European Athletics Championships: Derkach wins gold in triple jump

Italian athlete Dariya Derkach won the gold medal in the women's triple jump at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham Thursday night. The 33-year-old from Campania, who moved to Italy from her native Ukraine when she was a little girl, preceded Belgium's Saliyya Guisse who took silver and Bulgaria's Aleksandra Nacheva who took bronze. Derkach, who hardly competed amid injury woes and surgery last year, said "it's the best night of my career." She said "I've overcome everything so far, but my desire to succeed has been stronger." "It's the best night of my career. Was 14.60 consistent with the wind? Yes? So I did a personal best, I'm so happy." Derkach smiled and celebrated her magical night with State broadcaster Rai. "Today I was incredibly tense, I knew I could do well," she