to say that I expected a gold medal.”
MEDALS (24 countries)
ITA 8-6-3, FRA 4-2-3, GBR 2-3-4, POL 2-2-2, SUI 2-1-4, IRL 2-1-0, NOR 2-1-0
POINTS (33 countries)
ITA 155, FRA 109, GBR 102.5, ESP 95.5, GER 93, SUI 58, POL 54, NED 53
TITLE DEFENDERS
Yes (8): Schilder, Tentoglou, Thiam, Ingebrigtsen (5000m), Jacobs, Elkasevic, Mahuchikh, Nowicki
No (10): Ntrismpioti (20kmW), Alekna, Skrzyszowska, Martínez, Mihaljevic, Gega, Lückenkemper, Murto, Raitanen, Ghelber
NC (8): Klosterhalfen, Martín, Bekh-Romanchuk, García, Muir, Hudson-Smith, Bol (400m), Hughes
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 (9): 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, 44.15 400m Doom
U20WR (1): 838 long jump Furlani
EL (13): 841 long jump Ehammer, 3:09.92 mixed 4x400m Ireland, 6848 heptathlon Thiam, 12.43+12.31 100m hurdles Samba-Mayela, 865 long jump…
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