Usain Bolt has hailed the rise of Jimmy Vicaut - Europe’s fastest man.

Only once in the last 14 years has Sabrina Mockenhaupt lost in the 5000m at the German Athletics Championships, and that came in 2006.

For some, running gives them the ability to see new and wonderful parts of the world that they would not otherwise have the chance to experience. The Siberian International Marathon (SIM) is a race that does just that.

European under-23 champion Nick Miller broke a 31-year-old British hammer record in Sweden on Wednesday night - but he almost never made it to the track.

How fitting that a former European junior gold medallist should take her career to a new level just as this year’s championships were taking place.

It was four days to remember in Eskilstuna - a European Athletics Junior Championships of records, of tears, of cheers and, above all, an event that showed how much the sport is alive and kicking with the stars of the future.