Dina Asher-Smith beaten in 200m final; Laura Muir, Zharnel Hughes seal golds at European Championships

Dina Asher-Smith suffered disappointment in the final of the 200m at the European Championships after Switzerland's Mujinga Kambundji beat her to the line. Asher-Smith, the defending champion, had led at the bend, but Kambundji hit the front of the race with 80m left and the Brit could not respond. Ad Kambundji finished in 22.32 seconds, with Asher-Smith some 0.09s back.

Denmark’s Ida Karstoft collected bronze. European Championships‘I’m frustrated’ — Asher-Smith pulls up injured with cramp in 100m final16/08/2022 AT 21:03 “I definitely came here for the gold,” said Asher-Smith. “But sometimes it is what it is.” «This year has been up and down.

I am happy to be here, but not so happy with a silver, but you have to take it.” Asher-Smith’s disappointment tempered what was otherwise an astonishing evening of success for Great Britain. Laura Muir picked up gold in the 1500m and Zharnel Hughes and Natheneel Mitchell-Blake secured a British 1-2 in the men’s 200m. Elsewhere, Lawrence Okoye took a surprise bronze in the men’s discus.

‘I’m frustrated’ — Asher-Smith pulls up injured with cramp in 100m final England suffer Commonwealth Games heartbreak as disqualification denies them relay gold The medal rush began when a season’s best throw of 67.14 saw Okoye seal a surprise bronze, behind Lithuania’s Mykolas Alekna, who took gold in a championship record of 69.78. Kristjan Ceh of Slovenia took silver. Then Muir kicked at the bell to add European gold to a world bronze, and a gold and a silver at the Commonwealth Games — all of which were won over a five-week period.