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  1. Goodbye!published at 22:45 BST

    Well, what a way to end a brilliant European Championships. Seven more GB medals to complete a terrific tally of 19.

    Thanks to all of you who joined us for seven days of non-stop elite action in Birmingham. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.

    See you in Silesia, Poland for the 2028 edition!

  2. The most successful British man in European Championship historypublished at 22:43 BST

    Zharnel HughesImage source, Getty Images

    By helping GB win gold in the mixed 4x100m relay, Zharnell Hughes becomes the most successful British male athlete at European Championships.

    Six golds. Two silvers.

    He overtakes Roger Black, Mo Fara and Matthew Hudson-Smith.

    An all-time British great.

  3. DAS GOATpublished at 22:42 BST

    Dina Asher-Smith, the greatest of all time in European Championships.

    No athlete has ever won more gold medals.

    Most European golds
  4. Every one of Britain's nine gold medalspublished at 22:40 BST

    In case you missed any of the gold-medal winning moments, we've got all nine of them lined up here...

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    Britain's Hunt powers to women's European 100m gold

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    GB's Glave wins men's 100m final while Azu takes silver medal

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    Hudson-Smith wins gold on home turf in 400m

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    'This is her stage!' - Hunt takes 200m gold

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    Great Britain storm to 4x100m relay gold

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    Great Britain's women dominate the 4x100m relay

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    Bronze for Donnelly and a team gold for GB in the women’s marathon

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    Hunts wins fourth gold as Great Britain storm to mixed 4x100m relay victory

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    GB's Hunter-Bell comfortably wins 'serene, beautiful' 1500m gold

  5. Every GB medal in Birminghampublished at 22:37 BST

    Gold

    Women's 100m - Amy Hunt (day one)

    Men's 100m - Romell Glave (day two)

    Women's 200m - Amy Hunt (day four)

    Men's 400m - Matthew Hudson-Smith (day three)

    Men's 4x100m relay (day six)

    Women's 4x100m relay (day six)

    Marathon - women's team event (day seven)

    Mixed 4x100m relay (day seven)

    Women's 1500m final - Georgia Hunter Bell (day seven)

    Silver

    Mixed 4x400m - Ben Jefferies, Charlotte Henrich, Toby Harries, Yemi Mary John (day one)

    Men's 100m - Jeremiah Azu (day two)

    Women's 400m hurdles - Emily Newnham (day three)

    Women's 800m - Keely Hodgkinson (day five)

    Men's 200m - Zharnel Hughes (day five)

    Women's long jump - Jazmin Sawyers (day seven)

    Women's 4x400m relay (day seven)

    Men's 4x400m relay (day seven)

    Bronze

    Women's 200m - Dina Asher-Smith (day four)

    Women's marathon - Abbie Donnelly (day seven)

  6. 'A night to remember'published at 22:35 BST

    BBC Sport

    CEO British Athletics Jack Buckner, speaking to BBC Sport: "It is unbelievable. An amazing end to an incredible championship. It has just been fantastic. Atmosphere amazing and incredible athletes. It has come to life.

    "The stadium has come to life, the city has come to life. The place is buzzing. Tonight has been a night to remember for all of us."

    On the London bid for 2029 World Championships: "We're hoping to get it. I think we have put together an incredible bid. We have amazing athletes and great fans. Incredible media. This is the best place for track and field athletics in the world, so we would love to win it."

    GB's winning 4x100m relay team celebrate their record timeImage source, Getty Images
  7. 'I am getting pretty old'published at 22:32 BST

    Men's pole vault final

    BBC Sport

    Armand Duplantis speaking to BBC Sport about whether the winning feeling ever gets old: "No, not so much. It feels really good. This is my fourth one of these in a row now which is pretty crazy. I am getting pretty old and it's going quick so I'm just trying not take it for granted and enjoy it as much as I can.

    "This is really special. It has been a funky year by my standards so to come out here and win, that was the most important.

    "Every time I go to the track I want to leave my mark and do something no one has done before so the championship record feels really good."

