More to come from Caudery despite seventh-placed finish at Europeans

Molly Caudery admits she could have given more despite claiming a solid seventh-place finish at the European Championships. The Redruth pole vaulter, 22, cleared the bar at the second highest height of her career as a leap of 4.55m hauled her ahead of British teammate Sophie Cook. Ad But it was not enough for a medal as flying Finn Wilma Murto grabbed gold ahead of Greek star Aikaterini Stefanidi and Slovenian Tina Sutej.

AthleticsHodgkinson hopes Commonwealth pain can inspire European Championships goldAN HOUR AGO Caudery's personal best stands at 4.60m and she was frustrated not to eclipse that height after missing 4.65m on three occasions. She said: «I would be lying if I didn't say I wasn't a little bit disappointed. »I have three runs through on my final height.

«But I can't complain with the height — I think that might be the second highest I've ever jumped. »It's been a very long season. «I was very exhausted by the end of it — just going at a PB height.

»We've got a few things to work on — technically I was really happy with my jumps today but I've now got the winter to just go back, take account of what happened and sort through a few things." Caudery cruised through qualifying as a rock-solid jump of 4.50m booked her place in Wednesday's final under the lights. She improved on that effort by 5cm but was unable to propel herself onto the podium as Murto, 24, cleared a brilliant 4.85m and Stefanidi and Sutej leapt 4.75m. Athletics is one of nine sports hosting their European Championships in Munich this week and fans flocked to the Olympic Stadium to get a taste of the action.