Gold for Guliyev at Euros, hurdler Herman ends German hopes
BERLIN » World champion Ramil Guliyev won the men’s 200 meters at the European Athletics Championships on Thursday, and Elvira Herman of Belarus denied German hopes of gold in the women’s 100-meter hurdles.
Turkey’s Guliyev set a championship record of 19.76 seconds in beating Britain’s Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake and Switzerland’s Alex Wilson.
The 21-year-old Herman clocked 12.67 seconds to beat Olympic bronze medalist Pamela Dutkiewicz (12.72) and Cindy Roleder (12.77) — both of Germany — for her first medal at a major meet.
Olympic champion Thomas Roehler won gold in front of home supporters in the javelin with a throw of 89.47 meters, beating German compatriot Andreas Hofmann and Estonia’s Magnus Kirt. World champion Johannes Vetter finished fifth.
World champion Karsten Warholm of Norway won the men’s 400-meter hurdles in 47.64, ahead of Turkey’s Yasmani Copello and Ireland’s Thomas Barr.