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A look back at some of the standout moments of the Zurich championships, rated by All-Athletics.com as the best Europeans since their rankings beganThe Great Britain & Northern Ireland team claimed a record medal haul to top the table at the European Championships in Zurich with a total of 12 gold, five silver and six bronze medals. There were a number of stand out performances from athletes across the board, including a world record in the 50km walk by Frenchman Yohann Diniz and multiple national records including one by the British women’s 4x100m relay team. Website All-Athletics.com also rates Zurich 2014 as the best edition of the European Championships since their multi-day competitions rankings started in 2001. Using a formula which considers the results achieved in the competition, the level of the participating athletes and any world records achieved in the competition (Competition Score = Competition Result Score + Competition Participation Score + WR Bonus), Zurich 2014 scored a total of 183,431 points, putting it ahead of Gothenburg 2006 with 181,964. To help you relive the many impressive performances which took place across the six days of action we’ve included links to each of our online reports below, broken up into sessions and highlighting some of the stand out moments. Enjoy! Tuesday August 12 Favourites progress as European Champs get under way Jo Pavey wins European 10,000m gold in Zurich Wednesday August 13 Miguel gel L pez wins European race walk gold James Dasaolu, Mo Farah and Tiffany Porter claim European titles in Zurich Thursday August 14 Elmira Alembekova grabs gold in 20km walk Shubenkov retains hurdles title, Sharman surges to silver Friday August 15 Yohann Diniz smashes world 50km walk record Martyn Rooney and Adam Gemili blast to Euro gold Saturday August 16 Euro marathon gold for Christelle Daunay Golden run from Eilidh Child Sunday August 17 Daniele Meucci wins Euro marathon gold GB team enjoy record-breaking final day in Zurich All-Athletics.com rankings for European Championships since 2002Zurich 2014 183,431 The August 21 issue of AW will be a European Championships special, with in-depth reports, pictures and results from Zurich The post European Championships: Zurich highlights appeared first on Athletics Weekly. Read the full article at: www.athleticsweekly.com
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