Only 15 athletes have managed to finish the Barkley Marathons, the ultra-endurance event considered the most difficult in the world, in under 60 hours.
By scoring three goals in 3 minutes and 25 seconds, Gift Orban, a young player from La Gantoise, set a new record for the fastest hat-trick ever scored in a European competition.
With two golds, one silver and three bronzes, Belgian athletes brought back the biggest medal haul in the history of the European Athletics Indoor Championships.