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Alfonz Juck
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BIRMINGHAM 2026 DAY 5
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“It doesn’t sting because I was beaten by a great athlete. I think I put together a pretty good race. I don’t think I did anything wrong. The thing about the 800m is you can have a million different ways it could go in your head. Nobody really knew, so you have to think on your feet. But I think I covered every move well. I just didn’t have enough,” Keely Hodgkinson.
“I need to sleep on it first to be able to process it. It was tough for my head as my qualification was not good. I like all lanes, so nine was not a problem. The best tactic for me was to be faster and faster during the race. I had enough energy at the end and was prepared to respond to any faster athlete,” Audrey Werro.
Women’s 800m final, just prior to the start, photo by Getty for British Athletics
RESULT OF THE DAY
Karsten Warholm won his fourth consecutive title in the 400m hurdles in a championship record.
Karsten Warholm, the Viking, London 2017, photo by Mike Deering/ The Shoe Addicts
Audrey Werro won the loaded 800m final in a championship record.
Audrey Werro, 800m prelims, EAC 2026, photo by Getty for British Athletics
SURPRISE OF THE DAY
Gianmarco Tamberi, after battling with injuries, in his only third competition in the season and improving his season best by 9cm, and winning gold in the high jump for the fourth time on his daugther birthday.
Gianmarco Tamberi, ITA, takes his fifth EAC title with a 2.32m clearance! photo by Getty for British Athletics
MEDALS
ITA 5-2-3, GBR 4-5-1, GER 3-5-4, NED 3-2-3, SUI 3-1-1, NOR 3-0-2
POINTS
GBR 118, GER 110, ITA 109, NED 85, FRA 77.5, SUI 58.5, POL 47, NOR 42
TITLE RETAINERS
Yes (10): Schilder, Ingebrigtsen (5000), Fabbri, Battocletti (5000/10,000m), Tentoglou, Moser, Čeh, Tamberi, Warholm
No (11): Asher-Smith, Nowicki, Jacobs, Fantini, Simonelli, Tual, M.Kambundji, Finot, Erm, Mumentahler, Hodgkinson
Not competing (6): IRL (mixed 4×400), Samba-Mayela, Doom, Broeders-Bol (400H), Peleteiro-Compaoré, Elkasević
TOP MARKS
WL (1): 84.25 Halász
CR (6+2): 3:09.62 NOR, 1:43.49 English, 72.51 Čeh, 2:58.10 ITA, 46.63 Warholm, 1:54.81 Werro; DecBest: 17.13 Neugebauer (SP), 54.31 Neugebauer (DT)
EL (5+1): 3:09.62 NOR, 84.25 Halász, 14.60 Derkach, 22.19 Hunt, 2:58.10 ITA; equalled: 20.04 Ansah
GOLD CROWN (current leaders after day 5)
Sprints: Emma Zapletalová 1239 / Karsten Warholm 1303 Gold Crown confirmed for him
Middle/Long Distances: Audrey Werro 1257 / Mark English 1166
Jumps: Angelica Moser 1208 / Miltiadis Tentoglou 1240
Throws: Jessica Schilder 1253 / Kristjan Čeh 1291
Road/CE/Relays: – Leo Neugebauer 1221 /
AGENTS (individual gold medals)
4 – Alfons Juck; 3 – Marcello Magnani; 2 – Carine Messerschmidt, Federico Rosa, Ricky Simms, Lina Simons; Florian Clivaz/Lukas Wieland, 1 – Marc Corstjens, Jos Hermens, Steffen Keil, Marc Osenberg, Daniel Wessfeldt, Stale Jan Froynes, Andreas Hediger. And winners Dariya Derkach and Leo Neugebauer without official AR.
STATS (by Ken Nakamura)
4x400mR
2:58.10 is not only the fastest time in the heat of 4x400mR, but also the championships record.
W4x400mR
3:22.25 is the fastest qualifying time of the Euro Champ
1500m
3:35.49 is the fastest first round time of Euro Champ 1500m
3:36.84 is the fastest time that failed to qualify for the final of Euro Champ 1500m
W10000m
4th 5000-10000m double at W10000m in Euro Champ, 2nd double for Batocletti.
On the men’s side, Mo Farah did a 5000m-10000m double twice in Euro Champ.
van Lent won the first medal for BEL in Euro Champ W10000m
Batocletti became the second to win gold twice at Euro Champ W10000m. Can also won twice
400mH
4th gold medal for Warholm in Euro Champ 400mH, surpassing Harald Schmid with three
It was also a Championships record. He now has three fastest times in Euro Champ 400mH
46.63 is the fastest time of 400mH on British soil.
200m
For the first time in Euro Champ 200m, two were tied for 3rd
HJ
Record 4th gold medal, third straight gold for Tamberi at Euro Champ HJ. Nobody else won more than once at Euro Champ HJ
For the first time in Euro Champ HJ, ITA won two medals
2nd straight silver medal for Oleh Doroshchuk at Euro Champ
W800m
Best marks for places for 1st to 3rd in Euro Champ W800m
3.58 sec is the largest difference between 3rd and 4th at Euro Champ W800m
Werro won first medal (actually gold) for SUI in Euro Champ W800m
WDT
van Klinken won first gold for NED in Euro Champ WDT
Kamga won first medal for SWE at Euro Champ WDT
BIRMINGHAM NEWS
BIRMINGHAM (GBR): Friday evening session in the Alexander Stadium was sold out with 23,062 visitors. Friday morning session attracted 15,477 visitors, the most so far.
The 2026 European Outdoor Champs, August 10-16, 2026, photo by Getty for British Athletics