It was a fine British one-two as Adam Gemili and Deji Tobais scooped 100m gold and silver with the Netherlands Hensley Paulina grabbing a surprise bronze in a lifetime best at the Tampere 2013 European Athletics U23 Championships on Friday evening.
Season leaders in the 3000m steeplechase, Abdelaziz Merzoughi of Spain and Mitko Tsenov of Bulgaria progressed safely through to Sunday s final without mishap on Friday morning at the European Athletics U23 Championships in Tampere, Finland.
With a last lap of 59.36, Spain s Gabriel Navarro took 10000m gold in 29:43.22 from Romania s Nicolae Soare and Denmark s Abdi Ulad on Thursday evening in Tampere, Finland. So the double European junior champion from 2011 becomes the new 2013 European ...
On an evening of a number of fine performances at the Istvan Gyulai Memorial in Budapest, it was fitting that a Hungarian athlete showed his outstanding form.
As expected Britain's Adam Gemili led the 100m qualifiers into the next round with a controlled 10.42 on the first morning of the 2013 European Athletics U23 Championships in Tampere.