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Cycling ace Tanfield motivated to spoil German party

Charlie Tanfield says the prospect of silencing the raucous German crowd hauled Britain's team pursuit stars over the line as they bagged a brilliant European bronze in Munich. The Great Ayton cycling star, 25, joined forces with Rhys Britton, Kian Emadi, William Tidball and Oliver Wood to topple the hosts of the multi-sports championships and battle his way onto the podium. Ad One of the historic city's halls has been transformed into a futuristic velodrome and the home crowd roared their nation on to women's gold as Tanfield, a 2019 European champion and two-time silver medallist, waited in the wings.

Quad scullers catch crab en route to European Championship rowing final

Harry Leask and Britain's quadruple scullers recovered from catching a rare rowing 'crab' to miraculously claw their way into the European Championship final. The Edinburgh star, 26, finished third in his semi-final alongside George Bourne, Matt Haywood and Tom Barras after being forced to battle through a highly unusual incident where a rower is unable to extract the blade from the water due to the speed the boat is travelling. Ad Haywood encountered the problem at the beginning of the contest to derail their early progress but the resilient quartet ploughed on to grab the final qualification spot and book their place in the A Final.

BMX star Pardoe buzzing for more after sixth in European final

Sasha Pardoe says getting a first taste of the bright international lights has whetted her appetite for more dizzying exploits on the big stage. The Stourbridge BMX sensation, 16, finished sixth in the European Championship final on Friday in what marked her maiden appearance at a major senior event. Ad Pardoe breezed through qualifying in the same position and while teammate and Olympic champion Charlotte Worthington crashed twice in the final to finish last, Pardoe kept herself together to pull off a rock-solid run.

BMX star Worthington rues 'wrong decision' after crashing out in European final

Charlotte Worthington slammed her 'stubborn' decision to chase another Tokyo fairytale as her latest BMX gamble spectacularly backfired in the European Championship final. The reigning Olympic champion, 26, crashed twice and finished rock-bottom in Munich as her attempts to emulate last year's dizzying run went up in smoke. Ad After falling on her first run in Tokyo, the Manchester star pulled a never-before-seen 360-degree backflip out of the bag to stun her rivals and catapult herself to the top of the table.

Para rower Pritchard looking to make small margins count at European Championships

Ben Pritchard reckons maximising the marginal gains can catapult him onto the European Championship podium. The experienced Swansea para rower, 30, triumphed in his PR1 single sculls repechage in splendid isolation on the second day of the multi-sport Munich event to safely navigate his way into Saturday morning's final. Ad Pritchard, who narrowly missed out on a medal at the Tokyo Paralympic Games last summer, crossed the line in a time of 10:33.93 to triumph over his Israeli, Spanish, Hungarian and Polish opponents at the city's 1972 Olympic Regatta Centre.

GB's Neah Evans admits tactical shake up in Euro final

Neah Evans says Britain's team pursuit stars had to rip up their data-driven approach at the European Championships after grinding out a fourth-place finish in Munich. Evans, Josie Knight, Jess Roberts, Anna Morris and Pfeiffer Georgi were unable to battle past France in the bronze medal showdown and cap a whirlwind week at the multi-sport German event.

Triathlon debutant battles through pain to make European Championship bow

Iona Miller battled through the pain barrier to make her long-awaited European Championship debut. The Scottish triathlon star, 23, came home 36th out of the 41 athletes to finish at Munich's multi-sports European Championships as teammate Non Stanford grabbed a brilliant gold medal in her final international race. Ad Miller has enjoyed considerable success on the junior stage but was thrown into the deep end in Munich against a star-studded field, with Stanford, a World Triathlon Series champion back in 2013, leading the way.

I almost decided to quit wrestling after Tokyo, says Vinesh Phogat

Narendra Modi's pep talk rejuvenated her to continue. While a knee injury in the quarterfinals dashed her hopes in 2016 Rio Olympics, Vinesh again crashed out in the last eight stage in Tokyo, despite entering her weight category as the world No.1. Vinesh admitted that the two disappointments pushed her to the brink of quitting wrestling, long before she reinvented herself with a gold medal at the just-concluded Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

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Cycling ace Tanfield motivated to spoil German party

Quad scullers catch crab en route to European Championship rowing final

BMX star Pardoe buzzing for more after sixth in European final

BMX star Worthington rues 'wrong decision' after crashing out in European final

Para rower Pritchard looking to make small margins count at European Championships

GB's Neah Evans admits tactical shake up in Euro final

Triathlon debutant battles through pain to make European Championship bow

I almost decided to quit wrestling after Tokyo, says Vinesh Phogat