BIRMINGHAM 2026 DAY 6
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“This smile won’t go off my face for a long time. This gold medal is just insane; I even surprised myself a little with that sprint finish, to be honest. I knew I felt good, but you don’t know how the others feel. I was in front for a long time and knew that if I could get out, I would be in a good position. With 150m to go, I thought: OK, now I have to get out of that group. I have to make that gap, but I can’t gamble on the inside. I went outside, and at 100m I was like: let’s send it, let’s go. I even said to myself, let’s go, and thought, wow, maybe the others even hear me saying that. I had a lot of confidence, though, because I felt I was in great shape. I felt like I could compete as somewhat of an underdog, which probably helped me,” Stefan Nlilessen 1500 m.
RESULT OF THE DAY
Andy Díaz Hernández leaped to a world lead of 18.15 (1.7) and won the triple jump title. It is also fourth place in all-time lists.
Women’s race walking world records by María Pérez in the half marathon race walk (1:30:06) and by Sofia Fiorini in the marathon race walk (3:15:11). Both achieved for the first time times better than the standard set by World Athletics.
SURPRISE OF THE DAY
Stefan Nillessen won the 1500m, with all favorites out of the podium.
MEDALS
ITA 8-4-5, GBR 6-5-1, GER 4-7-4, NED 4-3-5, NOR 4-0-2, SUI 3-3-1, ESP 2-2-2, IRL 2-1-1
POINTS
ITA 179, GBR 153.5, GER 142, NED 117, FRA 113, POL 87, SUI 78.5, ESP 78, NOR 55, SWE 52
TITLE RETAINERS
Yes (12): Schilder, Ingebrigtsen (5000), Fabbri, Battocletti (5000/10,000m), Tentoglou, Moser, Čeh, Tamberi, Warholm, Mahuchikh, GBR (women 4×100)
No (16): Asher-Smith, Nowicki, Jacobs, Fantini, Simonelli, Tual, M.Kambundji, Finot, Erm, Mumentahler, Hodgkinson, Palmisano (20/HM RW), Vadlejch, Bukowiecka, Lobalu, ITA (men 4×100)
Not competing (10): IRL (mixed 4×400), Samba-Mayela, Doom, Broeders-Bol (400H), Peleteiro-Compaoré, Elkasević, Thiam, J.Díaz, Ingebrigtsen (1500m), Karlström (20/HM RW)
TOP MARKS
WR (1): 1:30:06 Pérez, 3:15:11 Fiorini
WL (5): 84.25 Halász, 1:30:06 Pérez, 2:56:49 Stano, 3:15:11 Fiorini, 18.15 A.Díaz
CR (8+2): 3:09.62 NOR, 1:43.49 English, 72.51 Čeh, 2:58.10 ITA, 46.63 Warholm, 1:54.81 Werro, 90.40 Weber, 27:23.44 Almgren; DecBest: 17.13 Neugebauer (SP), 54.31 Neugebauer (DT)
ER (3): 1:30:06 Pérez, 2:56:49 Stano, 3:15:11 Fiorini
EL (11+1): 3:09.62 NOR, 84.25 Halász, 14.60 Derkach, 22.19 Hunt, 2:58.10 ITA, 1:30:06 Pérez, 2:56:49 Stano, 3:15:11 Fiorini, 90.40 Weber, 49.04 Jæger, 42.05 GBR; equalled: 20.04 Ansah
GOLD CROWN (current leaders after day 6)
Sprints: Henriette Jaeger 1244 Gold Crown confirmed / Karsten Warholm 1303 Gold Crown confirmed
Middle/Long Distances: Audrey Werro 1257 / Andreas Almgren 1189
Jumps: Angelica Moser 1208 / Andy Diaz Hernandez 1288
Throws: Jessica Schilder 1253 / Kristjan Čeh 1291 Gold Crown confirmed
Road/CE/Relays: – Massimo Stano 1250 / Sofia Fiorini 1262
AGENTS (individual gold medals)
4 – Alfons Juck; 3 – Marcello Magnani, Carine Messerschmidt; 2 – Federico Rosa, Ricky Simms, Lina Simons; Florian Clivaz/Lukas Wieland, Stale Jan Froynes, Jos Hermens, Daniel Wessfeldt, 1 – Marc Corstjens, Andreas Hediger, Aivar Karotamm, Steffen Keil, Eric Lilot, Miguel Mostaza, Marc Osenberg. And winners Dariya Derkach, Leo Neugebauer, Massimo Stano, Sofia Fiorini, Paul McGrath, Kate O’Connor without AR.
