Unearthly performance of the Dutch representative: She won gold at the European Championships in two different disciplines! – Športky.sk

Femke Bolová wins the 400-meter hurdles at the European Championships Source: SITA/AP/Martin Meissner MUNICH – Dutch athlete Femke Bolová became the first woman to win the 400-meter and 400-meter hurdles at one European Championship. After Wednesday’s triumph on the smooth track, she also enjoyed gold in Munich on Friday in a European championship record of 52.67 seconds. Twenty-two-year-old Bolová completed her medal collection in the 400 m hurdles from the most important events in the open air. At the recent World Championships in Eugene, she finished second, from the Olympic Games in Tokyo she has a bronze. In Munich, two more medals were shared by Ukrainian athletes, Viktorija Tkachuková finished second with a performance of 54.30, and Anna Ryzyková was third (54.86 s). History made! Femke Bol 🇳🇱 becomes the first athlete to win a 400m/400m hurdles double at the European Championships! And a championship record of 52.67 as well! #Munich2022 #BackToTheRoofs pic.twitter.com/eVZsckSDag — European Athletics (@EuroAthletics) August 19, 2022 Warholm won supremely in the championship record In the same men’s discipline, the Norwegian Karsten Warholm also triumphed supremely in the European championships record 47.12 s. The reigning world record holder thus returned to the top ranks. The twenty-six-year-old Olympic champion from Tokyo was injured in the current season’s first open-air start at the Diamond League meeting in Rabat, and he got himself together just before the start of the World Championships in Eugene. King Karsten! Yet another major gold medal in #Munich2022 and a championship record of 47.12! #BackToTheRoofs pic.twitter.com/Lq3NJ88aHp — European Athletics (@EuroAthletics) August 19, 2022 There, however, he ran out of steam in the final 100 and did not defend the title, finishing seventh. He already succeeded in Munich and had a lead of 1.44 seconds ahead of the second Frenchman, Wilfried Happio. Bronze was won by Turkish Yasmani Copello (48.78 s). Hughes secures gold with season’s best British sprinter Zharnel Hughes won gold on the 200 m track. In Friday’s final, he triumphed with a time of 20.07 s, which is his season’s best. The success of Great Britain was underlined by the second place of Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake (20.17 s), the Italian Filippo Tortu (20.27 s) won the bronze. For the twenty-seven-year-old Hughes, it was the first precious metal on the 200 m track, he won silver in the 100 m in Munich and won gold in the 100 m and 4×100 m at the European Championships 2018 in Berlin. He has silver (2019) and bronze (2022) in relays from the World Championships. Mitchell-Blake repeated the silver success of four years ago. 22-year-old Charlie Dobson came fourth in the men’s 200m final in Munich, narrowly missing out on a medal Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake and Zharnel Hughes had some touching words of encouragement for their teammate after the race #BBCAthletics #EC2022 #Munich2022 pic. twitter.com/VZXxlebUe5 — BBC Sport (@BBCSport) August 19, 2022 The race was not completed by the Turkish Ramil Gulijev, who was injured after a few meters. Slovak sprinter Ján Volko missed the final by one hundredth of a second. In Thursday’s third semi-final, he took 4th place with a season’s performance of 20.39 s. The Spaniard Pol Retamal, who finished in 6th place on Friday (20.63 s), beat him to the final. Volko took 9th place overall. Mykolas Alekna became the European discus champion. Only a nineteen-year-old Lithuanian won the European championship record 69.78 meters. He claimed his second major success in a few weeks, finishing second at the World Championships in Eugene, beaten only by Kristjan Čeh. Now they switched positions and the Slovenian took the silver with a performance of 68.28 m, the bronze went to the British Lawrence Okoye (67.14 m). Insane! At 19 years 335 days, Mykolas Alekna 🇱🇹 becomes the European discus champion! And he smashes the championship record with 69.78m! #Munich2022 #BackToTheRoofs pic.twitter.com/9VanVpfqq1 — European Athletics (@EuroAthletics) August 19, 2022 Muir defends Berlin title Laura Muir defends Berlin 2018 EC Women’s 1500m title. The 29-year-old British athlete achieved a time of 4:01.08 minutes and won by 1.48 seconds ahead of the second Ciara Mageean from Ireland. The bronze was won by Poland’s Sofia Ennaoui with a loss of 2.51 s. Muir completed her medal collection from the last three top events. She finished bronze in Eugene, USA, and won silver at the Tokyo Olympics. Olympic Games
