Day 4 Highlights | European Athletics U18 Championships | Banska Bystrica 2024

21 July 2024 - The final day of the European Athletics U18 Championships in Banska Bystrica, with medals awarded in:
Track Events:
3000m Men
1500m Women
800m Women and Men
2000m Steeplechase
5000m Race Walk Men
400m Hurdles Women/ Men -
Men Decathlon
Medley Relay
Field Events:
High Jump Men
Long Jump Women
Discus Throw Women
Triple Jump Men
Javelin Women
Pole Vault Women
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[@MsSlucyna]

And the gold goes to... the commentators. These guys know their craft indeed, and DO love and understand athletics. Cheers to them!

[@Ghoster311]

Rada looks like a future star. And he was jumping WAY over the top of the hurdles. Definitely can tighten that up and get even faster. Valensin the Italian girl looks like a serious talent over 200m and 400m as well.

[@younghegelian1]

since he is soon to progress to higher hurdles he might as well

[@Logans3Run]

Spot on. He's even got a 'Decathlete' look about him and his career holds many opportunities that seem naturally open to him. Potential greatness, 'could' be his 👍

[@gretamarchese3663]

Valensin is really great, the first time in her life in Nembro this year she obtained 52.50 PB on 400 m.

[@robertdaniels3029]

@@younghegelian1 No, it is not good to be to high over the hurdle. He needs to learn how to clear the hurdle in his running form not leaping to high to clear. Run, not leap, a big difference and it will show up in his time. He is a potential 13. talent with good coaching....

[@PRTlists]

​@@robertdaniels3029It looks to me like he already clears the hurdles in stride with his running form instead of jumping over them. He's also used to competing at the senior hurdles which might explain why he has some space left over these hurdles.

[@molonlave2193]

Yeah baby! That was clutch! 🇬🇷 🥇 Anastasia Boumboulidi ❤

[@rockodlak]

Such a wonderful athletic meeting of young athletes and such a successful Czech team! And Czech Television was not able to mediate even a single broadcast for viewers and fans from the Czech Republic!!!! How shameful!!!

[@user-gt7qv8tb2l]

And the queen is...Vita Barbič. Gold + bronz, beautiful, sympatic and kind !!!!

[@nightworg]

The male 400 hurdle is way more impressive than the females.

[@002DrEvil]

Italy seems to be in a golden patch with its athletics.

[@donovanphillips4973]

Thank you

[@szymon6207]

Move It To Rieti 2026

[@jacekbak5004]

Kosmos ! Strzelecki odwaliles taka sama robote jak Kajetan Duszynski w Tokio ! Fantastycznie ! Trzymam kciuki za Ciebie i mam wiare ze zloto olimpijskie kiedys bedzie dla Ciebie !

[@Dannnnyyyy]

Też mi Stasiek przypomina Kajetana

[@AmareaMusic]

Amazingly good English all the winners have. I wonder how many English students, let alone athletes, can say anything in another language?

[@MsSlucyna]

None😅

[@Logans3Run]

@@AmareaMusic Like it or not (the French hate it) English is the universal language of communication and is naturally taught as a second language, in schools globally. The 'Empire' is long gone but the legacy of language will always survive, one way or another.

[@spencerblomerus2075]

What are the distances for the Medley Relay?

[@jaworowylasek988]

100m+200m+300m+400m

[@spencerblomerus2075]

@@jaworowylasek988 wild. How do they do exchanges and when do they break?

[@jaworowylasek988]

@@spencerblomerus2075 The Medley Relay is also known as the Swedish relay. General rules: the 1st athlete will start at the 200m mark, the 2nd athlete starts at the bend at the 100m start, the 3rd athlete starts at the 1500m mark and the 4th athlete start at the 100m finish line.

[@Dannnnyyyy]

Poland🇵🇱👏💪

[@MariuszOpole]

Medley Relay Women - Italy no fair play !

[@namenlos2578]

Marius, stop grudging and envying better teams

[@AleksandarMaric-xq9pg]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="702">11:42</a> DQ?

[@EditsbyM]

should have been. Although it'd be harsh as she was squeezed out and pushed by Vuckovic, but you can't grab another athlete's arm.

[@AleksandarMaric-xq9pg]

​​@@EditsbyMThere were several little contacts before Cernjul caught Vučković'arms what decide third place battle.

[@EditsbyM]

@@AleksandarMaric-xq9pg I'm saying Cernjul grabbed King's arm and stopped her from winning the race

[@PRTlists]

Vuckovic looks to be the instigator of that incident

[@AleksandarMaric-xq9pg]

@@PRTlists How?

[@Logans3Run]

The two 1500m Brit girls who did brilliantly to get Gold & Silver, will go a lot further in their lives if they can expand their vocabularies, beyond the word "like". 😉

[@fatbelly27]

They talked about a best-case scenario. I think they're fine

[@jensmith3719]

Like is so annoying , a american import to uk sadly,

[@ianbarnett5051]

I really liked their interview.