  8. Hudson-Smith and Hughes lead the waypublished at 22:30 BST

    That silver medal for Matt Hudson-Smith in the men's 4x400m was his ninth in European Championship history. No man has ever won more.

    Just behind him is Zharnel Hughes, who now has eight European medals - six of them gold.

    Most European men's medals
  9. 'We win as a team and we lose as a team'published at 22:27 BST

    Men's 4x400m relay

    BBC Sport

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    Dramatic last laps as GB take silver in men's and women's 4x400m relays

    Great Britain's men's 4x400m relay team, speaking to BBC Sport:

    Matthew Hudson-Smith: "I mean, obviously, we wanted the gold. All things considered, we win as a team and we lose as a team.

    "Incredibly proud of the boys. We came, and we battled and that is all that matters. This is just the start and we will build upon it. We know how to deliver when it matters."

    Toby Harries: "I knew Matt would likely give me the lead, so it was about holding that lead. This time around, my legs were cooked. It was a massive fight on that leg. I think I executed it pretty well, but I didn't have the legs for the finish."

    Ben Jeffries: "Definitely feeling it. If you follow me closely, I don't race often and that's usually by design. This is my fourth race of the week, and I am relatively inexperienced legs and my ankle was only just in spikes last week."

    Charlie Dobson: "I was so close. It was another 5m needed, but it is what it is. The boys did incredibly well. It has been a tough week for different reasons. Incredible and a really nice way to end a week."

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    Get Involvedpublished at 22:25 BST

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    Well done Team GB. Awesome on the track. However, Italy pipped us due to them picking up golds in the field events. Where have all our field athletes gone? Jaz Sawyers was the only one to pick anything up. We’re missing out on those.

    James, Oxford

    A good observation, James. Half of Italy's 10 gold medals arrived in field events.

    Only two of GB's nine golds were won outside of sprint events.

  11. So near for Great Britain...published at 22:22 BST

    Final medal table top six

    ...yet so far.

    Italy top the medal table for the second successive European Championships.

    Medal table for top six
  12. 'Looking forward to more medals and adding more golds'published at 22:20 BST

    Women's mixed 4x400m relay

    BBC Sport

    Great Britain's women's 4x400m relay team have been speaking to BBC Sport after winning silver tonight.

    Yemi Mary: "I think we have got incredible depth. Sort of since Martyn [Rooney] stepped up and what we have stepped up to do has been incredible in recent years. Looking forward to more medals and adding more golds."

    Lina Nielsen: "After last year at Tokyo - we didn't do what we wanted that year. That belief was instilled into us by Martyn Rooney and Darren Campbell. We weren't afraid to fight for it."

    Emily Newnham: "I just wanted to take it to her [Femke Bol]. I have watched her relay before, where she slows the pace down. Before we went out there, we wanted to trust ourselves and trust our training."

  13. 'I did not anticipate this'published at 22:15 BST

    Women's long jump final

    BBC Sport

    Great Britain's Jazmin Sawyers, speaking to BBC Sport: "I am so happy. I did not anticipate this, this year. After the Commonwealths I was thinking who knows what I might get? That was a crazy final. It was so close.

    "I almost feel like I should be annoyed at being so close to winning it, but I can't, I am just so happy. According to the rankings, I was going to scrape into the final. An outdoor PB may I add. I am so chuffed.

    "I am so happy I have got to give so much credit to Aston Moore. My coach is king. He is the best.

    "He knows what to say and when to say it. He is such an exceptional man. None of those jumps were right, so I wanted another round. I brought my best to a championship final twice in a row.

    "I am so pleased. This is 10 years after my first European medal. I matched it. I would have loved to have gone one better."

    On questioning her comeback during rehab for an Achilles injury: "There were minuscule moments where I doubted it.

    "The only reason I was able to get through it like I was because I believed I could get back here.

    "It is not that I was getting back to get back. I was getting back to better than I had ever been."

