Russia's Aleksander Shustov defied heavy rain to win gold in a thrilling high jump competition at the European Championships in Barcelona on Thursday.
The contest started in a torrential downpour in the Olympic Stadium but Shustov held his nerve to beat compatriot and pre-event favourite Ivan Ukhov to the title.
Shustov was the only athlete to clear 2.33 metres, with Ukhov second (2.31m) and Britain's Martyn Bernard third (2.29m).
'From the beginning it was not going well because of the rain but then I found the courage to jump higher,' Shustov said.
'When Ukhov cleared 2.31 I was thinking of skipping my third attempt but my coach insisted I did it. It was the right decision because I cleared that and then jumped 2.33 first.'
In the men's triple jump, Britain's Phillips Idowu added European gold to his world and Commonwealth titles, the Londoner setting a new personal best of 17.81m in the fourth round.
France's Teddy Tamgho was expected to be the major threat after jumping a world-leading 17.98m in New York in June, but the 21-year-old had to settle for bronze with a best of 17.45m,
Romania's Marian Oprea taking a surprise silver with 17.51m in the fifth round.
There was better news for France in the decathlon however, Romain Barras taking the gold by just 17 points from Holland's Eelco Sintnicolaas.
After two gruelling days of competition, Barras crossed the line in the final event, the 1,500m, just ahead of Sintnicolaas for a total of 8,453 points. Andrei Krauchanka of Belarus took the bronze medal.
There was a surprise in the women's javelin as Olympic champion Barbora Spotakova of the Czech Republic was beaten in third place.
Spotakova led until the fifth round with her opening throw of 65.36m, but was then overtaken by German duo Linda Stahl and Christina Obergfoll with throws of 66.81 and 65.58 respectively.
And there was further success for Germany in the women's 100m as Verena Sailer set a new personal best of 11.10s to claim gold ahead of French duo Veronique Mang (11.11) and Myriam Soumare (11.18).
20th European Athletics Championships, Barcelona, Spain
Men's
200m 1st rd
Heat 1: 1 Christian Malcolm (Gbr) 20.63secs (Q), 2 Kamil Krynski (Pol) 20.81 (Q), 3 Martial Mbandjock (Fra) 20.83 (Q), 4 Igor Bodrov (Ukr) 20.98, 5 Jiri Vojtik (Cze) 21.02, 6 Jan Zumer (Slo) 21.17, 7 Izzet Safer (Tur) 21.41, 8 Yordan Ilinov (Bul) 21.65
