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

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

Swiss star Audrey Werro has been given a spot in the 800-meter final after falling in her semifinal at the European championships in Birmingham

Werro advanced after review reveals accidental trip Hodgkinson and Broeders-Bol ease into final together Keely Hodgkinson’s biggest rival for European 800m gold has been dramatically put through into Friday’s final after being tripped and sent sprawling during Thursday’s first semi-final. It means that the hugely ant

Keely Hodgkinson reaches the women's 800m final at the European Championships - moments after rival Audrey Werro suffers a dramatic fall that put her place in doubt.

BIRMINGHAM, England, Aug 13 : Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson eased into the women's 800 metres final at the European Athletics Championships on Thursday, while rival Audrey Werro secured her place in the medal race after a successful appeal following a dramatic fall.Swiss runner Werro, who clocked the fastest women'

The 23-year-old rising Swiss athlete was leading the race at 650m when, around the final bend, she tripped and fell

Keely Hodgkinson breezed through her 800m semi-final at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham as her Swiss nemesis Audrey Werro was contentiously put through to the final after tumbling in the first race.The Briton, who would seal a hat-trick of successive European golds if she wins on Friday night, crosse

Keely Hodgkinson’s 800m rival Audrey Werro falls in semi-final  The Times

Donegal athlete Mark English continued his great form at 800m by setting a European Championship record.

BRITISH pair Max Burgin and Ben Pattison progressed to Thursday’s men’s 800 metres final on day three of the European Championships in Birmingham. Pattison, who claimed bronze in this city at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, finished a place behind Ireland’s Mark English, who broke a 48-year-old championship record when wi

Earlier, Sophie Becker and Lauren Roy progressed to their respective semi-finals in Birmingham.