STATS (by Ken Nakamura)
Day 6
Heptathlon
Best marks for places for 4th to 8th in Euro Champ Heptathlon were set
O’Connor won first gold (actually first medal) for IRL in Euro Champ Heptathlon
NED won double medal for the first time in Euro Champ Heptathlon
W400m
1.00 sec is the largest winning margin of W400m in Euro Champ W400m since 1990 when Grit Breuer won by 1.01 sec
Bukowiecka won third medal at Euro Champ W400m, thus matching Koch and Breuer with total medal count
Jaeger won first medal (actually gold) for NOR at Euro Champ W400m
49.04 is the fastest time of W400m on British soil, replacing 49.05 by Sanya Richards
10000m
Almgren’s 8000m split, 21:59.0, is the fastest 8000m split for Euro Champ 10000m
13:17.74 for last 5000m for Almgren in Euro Champ 10000m, fastest final 5000m by more than 17 sec
Almgren won first gold (actually first medal) for SWE at Euro Champ 10000m
27:23.44 by Almgren is the Championships record for Euro Champ 10000m
2nd medal for Lobalu at Euro Champ 10000m
1500m
Nillessen became the second Euro U23 champ to win Euro Champ 1500m; Previously Casado won both
4x100mR
First medal for BEL at Euro Champ 4x100mR
W4x100mR
For the third time in history (2014, 2018, and today), GBR won both men’s and women’s Euro Champ 4x100mR
SUI won its first medal (Silver) at Euro Champ W4x100mR
TJ
Diaz’s jump of 18.15 is the second-longest TJ in Euro Champ
3rd medal for Pichardo at Euro Champ TJ.
Only Saneyev has more medals.
2nd medal for Dallavalle at Euro Champ TJ
For the first time in Euro Champ, ITA won two medals at TJ
WHJ
Third gold for Mahuchikh at Euro Champ WHJ, thus tying Beitia with gold medal count
Vukovic won 2nd medal at Euro Champ WHJ
JT
6.64m is the largest winning margin for Euro Champ JT
Weber’s 90.40 is the Euro Champ Record for JT
For the second time in Euro Champ, GER won gold and silver at JT
BIRMINGHAM NEWS
BIRMINGHAM (GBR): Laura Muir missed out on the 1500m final after finishing eighth in the second heat. “It’s mixed emotions,” said Muir, who finished in 4:09.66. “I’m pleased with how I ran there; I put myself in the best position possible to make the top six. I just had a few setbacks the past few weeks after the Commonwealth Games, where I hurt my ankle, so it was only yesterday it felt great. That was a really competitive round; the girls were so fast, and I had to be at my best to make the final, let alone get on the podium. I gave it my best shot, and I’m proud of that.”
BIRMINGHAM (GBR): Race walking events over new half marathon and marathon distances delivered not only inaugural championship records, but also two world and one European records. Also, Paul McGrath in the men’s half marathon race walk clocked the second fastest time by a European of 1:23:23.
BIRMINGHAM (GBR): With the individual men’s sprints program completed, Norway’s Karsten Warholm has already secured a Gold Crown with his superb championships record of 46.63 to win the men’s 400m hurdles. The leading performances across 10 event groups are each awarded a Gold Crown and a performance bonus of €50,000.
BIRMINGHAM (GBR): Audrey Werro dominated the ‘race of the champions’ in the 800m ahead of her main rivals Keely Hodgkinson and Femke Broeders-Bol. Her time at the finish line was far from the long-standing world record, but the main goal of Friday’s race was the European title. Now there is another chance to break Jarmila Kratochvílová’s performance, and Werro could attack it again at the Wanda Diamond League meetings on home soil in Lausanne (August 21) and Zurich (August 27). Broeders-Bol is also set to compete in both races, while Hodgkinson’s future plans are not yet known.
BIRMINGHAM (GBR): German team thrilled audiences with strong performances at the European Championships in Birmingham. On Thursday evening, with five German medals, including gold for decathlete Leo Neugebauer and steeplechaser Gesa Krause, 4.64 million television viewers tuned into ZDF’s “ZDFsportstudio live” from Birmingham. This corresponds to a market share of 33.6 percent. Via DLV.