Heat 2: 1 Christophe Lemaitre (Fra) 20.64secs (Q), 2 Arnaldo Abrantes (Por) 20.87 (Q), 3 Jeffrey Lawal-Balogun (Gbr) 20.93 (Q), 4 Daniel Schnelting (Ger) 20.98, 5 Petr Szetei (Cze) 21.06, 6 Ryan Moseley (Aut) 21.07, 7 Matic Osovnikar (Slo) 21.36, 8 Alex Wilson (Swi) 21.40
Heat 3: 1 Jaysuma Saidy Ndure (Nor) 20.60secs (Q), 2 David Alerte (Fra) 20.70 (Q), 3 Johan Wissman (Swe) 20.79 (Q), 4 Marc Schneeberger (Swi) 20.80 (q), 5 Vyacheslav Kolesnichenko (Rus) 20.95 (q), 6 Matteo Galvan (Ita) 20.96, 7 Steven Colvert (Irl) 21.14, 8 Piotr Wiaderek (Pol) 21.20
Heat 4: 1 Marlon Devonish (Gbr) 20.68secs (Q), 2 Paul Hession (Irl) 20.69 (Q), 3 Sebastian Ernst (Ger) 20.72 (Q), 4 Likourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas (Gre) 20.74 (q), 5 Jonathan Astrand (Fin) 20.78 (q), 6 Dmitriy Glushchenko (Isr) 21.09, 7 Gregor Kokalovic (Slo) 21.24
DNS: Francis Obikwelu (Por)
200m Semi-finals
Semi-final 1: 1 Jaysuma Saidy Ndure (Nor) 20.50secs (Q), 2 Marlon Devonish (Gbr) 20.55 (Q), 3 Martial Mbandjock (Fra) 20.62 (Q), 4 Paul Hession (Irl) 20.67 (q), 5 Likourgos-Stefanos Tsakonas (Gre) 20.75 (q), 6 Vyacheslav Kolesnichenko (Rus) 20.88, 7 Arnaldo Abrantes (Por) 20.88, 8 Sebastian Ernst (Ger) 20.95
Semi-final 2: 1 Christophe Lemaitre (Fra) 20.39secs (Q), 2 Christian Malcolm (Gbr) 20.58 (Q), 3 David Alerte (Fra) 20.59 (Q), 4 Johan Wissman (Swe) 20.77, 5 Kamil Krynski (Pol) 20.81, 6 Jonathan Astrand (Fin) 20.81, 7 Marc Schneeberger (Swi) 20.82, 8 Jeffrey Lawal-Balogun (Gbr) 20.85
800m Semi-finals
Semi-final 1: 1 Kevin Lopez (Spa) 1min 48.11secs (Q), 2 Marcin Lewandowski (Pol) 1:48.15 (Q), 3 Arnoud Okken (Ned) 1:48.25 (Q), 4 Jakub Holusa (Cze) 1:48.27 (q), 5 Cristian Vorovenci (Rom) 1:48.88, 6 David Bustos (Spa) 1:49.08, 7 Mario Scapini (Ita) 1:49.13, 8 Lukas Rifesser (Ita) 1:49.75
Semi-final 2: 1 Michael Rimmer (Gbr) 1min 47.67secs (Q), 2 Luis Alberto Marco (Spa) 1:47.79 (Q), 3 Adam Kszczot (Pol) 1:47.84 (Q), 4 Hamid Oualich (Fra) 1:48.06 (q), 5 Anis Ananenka (Blr) 1:48.41, 6 David Mccarthy (Irl) 1:49.14, 7 Giordano Benedetti (Ita) 1:49.33, 8 Brice Etes (Mon) 1:49.52
5000m 1st rd
Heat 1: 1 Hayle Ibrahimov (Aze) 13mins 32.98secs (Q), 2 Alemayehu Bezabeh (Spa) 13:34.44 (Q), 3 Daniele Meucci (Ita) 13:35.02 (Q), 4 Chris Thompson (Gbr) 13:35.58 (Q), 5 Mert Girmalegese (Tur) 13:36.32 (Q), 6 Alistair Cragg (Irl) 13:37.66 (q), 7 Arne Gabius (Ger) 13:39.78 (q), 8 Aleksandr Orlov (Rus) 13:41.44 (q), 9 Tiidrek Nurme (Est) 13:49.19, 10 Eduard Mbengani (Por) 13:50.22, 11 Gezachw Yossef (Isr) 13:55.97, 12 Philipp Bandi (Swi) 13:58.11, 13 Matti Rasanen (Fin) 14:01.35, 14 Sindre Buraas (Nor) 14:03.93
