Team European Championship: Kirchler with Italy in 7th place

In the end, we finished seventh with 221 points. The Italian national team's best result to date was sixth place two years ago in Cheboksary, 2009 in Leiria and 2010 in Bergen. The victory in Lille went to the German team, who won comfortably with 321,5 points ahead of Poland (295). The local heroes from France took third place on the podium with 270 points.

Kirchler 7th in discus throwing

The 38-year-old discus thrower Hannes Kirchler was also in action in Lille. The Merano native, who competes for the Carabinieri sports group and threw his previous season's best mark of 62,60 m almost four weeks ago, did not go beyond 60 m. Kirchler reached 59,84 m on his first attempt. He then reached 59,23 m, while the third, last throw was invalid. That was enough for 7th place. The victory went to the German Olympic champion and world champion Robert Harting. He won with his new season record of 66,30 m, just ahead of Robert Urbanek from Poland (66,25). The Frenchman Lolassonn Djouhan came third with 64,35 m.

The “Azzurri” squad also included two runners from Athletic Club 96 Bozen, Brayan Lopez and Antonio Infantino. The 20-year-old Italo-Dominican Lopez competed in the 4x400 m relay with Vladimir Aceti, Michele Tricca and Eseosa Desalu and came seventh in 3:06.35 minutes. The 200 m sprinter Antonio Infantino, however, failed to qualify on Friday.

Results of the European Team Championships in Lille (FRA):

1. Germany 321,5 points 2. Poland 295 3. France 270 4. Great Britain 269 5. Spain 242,5 6. Ukraine 236,5 7. Italy 221 8. Czech Republic 214,5 9. Greece 196,5 10. Belarus 188,5 11. Netherlands 175

Discus throwing, men 1. Robert Harting (GER) 66,30 m 2. Robert Urbanek (POL) 66,25 3. Lolassonn Djouhan (FRA) 64,35 4. Erik Cadèe (NLD) 62,22 5. Zane Duquemin (GBR) 61,23 6. Lois Maikel Martinez (ESP) 60,86 7. Hannes Kirchler (ITA/Meran) 59,84 8. Marek Barta (CZE) 59,84 9. Viktar Trus (BLR) 58,35 10. Ivan Panasyuk (UKR) 54,73 11. Jason Thanopoulos (GRC) 54,40

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Team European Championship: Kirchler with Italy in 7th place

The European team championships for track and field athletes came to an end on Sunday evening in Lille, France. The Italian selection with the Merano discus thrower Hannes Kirchler managed to stay in the Super League.

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