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 18th European Championships, Munich, Germany, 6th- 11th August 2002 

 Men

100m:

Dwain Chambers

a

1h1

10.23/0.2

a

1q4

10.08/0.1

b

1s1

10.12/0.0

b

1

9.96/-0.3

A slight shoulder injury had been affecting Dwain’s starting but there was no sign of this in Munich where he generally had the fastest reaction time and got smoothly and quickly into his pick-up phase in every race.  His progress through the rounds was faultless: fastest qualifier from the first round then swiftest again in the quarterfinals, he went into the second day a clear favourite.  Dwain was a full metre clear of the Greek Theodoridis in the first semi although Portugal’s Obikwelu equalled his 10.12 in semi-final 2.  Three false starts blighted the final but the Belgrave man maintained his concentration and at the fourth attempt flew away from the field that was now minus Theodoridis who had committed two of the “fliers”.  It was Dwain’s race all the way from the fastest reaction time to the magnificent last twenty metres where his top speed was calculated to be 28 miles per hour.  Of Britons only Christie has run faster and even the British Record could have been under threat with a legal following breeze instead of the slight head wind. 

400m:

Sean Baldock

a

4h3

46.62

It was a pretty good run from Sean, drawn in the outside lane in the last of the heats.  The first three and fastest four losers were to progress but our man unluckily placed 4th and missed out on the next round by a mere 0.2 seconds.

HJ:

Ben Challenger

a

=10qB

2.15 (2.15xxo, 2.20xxx)

Conditions were not good for jumping and heights suffered as a result.  Ben cleared 2.15 which was good enough to make the final for some.  Unfortunately our man needed three attempts to take that height and the count back narrowly ruled him out. 

TJ:

Phillips Idowu

a

1qA

17.54 (17.54/0.6)

c

5

16.92 (x, 15.29/0.4, 16.92/-1.0, 16.85/-0.4, x, 5.62/0.0)

A 17.54 opening jump in the qualifying round had British supporters thinking that this was the time that Phillips would take over as the man in triple jumping.  It was his second longest ever leap and by far the best qualifying mark.  The final was another competition, however. Here Sweden’s Christian Olsson was on fire with a fine series (although failing to match Phillip’s qualifying mark).  Friedek of Germany was also on song while the Brits struggled to the extent that Jonathan Edwards could “only” reach bronze and Phillips had to settle for 5th.

4x100m:

Dwain Chambers

e

1h2

38.55

f

1

38.19

Another gold for Dwain as the British team put safety before speed in the takeover zones but were still head and shoulders above the rest.  Christian Malcolm, Darren Campbell and Marlon Devonish had already put the team ahead before the main man finished the job. 

4x400m:

Sean Baldock

e

1h1

3:02.97

The heats saw Sean taking over from first leg man Jared Deacon and he clocked an unofficial 46.1 for his stint before the baton moved on to Jamie Baulch and Matt Elias.  Sean was left out of the team for the final in favour of individual bronze medallist Daniel Caines.  

Women

DT:

Shelley Newman

a

11q

56.57 (55.49, x, 56.57)

b

10

57.38 (55.03, 57.38, 55.69)

Shelley was the 5th Belgravian in action on the opening day and although not throwing at her best,  went into the final as the 11th qualifier of 12.  The following day’s final saw her improve in exalted company to move up to 10th. 

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