Team European Championship: Kirchler and Weissteiner with Italy in sixth place

The Azzurri confidently secured relegation after the three days of competition in Russia. In the end they even missed out on a historic fifth place. With a total of 288 points, Italy was only three points behind the fifth-placed Brits. However, sixth place equaled the previous best results in Leiria in 2009 and in Bergen in 2010.

The victory in Cheboksary went to the Russian local heroes, who won comfortably with 368,5 points ahead of Germany (346,5). The track and field athletes from France took third place on the podium (319,5).

Triple jumper Fabrizio Donato and 800-meter runner Giordano Benedetti, who won their competitions, played a significant role in the Italians' positive performance. In total, the Azzurri recorded ten podium finishes in the title fights in Russia.

Kirchler misses the podium

Hannes Kirchler also almost made it into the top 3. The 36-year-old discus thrower from Meran was in third place after three attempts, just a hair behind second place. Although he achieved a personal best of the day with his last throw of 59,03 meters, he was pushed into fourth place by the Spaniard Frank Casanas. The victory went to Robert Urbanek from Poland, who threw 63,03 meters.

Meanwhile, long-distance runner Silvia Weissteiner had a difficult time. The experienced guest climber ran at a very high pace for a long time in the 5.000 meter run before she had to lose contact with the lead with three laps to go. While the Polish Renata Plis won the race in 15:49,29 minutes, Weissteiner finished her run in sixth place with a time of 16:15,09 minutes.

Result European Team Championships in Cheboksary (RUS):

1. Russia 368,5 points 2. Germany 346,5 3. France 319,5 4. Poland 317 5. Great Britain 291 6. Italy 288 7. Ukraine 281,5 8. Spain 230,5

The South Tyrolean European Championship results:

Discus throwing, men 1. Robert Urbanek (POL) 63,03 m 2. Martin Wierig (GER) 60,23 3. Frank Casanas (ESP) 60,01 4. Hannes Kirchler (ITA/Meran) 59,03 5. Lolassonn Djouhan (FRA) 58,43 6. Gleb Sidorchenko (RUS) 58,21 7. Sven Martin Skagestad (NOR) 56,83 8. Zane Duquemin (GBR) 55,42

5.000 m, women 1. Renata Plis (POL) 15:49,29 minutes 2. Volha Mazuronak (BLR) 15:51,89 3. Clemence Calvin (FRA) 15:53,28 4. Gulshat Fazlitdinova (RUS) 15:57,50 5. Viktoriya Pohoryelska (UKR) 15:57,75 6. Silvia Weissteiner (ITA/Gasteig) 16:15,09 7. Trihas Gebre (ESP) 16:34,94 8. Lily Partridge (GBR) 16:42,61

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Team European Championship: Kirchler and Weissteiner with Italy in sixth place

The European Athletics Team Championships in Cheboksary, Russia, came to an end early on Sunday evening. The Italian selection, with the two South Tyroleans Hannes Kirchler and Silvia Weissteiner, achieved a surprisingly strong result.

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