to end the night. nesta mcgregor, bbc news in munich. well, away from the track, britain thought they d sealed a medal in the field. jacob fincham dukes opening jump of 8.06 had him in the silver position at the end of competition, but he was demoted back to fifth after an appealfound thatjump was a foul. in the water, there was gold for great britain over in rome at the european aquatics championships. in the mixed relay, britain s quartet of tom dean, matt richards, freya colbert and freya anderson won in the four by 200 metre freestyle anderson at the end holding off the challenge from france to take the title. after winning commonwealth games silver, there was also gold for britain s lois toulson and kyle kothari in the mixed ten metre synchro platform dive. it adds to the bronze success in the mixed team event in rome yesterday.
Germany’s Gina Luckenkemper sent a home crowd already supercharged
with emotion by the dramatic victory of home decathlete Niklas Kaul
into further delirium as a desperate lunge for the line earned her the
European women’s 100m title by five thousandths of a second.
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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 to end the night. nesta mcgregor, bbc news in munich. well, away from the track, britain thought they d sealed a medal in the field. jacob fincham dukes opening jump of 8.06 had him in the silver position at the end of competition, but he was demoted back to fifth after an appealfound thatjump was a foul. in the water, there have been two