DNF: Oskar Kack (Swe)
Heat 2: 1 Mo Farah (Gbr) 13mins 38.26secs (Q), 2 Jesus Espana (Spa) 13:38.47 (Q), 3 Sergio Sanchez (Spa) 13:38.48 (Q), 4 Noureddine Smail (Fra) 13:38.49 (Q), 5 Serhiy Lebid (Ukr) 13:38.51 (Q), 6 Rosa Stefano La (Ita) 13:38.71 (q), 7 Kemal Koyuncu (Tur) 13:47.41 (q), 8 Yevgeniy Rybakov (Rus) 13:52.58, 9 Sondre Nordstad Moen (Nor) 3:53.69, 10 Halil Akkas (Tur) 14:07.42, 11 Mark Christie (Irl) 14:12.68, 12 Jussi Utriainen (Fin) 14:17.07, 13 Johan Wallerstein (Swe) 14:43.34
DNS: Youssef El Kalay (Por)
110m Hurdles 1st rd:
Heat 1: 1 Dimitri Bascou (Fra) 13.65secs (Q), 2 Artur Noga (Pol) 13.68 (Q), 3 Jackson Quinonez (Spa) 13.78 (Q)
Heat 2: 1 Andy Turner (Gbr) 13.48secs (Q), 2 Philip Nossmy (Swe) 13.71 (Q), 3 Ladji Doucoure (Fra) 13.82 (Q)
Heat 3: 1 Petr Svoboda (Cze) 13.50secs (Q), 2 Marcel Van Der Westen (Ned) 13.58 (Q), 3 William Sharman (Gbr) 13.60 (Q), 4 Alexander John (Ger) 13.61 (q)
Heat 4: 1 Daniel Kiss (Hun) 13.44secs (Q), 2 Garfield Darien (Fra) 13.50 (Q), 3 Dominik Bochenek (Pol) 13.58 (Q), 4 Matthias Buhler (Ger) 13.62 (q), 5 Maksim Lynsha (Blr) 13.65 (q), 6 Jurica Grabusic (Cro) 13.69 (q)
400m Hurdles Semi-finals
Semi-final 1: 1 David Greene (Gbr) 49.48secs (Q), 2 Aleksandr Derevyagin (Rus) 49.85 (Q), 3 Fadil Bellaabouss (Fra) 50.09 (Q), 4 Nathan Woodward (Gbr) 50.51, 5 Michael Bultheel (Bel) 50.60, 6 Stef Vanhaeren (Bel) 50.86, 7 Michal Uhlik (Cze) 51.06, 8 Sebastien Maillard (Fra) 51.26
Semi-final 2: 1 Rhys Williams (Gbr) 49.61secs (Q), 2 Stanislav Melnykov (Ukr) 49.76 (Q), 3 Heni Kechi (Fra) 50.05 (Q), 4 Josef Prorok (Cze) 50.13 (q), 5 Periklis Iakovakis (Gre) 50.33 (q), 6 Nils Duerinck (Bel) 50.46, 7 Giacomo Panizza (Ita) 51.46, 8 Attila Nagy (Rom) 51.98
110m Hurdles Combined Competition Decathlon
Heat 1: 1 Vasiliy Kharlamov (Rus) 14.95secs, 2 Florian Geffrouais (Fra) 14.97, 3 Mihail Dudas (Ser) 15.06, 4 Agustin Felix (Spa) 15.09, 5 Atis Vaisjuns (Lat) 15.17, 6 Marcin Drozdz (Pol) 15.18, 7 Daniel Almgren (Swe) 15.29, 8 Lars Vikan Rise (Nor) 15.66
Heat 2: 1 Darius Draudvila (Lit) 14.29secs, 2 Ingmar Vos (Ned) 14.63, 3 Nadir El Fassi (Fra) 14.65, 4 Hans Van Alphen (Bel) 14.89, 5 Mikk-Mihkel Arro (Est) 14.91, 6 Mikko Halvari (Fin) 15.26, 7 Simon Walter (Swi) 15.27, 8 Aleksey Drozdov (Rus) 15.63