[@ogribiker8535]

You will struggle to find any British teenagers who don't say 'like' all the time, add a few 'literally' in for good measure and you have half of the conversation !

[@Logans3Run]

@@ogribiker8535 😅 You're not wrong. It's as if they have accidentally stumbled across their own unique version of MSM Esparanto...🤔

[@robertdaniels3029]

Great to see so many PB's in mone race...Great effort....Oh, and there is an American U18 who ran in the American nationals who has a better time so the announcers need to do their homework...

[@Logans3Run]

@@robertdaniels3029 Hi Robert, It's great to see teenagers achieve great times, even unbelievable performances and the question is, can they translate their potential and abilities, to the senior ranks and have a sustainable career in T & F? In all sports, there are countless thousands of promising athletes who cannot seem to make that transition and then fade away into obscurity.

[@robertdaniels3029]

@@Logans3Run I agree with you and funny that you write this article because early this morning walking my grandson o school, IO bumped into one of the most gifted athletes I have ever had the privilege to coach, walking aimlessly in the street. I talked with him briefly but looked into his eyes and saw the story. My heart was empty. As I follow the events across the board on our youth, I understand the dedication, the devotion and sacrifice to purse these goals. I love them all.....

[@rm6857]

800m girl with number 4 pull back another 2 girls to make them slow down, almost fall...

[@sunnydays5581]

mckenna full of himself

[@creekyknee]

What a prat.

[@mariaguadaluperizo8661]

❤❤desprogramacion de los egregos deportesmentales al infinito❤

[@brch3121]

Brawo Polscy Sportowcy.

[@EditsbyM]

is Matthew Mckenna Scottish? He sounds so American.

[@lejeczek]

4x 400m girls - do rules allow - on the home stretch - changing lanes like Italian girl did? She kept moving to the lane of the girl who chased her. Italian done it ever so slightly - for last 60m ? - she was in lane no.1 - with a girl behind her - but finished in lane no. 3. Obstructing the run of your opponent?

[@maurizioberlanda100]

From your comment it seems that you did not see the race. It is not a 4x400 but a Swedish relay (100m+200m+300m+400m) and Valensin was more than 2 meters ahead in the final straight. If the Polish athlete had run straight she would have run fewer meters (Valensin ran diagonally and therefore ran more meters).

[@lejeczek]

​@@maurizioberlanda100 I was hoping some experts roam here, experts who have working knowledge of official rules - debates between amateurs such as myself are pointless. Takes no effort at all, to imagine an edge case scenario: a runner starts in lane no. 1 and runs across all lanes to the last one while competitor(s) just behind chasing in those lanes - same question applies: do rules allow it? (meters - more or fewer, matter not, nobody cares, nobody counts meters an individual runner covers)

[@maurizioberlanda100]

@@lejeczek I am not a rules expert but seeing those races (as also happens in the 4x400 after the first lap) all the athletes come out of their lane and run in the first lane. So I guess it is permissible to change lanes enche because in the final, as you can see, more athletes crossed the finish line in 2nd and 3rd lane.

[@Johnrap]

Why does the German discus thrower speak like an American?

[@fatbelly27]

College athlete in the US. I assume one or both parents are German

[@perspektive42]

@@fatbelly27 She's 17, you're not in college at 17. It's just her way of speaking.

[@jensmith3719]

@@perspektive42 perhaps she born and lives in usa to german parents so has dual citizenship

[@fatbelly27]

@@perspektive42 I understood her fine.

[@fatbelly27]

@@jensmith3719 I would guess it's something like that. I think GB's Cindy Semper is the same.

[@Longhairdoooo]

And the cheater of the day 4 is?.... Valensin

[@maurizioberlanda100]

Come on now. Don't cry....

[@namenlos2578]

poor chap! Now drink some alcohol, I think you are craving for it

[@Longhairdoooo]

​@@namenlos2578 My statement was based on fact she was in 1 position and controlled race. Why did she change lane from 1 last 80 m to 3 when she crossed finish line. Most likely she would win it anyway. How did you come up with alcohol? What is a premise for your hypothesis?

[@namenlos2578]

@@Longhairdoooo were you drunk? This was not 100, 200 or 400 m, where changing lane is not permitted. Every athlete changes lane if she/he likes in >400 m races. Your polish heroin could have done the same, but she lacked any energy at that point and would have lost in any case. So, try to be honest/correct and abstain from alcohol.

[@namenlos2578]

@@Longhairdoooo Either you were drunk or you are an incompetent/incorrect/dishonest person. Changing lane is allowed in any race >400 m in athletics. Also your preferred polish athlete could have done it, thus covering a longer distance (as the Italian athlete did). The polish lady did not do it, because she was clearly exhausted: she would have lost no matter what, dude.