Werro wins 800m race for the ages, Warholm and Tamberi hit four
It had been dubbed a race for the ages and so it proved as Audrey Werro outstripped home favourite Keely Hodgkinson to claim the European 800m title in Birmingham on Friday. An electric evening session at a sold-out 23 000-capacity Alexander Stadium was also one of records. There was a record fourth 400m hurdles continental […] The post Werro wins 800m race for the ages, Warholm and Tamberi hit four appeared first on The Namibian .
It had been dubbed a race for the ages and so it proved as Audrey Werro outstripped home favourite Keely Hodgkinson to claim the European 800m title in Birmingham on Friday.
An electric evening session at a sold-out 23 000-capacity Alexander Stadium was also one of records.
There was a record fourth 400m hurdles continental title for Karsten Warholm and a fourth for Italy’s Gianmarco Tamberi in the high jump, while his teammate Nadia Battocletti bagged a historic double distance double.
The women’s 800m was the final event of the night and the excitement was palpable as the athletes were introduced one-by-one with fireworks.
Olympic champion Hodgkinson went out strong, but Switzerland’s Werro proved to be stronger as she has for much of this season, reeling in her British rival and dominating the race to claim victory in a championship record of 1min 54.81sec.
Femke Broeders-Bol continued her astonishing transition from the 400m hurdles, in which she is twice a former world champion, with bronze.