DNS: Nicklas Wiberg (Swe)
Heat 3: 1 Andres Raja (Est) 14.2secs, 2 Andrei Krauchanka (Blr) 14.21, 3 Romain Barras (Fra) 14.22, 4 Igor Sarcevic (Ser) 14.23, 5 Eelco Sintnicolaas (Ned) 14.33, 6 Eduard Mikhan (Blr) 14.37, 7 Mikk Pahapill (Est) 14.38, 8 Roland Schwarzl (Aut) 14.7,
DNS: Oleksiy Kasyanov (Ukr)
1500m Decathlon
Heat 1: 1 Nadir El Fassi (Fra) 4mins 17.25secs, 2 Daniel Almgren (Swe) 4:18.64, 3 Florian Geffrouais (Fra) 4:22.88, 4 Lars Vikan Rise (Nor) 4:36.04, 5 Vasiliy Kharlamov (Rus) 4:40.96, 6 Roland Schwarzl (Aut) 4:58.69, 7 Agustin Felix (Spa) 5:01.61, 8 Marcin Drozdz (Pol) 5:01.97, 9 Atis Vaisjuns (Lat) 5:04.22, 10 Mikko Halvari (Fin) 5:18.86
Heat 2: 1 Hans Van Alphen (Bel) 4mins 21.06secs, 2 Romain Barras (Fra) 4:28.43, 3 Eelco Sintnicolaas (Ned) 4:30.31, 4 Eduard Mikhan (Blr) 4:34.90, 5 Andrei Krauchanka (Blr) 4:36.66, 6 Andres Raja (Est) 4:37.13, 7 Ingmar Vos (Ned) 4:37.50, 8 Mikk Pahapill (Est) 4:38.99, 9 Aleksey Drozdov (Rus) 4:40.46, 10 Igor Sarcevic (Ser) 4:42.41, 11 Darius Draudvila (Lit) 5:02.17
Decathlon Javelin
Decathlon Group A: 1 Lars Vikan Rise (Nor) 71.71m, 2 Andres Raja (Est) 59.34, 3 Marcin Drozdz (Pol) 58.79, 4 Vasiliy Kharlamov (Rus) 57.94, 5 Agustin Felix (Spa) 57.68, 6 Daniel Almgren (Swe) 53.95, 7 Eduard Mikhan (Blr) 53.39, 8 Darius Draudvila (Lit) 52.59, 9 Mikko Halvari (Fin) 50.38
DNS: Mikk-Mihkel Arro (Est), Mihail Dudas (Ser), Simon Walter (Swi)
Decathlon Group B: 1 Romain Barras (Fra) 65.77m, 2 Florian Geffrouais (Fra) 63.76, 3 Eelco Sintnicolaas (Ned) 62.57, 4 Ingmar Vos (Ned) 61.66, 5 Aleksey Drozdov (Rus) 60.74, 6 Mikk Pahapill (Est) 59.23, 7 Atis Vaisjuns (Lat) 59.23, 8 Hans Van Alphen (Bel) 58.47, 9 Andrei Krauchanka (Blr) 58.05, 10 Igor Sarcevic (Ser) 55.23, 11 Nadir El Fassi (Fra) 52.68, 12 Roland Schwarzl (Aut) 49.86
Pole Vault Qualification Group A: 1 Maksym Mazuryk (Ukr) 5.65m (Q), 2 Raphael Holzdeppe (Ger) 5.65 (Q), 2 Romain Mesnil (Fra) 5.65 (Q), 4 Damiel Dossevi (Fra) 5.60, 5 Mateusz Didenkow (Pol) 5.60, 6 Michal Balner (Cze) 5.60, 7 Giorgio Piantella (Ita) 5.50, 8 Vesa Rantanen (Fin) 5.50, 9 Konstadinos Filippidis (Gre) 5.40, 9 Leonid Kivalov (Rus) 5.40
