Eliza McCartney claimed a hugely satisfying first Diamond League podium in five years in the women’s pole vault and Tom Walsh pushed World and Olympic champion Ryan Crouser close in the men’s shot put on an eye-catching night for Kiwi athletes .
in front of her home crowd in munich. britain s darryl neita took bronze. i got cramp in my calves and i wasjust like. i can t be running on two cramping calves, which is crazy i m going to go back, have a chat with my recovery, have a chat with how i m hydrating and stuff. but, yeah, came out the blocks. i feel good, i m in good shape, which is why i m frustrated. i wasn t about to go and run a whole race on two cramping calves like, probably going to tear them, so.frustrated! in the men s final it was silver for the defending european champion zharnel hughes. he was beaten into second by the olympic champion from italy, marceljacobs. but although hughes couldn t defend his title, he was happy to get close to jacobs, and there was bronze for gb sjeremiah azu the 21 year old from cardiff was elated to get a medal. i m very proud of myself. i m proud of the team back there that helped me to get
it was a night she ll never forget. the atmosphere tonight was amazing, and to play with serena, i mean, for sure, iwas. even when you guys were cheering for her, i was like, you know what? all for it! like. laughter. er. yeah, to be honest, i was nervous from the first point to the last point because i know what a champion she is she can come back from any situation. so i really had to stay focused and, yeah, i m just so pleased that i managed to keep my composure. good performance therefore emma raducanu. it wasn t quite the fairytale return to competition for dina asher smith at the european athletics championships last night. she pulled up with cramp in the final of the 100 metres she d just come back to the track after a hamstring injury which saw her miss the commonwealth games. germany s gina luckenkemper came back to win a brilliant gold medal in front of her home crowd in munich. britain s darryl neita took bronze. i got cramp in my calves
another defending champion, and the 27 year old had company and competition in team mates reece prescod and jeremiah azu. the gold medal, however, would go to the italian marcelljacobs in lane six. hughes was second and jeremiah azu, atjust 21, a european bronze medallist. i m very proud of this guy because he was in zone from the heats and then he came out and did it again, so i m very proud of him, i m very happy tonight. i wanted a gold medal, i gave everything i could possibly give, but jacobs was just better than me tonight. for great britain and northern ireland, dina asher smith! less than a month since a hamstring injury, her title on the line. among those trying to topple her, fellow gb athletes darryl neita and imani lansiquot. asher smith, in lane three, again pulled up.
because he was in zone from the heats and then he came out and did it again, so i m very proud of him, i m very happy tonight. i wanted a gold medal, i gave everything i could possibly give, but jacobs was just better than me tonight. for great britain and northern ireland, dina asher smith! less than a month since a hamstring injury, her title on the line. among those trying to topple her, fellow gb athletes darryl neita and imani lansiquot. asher smith, in lane three again, pulled up. the result of the race, meanwhile, was initially too close to call, just a hundredth of a second separating the top three. finally, to everyone s surprise but the crowd s delight, a home grown hero, and gb s darryl neita added a european bronze to her medal collection. so, heartbreak for dina asher smith. she hasn t defended her european title, but three sprinting medals for britain, so still plenty of reasons to celebrate. perhaps not the perfect picture ending they had in mind, but a perfect picture