Flurry of gold, silver and bronze medals for Belgium at the European Championships
16 August 2018
Belgium has made sporting history at the European Championships 2018 in Glasgow and Berlin. In fact, it took home no less than 6 x gold, 5 x silver and 8 x bronze. Here's the complete rundown.
- Nina Derwael - Uneven bars - Gold
- Kenny De Ketele & Robbe Ghys - Team track race - Gold
- Victor Campenaerts - Time trial - Gold
- Nafi Thiam - Heptathlon - Gold
- Koen Naert - Marathon - Gold
- Jonathan Borlée, Kevin Borlée, Dylan Borlée & Jonathan Sacoor - 4x400m - Gold
- Nina Derwael - Balance beam - Silver
- Kenny De Ketele - 40km points race - Silver
- Nicky Degrendele - Keirin - Silver
- Bashir Abdi - 10,000m - Silver
- Kevin Borlée - 400m - Silver
- Jolien D’hoore - Scratch race - Bronze
- Axelle Klinckaert - Floor exercise - Bronze
- Githa Michiels - Mountain Bike Cross-Country - Bronze
- Kimberly Buys - 50m butterfly - Bronze
- Marten Van Riel - Triathlon - Bronze
- Marten Van Riel, Jelle Geens, Claire Michel & Valerie Barthelemy - Mixed team relay - Bronze
- Jonathan Borlée - 400m - Bronze
- Wout Van Aert - Road race - Bronze
The organisers hope that these very first European Championships will become a kind of mini Olympic Games. They brought together seven different disciplines: aquatics, cycling, golf, rowing, triathlon and artistic gymnastics in Glasgow, and athletics in Berlin.