Pole Vault Qualification Group B: 1 Giuseppe Gibilisco (Ita) 5.65m (Q), 2 Jan Kudlicka (Cze) 5.65 (Q), 3 Renaud Lavillenie (Fra) 5.65 (Q), 3 Lukasz Michalski (Pol) 5.65 (Q), 5 Fabian Schulze (Ger) 5.65 (Q), 6 Przemyslaw Czerwinski (Pol) 5.60 (q), 7 Dmitriy Starodubtsev (Rus) 5.60 (q), 8 Eemeli Salomaki (Fin) 5.60, 9 Jure Rovan (Slo) 5.50, 10 Malte Mohr (Ger) 5.50, 11 Rasmus Wejnold Jorgensen (Den) 5.50, 12 Robbert-Jan Jansen (Ned) 5.50, 13 Yevgeniy Olkhovskiy (Isr) 5.30
Pole Vault Decathlon
Pole Vault Decathlon Group A: 1 Andrei Krauchanka (Blr) 5.05m, 2 Atis Vaisjuns (Lat) 4.75, 3 Florian Geffrouais (Fra) 4.75, 4 Hans Van Alphen (Bel) 4.75, 5 Eduard Mikhan (Blr) 4.65, 6 Darius Draudvila (Lit) 4.55, 7 Ingmar Vos (Ned) 4.55, 8 Lars Vikan Rise (Nor) 4.45, 9 Daniel Almgren (Swe) 4.35, 9 Mihail Dudas (Ser) 4.35, 11 Mikko Halvari (Fin) 4.25
NM: Mikk-Mihkel Arro (Est)
DNS: Nicklas Wiberg (Swe)
Pole Vault Decathlon Group B: 1 Sintnicolaas Eelco (Ned) 5.45m, 2 Barras Romain (Fra) 5.05, 2 Sarcevic Igor (Ser) 5.05, 4 Schwarzl Roland (Aut) 5.05, 5 Pahapill Mikk (Est) 4.95, 6 Felix Agustin (Spa) 4.95, 7 El Fassi Nadir (Fra) 4.95, 8 Drozdov Aleksey (Rus) 4.85, 9 Drozdz Marcin (Pol) 4.85, 10 Kharlamov Vasiliy (Rus) 4.65, 11 Raja Andres (Est) 4.55
DNS: Kasyanov Oleksiy (Ukr), Walter Simon (Swi)
Discus Combined Competition - Decathlon: 1 Mikko Halvari (Fin) 52.06m, 2 Hans Van Alphen (Bel) 47.67, 3 Mikk Pahapill (Est) 46.79, 4 Vasiliy Kharlamov (Rus) 46.74, 5 Marcin Drozdz (Pol) 45.54, 6 Andrei Krauchanka (Blr) 45.48, 7 Atis Vaisjuns (Lat) 45.46, 8 Eduard Mikhan (Blr) 45.04, 9 Darius Draudvila (Lit) 44.53, 10 Romain Barras (Fra) 44.51, 11 Aleksey Drozdov (Rus) 44.39, 12 Roland Schwarzl (Aut) 44.22, 13 Eelco Sintnicolaas (Ned) 42.43, 14 Florian Geffrouais (Fra) 42.28, 15 Agustin Felix (Spa) 41.93, 16 Mihail Dudas (Ser) 41.9, 17 Ingmar Vos (Ned) 41.76, 18 Nadir El Fassi (Fra) 41.53, 19 Simon Walter (Swi) 39.86, 20 Igor Sarcevic (Ser) 39.69, 21 Andres Raja (Est) 39.64, 22 Mikk-Mihkel Arro (Est) 39.00, 23 Lars Vikan Rise (Nor) 38.03, 24 Daniel Almgren (Swe) 37.51
High Jump Final: 1 Aleksander Shustov (Rus) 2.33m, 2 Ivan Ukhov (Rus) 2.31, 3 Martyn Bernard (Gbr) 2.29, 4 Linus Thornblad (Swe) 2.29, 5 Jaroslav Baba (Cze) 2.26, 6 Oleksandr Nartov (Ukr) 2.26, 7 Aleksey Dmitrik (Rus) 2.26, 8 Konstadinos Baniotis (Gre) 2.23, 9 Marco Fassinotti (Ita) 2.23, 10 Sylwester Bednarek (Pol) 2.19, 10 Peter Horak (Svk) 2.19
NM: Tom Parsons (Gbr)
