Coleman has no regrets after Munich steeplechase disappointment

By Will Jennings in Munich Preston steeplechaser Jamaine Coleman has no regrets after crashing out at the first hurdle of the multi-sport European Championships. Ad Coleman finished 10th in Tuesday morning's 3000m heats as he was unable to live with the pace set by frontrunners Osama Zoghlami, Karl Bebendorf and Tom Erling Karbo in Munich. AthleticsCourtney-Bryant confident she can overcome injury woes despite early Munich exitAN HOUR AGO He missed out on a spot in the final by exactly two minutes to leave teammate Phil Norman flying the British flag solo in Friday night's showpiece.

Fellow Brit Zak Seddon finished 11th in Norman's heat as Zoghlami's Italian compatriot Ahmed Abdelwahed romped to victory. Coleman, 27, insists he had nothing more to give and a punishing final kilometre proved his undoing in Germany. He said: «I knew it wasn't going to be good enough.

»The race just didn't suit me today. «It was a fast last kilometre and for some reason I just didn't have it in the legs. »I gave it my all, there was nothing I could've done to run any faster." Zoghlami, 28, stopped the clock in a speedy 8:30.67 on a boiling Tuesday morning in Munich.

Coleman finished almost ten minutes behind the Italian before teammate Norman, 32, ploughed through the red-hot conditions to run a brilliant race in 8:32.00. He reckons all steeplechasers drew the short straw competing that morning and is hopeful for more favourable temperatures under the Friday night lights. Norman said: «I couldn't have expected to get any more than that, to get auto qualified into the final.