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.
At the World Speed Skating Championships, the Belgian easily dominated the mass start race to win the only title missing from his international record. He also won bronze in the 5,000 metres.