Triple Jump Final: 1 Phillips Idowu (Gbr) 17.81m, 2 Marian Oprea (Rom) 17.51, 3 Teddy Tamgho (Fra) 17.45, 4 Viktor Kuznyetsov (Ukr) 17.29, 5 Benjamin Compaore (Fra) 16.99, 6 Lyukman Adams (Rus) 16.78, 7 Dmitrij Valukevic (Svk) 16.77, 8 Fabrizio Schembri (Ita) 16.73, 9 Fabrizio Donato (Ita) 16.54, 10 Nathan Douglas (Gbr) 16.48, 11 Yochai Halevi (Isr) 16.43, 12 Vladimir Letnicov (Mol) 16.37, 13 Dimitrios Tsiamis (Gre) 16.31, 14 Momchil Karailiev (Bul) 15.24
Women's
100m Semi-finals
Semi-final 1: 1 Veronique Mang (Fra) 11.12secs (Q), 2 Ezinne Okparaebo (Nor) 11.23 (Q), 3 Mariya Ryemyen (Ukr) 11.25 (Q), 4 Lina Grincikaite (Lit) 11.35, 5 Laura Turner (Gbr) 11.41, 6 Yuna Mekhti-Zade (Rus) 11.43, 7 Digna Luz Murillo (Spa) 11.44, 8 Anne Mollinger (Ger) 11.60
Semi-final 2: 1 Verena Sailer (Ger) 11.06secs (Q), 2 Myriam Soumare (Fra) 11.13 (Q), 3 Christine Arron (Fra) 11.24 (Q), 4 Yeoryia Kokloni (Gre) 11.26 (q), 5 Anna Gurova (Rus) 11.31 (q), 6 Ailis Mcsweeney (Irl) 11.32, 7 Olesya Povh (Ukr) 11.33, 8 Nataliya Pohrebnyak (Ukr) 11.34
100m Final: 1 Verena Sailer (Ger) 11.10secs, 2 Veronique Mang (Fra) 11.11, 3 Myriam Soumare (Fra) 11.18, 4 Ezinne Okparaebo (Nor) 11.23, 5 Mariya Ryemyen (Ukr) 11.31, 6 Anna Gurova (Rus) 11.36, 7 Yeoryia Kokloni (Gre) 11.36, 8 Christine Arron (Fra) 11.37
Javelin Final: 1 Linda Stahl (Ger) 66.81m, 2 Christina Obergfoll (Ger) 65.58, 3 Barbora Spotakova (Cze) 65.36, 4 Katharina Molitor (Ger) 63.81, 5 Mariya Abakumova (Rus) 61.46, 6 Mercedes Chilla (Spa) 61.40, 7 Martina Ratej (Slo) 60.99, 8 Madara Palameika (Lat) 60.78, 9 Jarmila Klimesova (Cze) 56.50, 10 Asdis Hjalmsdottir (Ice) 54.32, 11 Zahra Bani (Ita) 53.67, 12 Tatjana Jelaca (Ser) 52.13
Triple Jump Qualification
Qualification Group A: 1 Nadezhda Alekhina (Rus) 14.93m (Q), 2 Dana Veldakova (Svk) 14.59 (Q), 3 Adelina Gavrila (Rom) 14.48 (Q), 4 Natallia Viatkina (Blr) 14.30 (Q), 5 Athanasia Perra (Gre) 14.25 (Q), 6 Simona La Mantia (Ita) 14.16 (q), 7 Patricia Mamona (Por) 14.12 (q), 8 Liliya Kulyk (Ukr) 14.04, 9 Anna Jagaciak (Pol) 14.03, 10 Patricia Sarrapio (Spa) 13.21
NM: Petya Dacheva (Bul)
Qualification Group B: 1 Olha Saladuha (Ukr) 14.49m (Q), 2 Snezana Rodic (Slo) 14.47 (Q), 3 Malgorzata Trybanska (Pol) 14.44 (Q), 4 Svetlana Bolshakova (Bel) 14.33 (Q), 5 Alsu Murtazina (Rus) 14.07 (q), 6 Carmen Toma (Rom) 14.03, 7 Kseniya Dzetsuk (Blr) 14.01, 8 Veera Baranova (Est) 13.97, 9 Andriana Banova (Bul) 13.95, 10 Natalya Kutyakova (Rus) 13.94, 11 Alina Elena Popescu (Rom) 13.58, 12 Inger Anne Froysedal (Nor) 13.51
NM: Katja Demut (Ger)
