Switzerland's Werro wins European 800m title

Switzerland’s Audrey Werro held off Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson to win the 800 metres title at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham on Friday, just a day after a heavy fall in the semi-finals. The 22-year-old from Fribourg pulled clear of Britain’s Hodgkinson over the final 150 metres to cross the l

Jorinde van Klinken became the first Dutch athlete to win a European discus title Friday, throwing 67.67 meters for gold at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham.

The Briton could not stop her emerging Swiss rival from taking gold in Birmingham.

Werro, 22, won in 1:54.81s, taking more than half a second off Olga Mineyeva’s 1982 championship record

Keely Hodgkinson came up just short of a coveted European 800m title hat-trick after Swiss favourite Audrey Werro won their hotly-anticipated showdown in Birmingham as the British Olympic champion settled for silver.

Swiss runner sets 1:54.81sec championship best Femke Broeders-Bol secures bronze in 1:55.54 The 800m European women’s final we all hoped for delivered as Switzerland’s Audrey Werro led from the front to win a classic for the ages. But it was a close run thing as Britain’s Keely Hodgkinson pushed her all the way to ta

BIRMINGHAM, England, Aug 14 : Switzerland's Audrey Werro continued her remarkable rise by holding off Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson to win the 800 metres crown at the European Athletics Championships less than 24 hours after a heavy fall in the semi-finals.The 22-year-old, who shocked the sport earlier this season

Audrey Werro has stormed to the 800-meter title by holding off Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson down the home straight at the European championships

Keely Hodgkinson took the silver medal in the European Championships 800m final

Norway's Karsten Warholm comfortably wins the men's 400m hurdles, setting a Championship record in the process, to take his fourth successive gold in the European Athletics Championships.

The Donegal 33-year-old has become Ireland’s first male European champion.

Werro gets spot in 800m final after tumble in semifinal at European championships  Toronto Star