Nice Britain draw back from Germany on the high of the medal desk in Madeira
After 9 golds over 1500m, Nice Britain as soon as once more excelled on the European Grasp Championships with an unbelievable 18 golds on Monday (October 13). On the half-way stage of the championships, Britain now have 58 golds to Germany’s 50.
On Monday there have been 9 100m wins by John Wright, Steve Peters, Christine Harrison-Bloomfield Darren Scott, TJ Ossai, Rebecca Parry, Lisa Boland, Helen Godsell and Kathleen Stewart. There have been additionally 5000m victories for Ellie Stevens, Clare Elms and Sarah Roberts plus area wins for Evaun Williams and Neil McLellan and hurdlers Damaine Benjamin, Stefan Wilcockson, Sarah Loades and Emily McMahon.
Regardless of a hefty 2.5ms headwind, M65 400m world champion John Wright got here near breaking his world 100m report with a 12.26/-2.5 and was adopted in by Pat Logan (12.83).
One other one-lap champion and masters legend Steve Peters additionally led a GB one-two and his 13.29/-3.0 gave him a M70 win over John Browne’s 13.43.
The 1999 world championships senior consultant Christine Harrison-Bloomfield gained the W55 100m in 12.90/-1.2 from Denmark’s Mette Jepsen’s 13.23. TJ Ossai narrowly gained the M50 race in 11.42/-0.9 forward of Italy’s Andrea Portalatini (11.44). European indoor 60m champion Trevor Hodgson was sixth in 11.95.
Within the M55 race, Multi record-holder Darren Scott (11.96/-0.5) defeated Austria’s Eduard Gonaus (12.01) to make up for the frustration of earlier dropping out of the decathlon.
Bronze went to Russell Whiting (12.10) with former champion Guiseppe Minetti fourth (12.22) and Kevin Craven fifth (12.23) – the UK had 4 of the highest 5.
Rebecca Perry, who was third within the W35 heptathlon, confirmed her pace with a 12.30/-2.8 victory from France’s Sandy Demarles’ 12.48. Stacey Downie took bronze in 12.55 with Katy Lord sixth (12.95).
Lisa Boland comfortably took W40 gold in 12.49/-2.5 with Belgium’s Wendy Ovaere (12.72) second and Charles Sheeran sixth (12.91).
Helen Godsell dominated the W70 race and her 15.34/-2.0 gave her 5 metres on Swede Lilly Wizen whereas Doreen Craig (17.35) was fourth in 17.35. Anne Nelson was sixth in 17.66.
Kathleen Stewart gained the W85 race by over six seconds as her 19.57 simply bettered Greece’s Smaragda Mandyla’s 25.66. Dot Fraser’s 26.46 gave Britain one other bronze.
It was three in 4 within the M80 race for Britain however Germany’s Friedhelm Adorf gained in 15.01/-2.8 from Victor Novell (15.66), Allan Lengthy (15.90) and James Smith (16.08).
Italy’s Antonio Rossi was first within the M75 100m in 14.16/-3.3, a metre forward of James Lindsay’s 14.31. Britain additionally gained silvers within the W75 race with Germany’s Hillen Von Maltzahn (16.91) main house Sally Hine (17.18).
Italy’s Mario Brigida gained the 100m race in 10.92/0.00 with Duayne Bovell fourth (11.19) and Byron Robinson sixth (11.26). Sweden’s Lion Martinez impressively gained the M45 race in 20.96/0.4 with William Poole lacking out on by bronze by 0.01 with a 11.56.
Julie Hicken was fourth within the W60 race in 14.59/-0.93 with Monica Dessi (14.37) giving Italy one other gold. All-time nice Nicole Alexis of France gained the W60 race in 14.29 with Angela Kelly fifth in 15.88 and Claire St Coleman sixth in 15.92. Isaiah Adekanmbi was fifth within the M40 race in 11.79 which was matched by M60 Vincent Ellie’s 12.92/1.3 and Karen Burles’ 13.32.
Having already gained golds at 10,000m and 1500m Ellie Stevens maintained her dominance over her W40 opponents as she ran 16:54.36 to win the 5000m. She was adopted house by GB’s Danielle Hodgkinson (17:08.33), whereas Lisa Gawthorne completed fifth (18:17.04).
One other multi-world champion profitable over twelve and a half laps was W60 Clare Elms. She had suffered from the warmth within the 10,000m after which the altitude in the day gone by’s cross-country. Nonetheless, this time she was cautious within the noon solar and adopted Sabine Hofer of Austria till 800m to go. A 3:35 last kilometre gave her a 12 second win in 19:37.66 to reverse the outcomes of the 2 earlier races in Madiera and obtain an entire set of medals.
