WATCH: Werro stuns Hodgkinson as records tumble at Birmingham 2026

WATCH: Werro stuns Hodgkinson as records tumble at Birmingham 2026

What. A. Race. 🔥

Audrey Werro produced one of the moments of the championships tonight, holding off Keely Hodgkinson and Femke Broeders-Bol in a sensational women’s 800m final to win gold in a championship record 1:54.81.

And that was just the one race of a huge Day Five at the Birmingham 29926 European Athletics Championships, which also included:

Warholm does it again — Karsten Warholm stormed to a fourth successive European 400m hurdles title, smashing his own championship record with 46.63.

An Italian double — Nadia Battocletti completed another remarkable 5000m/10,000m double, while Gianmarco Tamberi added nine centimetres to his season’s best to claim a fourth European high jump crown.

Double Dutch in throws – after winning silver behind Netherlands‘ teammate Jessica Schilder in the shot, Jorinde van Klinken grabbed gold in the women’s discus

Ansah upsets Hughes — Germany’s Owen Ansah took the men’s 200m title ahead of British favourite Zharnel Hughes.

Coming Saturday: more sprint thrills and 1500m final

The women’s 400m final looks unmissable, with Henriette Jaeger, Natalia Bukowiecka, Lieke Klaver, Lurdes Gloria Manuel and Amber Anning among a stacked field after five athletes broke 50 seconds.

Britain’s Amy Hunt chases an extraordinary third gold of the championships in the women’s 4x100m, having already completed the 100m/200m double.

And could we see a World Athletics Championships rematch in the men’s 1500m?

Jake Wightman, Jake Heyward and Arlo Ludewick are all through for Britain — along with Portugal’s Isaac Nader, the man who pipped Wightman to world gold last year.

Watch today’s highlights now — and get ready for a huge final day.