Sawyers salvages season with European bronze

Jazmin Sawyers says her bold European bronze medal salvaged her season after a memorable night in Munich. The Stoke long jumper delivered a brilliant leap of 6.80m on her final jump to propel herself onto the podium behind Serb Ivana Vuleta and home German favourite Malaika Mihambo. Ad Sawyers has endured a frustrating season after finishing ninth at the World Championships in Oregon before narrowly missing out on a medal at the Commonwealth Games.

AthleticsAsher-Smith says European 200m silver does not reflect her fitness levels41 MINUTES AGO But she banished those demons in Bavaria by holding her nerve in the last chance saloon and winning her claiming her first major gong since her European silver in Amsterdam back in 2016. Sawyers said: «I've finally got a medal again — I'm so happy. »My goal for the summer was to get a medal at every championships and I was starting to think 'have you failed at your entire goal'.' «I knew I was good enough to get a medal today.

»All the way through the competition I kept getting it wrong, not jumping right, fouling, but I knew I had it in me. «I was standing at the top of the runway on that final jump thinking 'you cannot leave here without a medal.' »It feels like it's been a tough year but this, I know it's a bronze, but it feels so good." Sawyers' exploits came at the end of a late night thriller in Munich after the athletics' evening session had been postponed due to rain, thunder and lightning. Her first three jumps stood at 6.69m, 6.52m and 6.37m to leave her hopes of a podium finish hanging in the balance.