Sarah Roberts gained her fourth gold and sixth medal in Madeira as she gained the W75 race in 23:11.23 forward of Italy’s Lucia Soranzo (23:26.81) with Anne Dockery fourth (25:26.31). Within the W80 race held inside it, Pauline Wealthy was second with a time of 34:03.00.
Britain took three of the primary 4 locations within the W65 race with Jill Harrison (21:45.11), Siam Davies (22:32.31) and Marian Grace (22:56.40) however all of them ended up second greatest to Italy’s Oriona Martignano’s 21:04.96.
Lisa Finlay was second within the W55 occasion in 18:50.47 with the race gained by Sweden’s Marie Dasler (18:37.29).
Anna Garnier, who gained the 1500m, managed the W70 race from the entrance however former Brit Alison Bourgeois received the higher this time spherical in an thrilling end, with the Swiss profitable in 23:08.69 by simply 4 thousandths of a second. Lyn Jenkins was fourth (25:50.83) and Lesley Joyce sixth in 29:13.57.
The 2023 800m champion Nikki Sturzaker was third within the W50 5000m race (18:54.70) with Belgium’s Sandrine Host (17:43.96) the winner.
Emily Proto completed fourth within the W35 race in 20:50.55 because the race was gained by Sweden’s Liduina Van Sitteren’s 17:53.66.
British hurdlers additionally had an excellent day. Damaine Benjamin gained the M35 400m hurdles title in 54.14 from compatriot Lewis Robson (55.55) who had already gained 400m bronze. Stefan Wilkinson (58.02) gained the M40 race in 58.02 simply forward of Spain’s Alejandro Hernando (58.33).
Emily McMahon dominated the W75 200m hurdles in 41.11, eight seconds away from the opposition. Sarah Loades was a transparent winner within the W50 300m hurdles as her 49.53 gave her over two seconds on Germany’s Tina Schulz (51.99).
Richard White, who was third within the 400m, improved his fortune over the M65 300m hurdles taking a really shut second in 46.59 as he was pipped by Vytautas Zaniauskas of Lithuania in 46.55. Tennyson James was fifth (49.39).
Lucinda Money-Gibson was third within the W35 race with 66.38 however may do nothing about Sweden’s Jonna Tilgner, a straightforward winner in 62.18. France’s Louis Clautour gained the M70 300m hurdles in 50.89 with Ian Willoughby fourth (56.65).
Italy’s Antonio D’Errico (44.38) gained a really aggressive M60 300m hurdles with Adrian James fifth (45.12) Neal Edwards completed sixth within the M50 400m hurdles in 62.27.
Neil McLellan comfortably gained M45 javelin gold with a 62.93m throw with Italy’s Hubert Goeller (59.28m) second. Neil Moore was sixth (50.44m).
Evaun Williams continued her W85 throws domination with a 18.70m discus giving her one other gold by over 5 metres. Catherine Holdsworth was second within the W35 discus with a 35.47m throw as Aline Leclere of France took main honours with a mark of 38.78m. Suzanne Clever (31.26m) simply missed out on bronze by 21 centimetres however ended up fifth.
Jo Willoughby was second (4.48m) within the W60 lengthy bounce as Germany’s Birgit Burzlaff (4.55m) headed her.
Clint Nicholls was third within the M45 excessive bounce with a 1.80m leap with Bernard Prevel (1.90m) the winner. Lloyd Powell completed fourth within the M35 excessive bounce with a 1.85m leap in a contest gained by France’s Michael Salomon’s two-metre bounce.
Cara Maker was fourth within the W45 lengthy bounce (4.96m) as Switzerland’s Laura Imberti simply gained the gold with a 5.69m leap.
Louise Wooden was additionally fourth within the W55 lengthy bounce with a 4.52m bounce. Claire Cameron was fourth within the W65 discus as she threw 24.27m. Roy Chambers (46.84m) missed the medals by 27 centimetres within the M35 javelin as Portugal’s Roque Tavares (50.85m) gained gold.
Lukas Novotny of the Czech Republic gained the M40 javelin occasion with a 56.19m throw as Stewart Cawson completed fifth (50.70m). Already a M90 double medalist Warwick Dixon completed fifth within the shot with a 7.13m throw.
Emily Fry was sixth within the W40 lengthy bounce with a 4.93m leap a place matched by M50 javelin thrower Mark Stone (43.82m) and W65 lengthy jumper Gaye Clarke (3.43m). Janet Smith was sixth within the W60 discus with a 26.42m throw.