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European Championships What a glorious 12 months for @lauramuiruns in the 1500m! #Munich2022 pic.twitter.com/dH11Wp1AaW — European Athletics (@EuroAthletics) August 19, 2022 Finn Raitanen blew the pond with the favorite Premier medal from the European championships, and Topi Raitanen immediately won the gold in the 3000 m steeplechase with a time of 8:21.80 min. The 26-year-old Finn set the pace of the race at the start, then gave up the lead to three Italians, but started the final lap and didn’t give anyone a chance at the finish. The Italians divided the other two medals, the leader of this year’s European tables Ahmed Abdelwahed finished second with a loss of 55 hundredths of a second, the bronze went to Osama Zoghlami (+1.64 s). That sprint finish! Topi Raitanen 🇫🇮 powers to Finland’s second gold medal of the championships in the 3000m steeplechase! #Munich2022 #BackToTheRoofs pic.twitter.com/xPMav1xPCw — European Athletics (@EuroAthletics) August 19, 2022 Bechova-Romanchukova dominates the women’s triple jump Ukraine’s Maryna Bechova-Romanchukova dominated the women’s triple jump when she reached 15.02m in her fifth attempt, which is the best European performance of the year. She thus made up for the distance in which she missed the medal by four centimeters and finished fourth. Finland’s Kristiina Mäkeläová won silver (14.64 m) and Israel’s Hanna Minenková bronze (14.45 m). From despair to delight. Fourth in the long jump final but gold in the triple jump tonight for Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk. #Munich2022 #BackToTheRoofs pic.twitter.com/sGIEyYw5Iv — European Athletics (@EuroAthletics) August 19, 2022 Kambundji takes maiden gold The fifth final night culminated in the women’s 200m, in which Switzerland’s Mujinga Kambundji claimed a maiden European gold, winning in 22.32 with. The thirty-year-old athlete thus completed a successful performance in Munich, winning silver in the 100. Britain’s Dina Asherová-Smith finished second (22.43 s) and Ida Karstoftová from Denmark finished third (22.72 s). What a race! Mujinga Kambundji 🇨🇭 is crowned European 200m champion in #Munich2022!#BackToTheRoofs pic.twitter.com/PJM0lAbbXv — European Athletics (@EuroAthletics) August 19, 2022

EC in Munich – final results of the evening block of the V. competition day: Men: 200 m: 1. Zharnel Hughes 20.07 s, 2. Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake (both V.Brit.) 20.17, 3. Filippo Tortu (Tal .) 20.27, 4. Charles Dobson (Great Britain) 20.34, 5. Joshua Hartmann (Germany) 20.50, 6. Pol Retamal (Spain) 20.63 400 m run: 1. Karsten Warholm (Nor.) 47.12 – ME record, 2. Wilfried Happio (Fr.) 48.56, 3. Yasmani Copello (Tur.) 48.78, 4. Ludvy Vaillant (Fr.) 48.79, 5 Joshua Abuaku (Germany) 48.79, 6. Julien Watrin (Belgium) 48.98 3000 m run: 1. Topi Raitanen (Finland) 8:21.80 min, 2. Ahmed Abdelwahed 8:22, 35, 3. Osama Zoghlami (both Italian) 8:23.44, 4. Daniel Arce (Sp.) 8:25.00, 5. Karl Bebendorf (German) 8:26.49, 6. Sebastián Martos ( Sp.) 8:26.68 discus: 1. Mykolas Alekna (Lit.) 69.78 m – European Championship record, 2. Kristjan Čeh (Slovenia) 68.28, 3. Lawrence Okoye (Great Britain) 67, 14, 4. Simon Pettersson 67.12, 5. Daniel Stahl (both Sweden) 66.39, 6. Andrius Gudžius (Lithuania) 65.40 Women: 200 m: 1. Mujinga Kambundjiová (Switzerland) 22.32 with, 2. Dina Ash erová-Smithová (UK) 22.43, 3. Ida Karstoftová (Denmark) 22.72, 4. Jodie Williamsová (UK) 22.85, 5. Lieke Klaverová (Netherlands) 22.88 , 6. Shana Grebová (Fr.) 23.06 1500 m: 1. Laura Muirová (V.Brit.) 4:01.08 min, 2. Ciara Mageeanová (Ir.) 4:02.56, 3. Sofia Ennaouiová (Poland) 4:03.59, 4. Katie Snowden (Great Britain) 4:04.97, 5. Hanna Klein (Germany) 4:05.49, 6. Kristiina Mäki (Czech Republic) 4:05 .73 400 m run: 1. Femke Bolová (Holland) 52.67 s – EC record, 2. Viktorija Tkachuková 54.30, 3. Anna Ryzykovová (both Ukr.) 54.86, 4. Sara Gallegová (Sp .) 54.97, 5. Amalie Iuelová (Nor.) 55.32, 6. Viivi Lehikoinenová (Fin.) 55.58 triple jump: 1. Maryna Bechová-Romančuková (Ukr.) 15.02 m, 2. Kristiina Mäkeläová (Fin.) 14.64, 3. Hanna Minenková (Izr.) 14.45, 4. Neele Eckhardtová-Noacková (German) 14.43, 5. Patrícia Mamonová (Port.) 14.41, 6. Naomi Metzgerová (V.Brit.) 14.33 Photo gallery for the article Number of photos: 7 Author: © Video list: Twitter/European Athletics, BBC Sport Source: TASR