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    'The jump of her life!' - GB's Sawyers takes long jump silver

  14. Hunter Bell targets 800m and 1500m events in LApublished at 22:13 BST

    Women's 1500m final

    Jenny Meadows
    Former 800m world championship medallist and Georgia Hunter Bell's coach on BBC One

    On Georgia Hunter Bell possibly competing in the 800m and 1500m event at the 2028 LA Games...

    It would be nice. There's a lot of synergy there with Kelly Holmes.

    Kelly won the bronze medal in the Olympics when she was 30 years of age and Georgia will be 34 in LA, like Kelly was in Athens when she did the double.

    The programme does work. We have looked at that already.

    She was so relaxed in the heat. I laughed when she said she was a caged animal. She had been texting Trevoh [coach] and I. She definitely had FOMO [fear of missing out] when the championships had started.

    She is here and she is ready.

  15. Hunter Bell grabs third 2026 gold medalpublished at 22:11 BST

    Women's 1500m final

    Gold at the 2026 World Indoor Championships...

    Britain's Georgia Hunter Bell celebrates with her national flag after winning gold in the women's 1500m finalImage source, Reuters

    Gold at the 2026 Commonwealth Games...

    Georgia Hunter Bell of England celebrates with the gold medalImage source, PA Media

    And there's another one to add to her collection. Gold at the 2026 European Championships.

    Georgia Hunter BellImage source, Getty Images
  16. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 22:09 BST

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    Stunning from Hunter Bell. Superb tactical race. Never in doubt. Pressure, what pressure? Impressive performance from such an impressive woman.

    Mark, London

  17. Watch: GB's Hunter-Bell comfortably wins goldpublished at 22:07 BST

    Women's 1500m

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    GB's Hunter-Bell comfortably wins women's 1500m gold

  18. 'Calm and really confident'published at 22:05 BST

    Women's 1500m final

    BBC Sport

    Georgia Hunter Bell, speaking to BBC Sport: "No, it wasn't easy. It is never easy guys.

    "I did feel really calm and really confident. I have been on a win streak and I have had lots of failures before when I have been the favourite.

    "We go through everything. Jen [Jenny Meadows] quizzes me. Lots of times the race doesn't go how we planned. Because we did the prep, I feel ready to adjust to however it goes.

    "It was nice to come down the home stretch and know I had it. It is just special. Another gold. I am hoping to make it four in September."

    On competing in the 800m in the future: "I am excited to throw my hat in the ring there. I had some FOMO [fear of missing out] last night when I saw them on the podium."

    On the medal table: "I am keeping a close eye on the medal table as this gold is important if we want to win overall."

  19. Postpublished at 22:04 BST

    That was such a frantic final hour of the championships, we barely had any time to dwell on Georgia Hunter Bell's superb gold medal in the women's 1500m.

    Let's put her in the spotlight now...

  20. Duplantis' world record progresspublished at 22:02 BST

    Men's pole vault final

    Mondo DuplantisImage source, Getty Images
    • 6.17m - 8 Feb 2020 (Torun, Poland)
    • 6.18m - 15 Feb 2020 (Glasgow, UK)
    • 6.19m - 7 Mar 2022 (Belgrade, Serbia)
    • 6.20m - 20 Mar 2022 (Belgrade, Serbia)
    • 6.21m - 24 Jul 2022 (Eugene, USA)
    • 6.22m - 25 Feb 2023 (Clermont-Ferrand, France)
    • 6.23m - 17 Sept 2023 (Eugene, USA)
    • 6.24m - 20 Apr 2024 (Xiamen, China)
    • 6.25m - 5 Aug 2024 (Paris, France)
    • 6.26m - 25 Aug 2024 (Chorzow, Poland)
    • 6.27m - 28 Feb 2025 (Clermont-Ferrand, France)
    • 6.28m - 15 Jun 2025 (Stockholm, Sweden)
    • 6.29m - 12 Aug 2025 (Budapest, Hungary)
    • 6.30m - 15 Sept 2025 (Tokyo, Japan)
    • 6.31m - 12 Mar 2026 (Uppsala, Sweden)

    But no record tonight. Sad face.