Ingebrigtsen seals Euro double-double as Thiam dominates

In a mixed night for defending champions at a rain-hit Olympic Stadium, a third, Poland's Wojciech Nowicki, left it late to also retain his hammer throw title.After heavy rain had seen the evening session delayed by 20 minutes, Ingebrigtsen made up for the disappointment of finishing second to Britain's Jake Wightman in the 1,500m in last month's world championships in Oregon.Ingebrigtsen's victory sealed a remarkable triumph, having won the same 1,500-5,000 European double as a precocious 17-year-old in Berlin in 2018."I wanted to have a fast race and I wanted to win," Ingebrigtsen said.- 'In the clouds' -It meant the 27-year-old Belgian became a two-time champion on the Olympic, world and European stage. "It's amazing," beamed Thiam. "I'm living in the clouds."Thursday saw her go out to a disappointing 6.08m in the long jump before 48.89m in the javelin and 2:17.95 in the 800m for a total of 6,628 points."I am really, really happy because I was quite exhausted after the first day," said Thiam. "I had pain all over my body but still managed to give my best.- Can misses double -Can and Britain's Eilish McColgan rounded out the podium to add to the gold and silver medals they respectively won in the 10,000m earlier in the week.Hungary's Bence Halasz won silver in a personal best of 80.92m, while Norwegian Eivind Henriksen took bronze (79.45) to push five-time world champion Pawel Fajdek of Poland into fourth (79.15).It was Tamberi's second European title after having previously won in Amsterdam in 2016.Defending champion Przybylko could only finish sixth in the high jump, but Mihambo was beaten by just 3cm in her bid to retain long jump gold.Armand 'Mondo' Duplantis and Karsten Warholm had earlier lent more world-class stardust to the fourth day of action in Munich.And there was also no drama for defending 400m hurdles champion Warholm, who sailed into Friday's final.... Via news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site https://www.news.com.au