Flurry of gold, silver and bronze medals for Belgium at the European Championships

16/08/2018

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.

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  1. Nina Derwael - Uneven bars - Gold
  2. Kenny De Ketele & Robbe Ghys - Team track race - Gold
  3. Victor Campenaerts - Time trial - Gold
  4. Nafi Thiam - Heptathlon - Gold
  5. Koen Naert - Marathon - Gold
  6. Jonathan Borlée, Kevin Borlée, Dylan Borlée & Jonathan Sacoor - 4x400m - Gold
  7. Nina Derwael - Balance beam - Silver
  8. Kenny De Ketele - 40km points race - Silver
  9. Nicky Degrendele - Keirin - Silver
  10. Bashir Abdi - 10,000m - Silver
  11. Kevin Borlée - 400m - Silver
  12. Jolien D’hoore - Scratch race - Bronze
  13. Axelle Klinckaert - Floor exercise - Bronze
  14. Githa Michiels - Mountain Bike Cross-Country - Bronze
  15. Kimberly Buys - 50m butterfly - Bronze
  16. Marten Van Riel - Triathlon - Bronze
  17. Marten Van Riel, Jelle Geens, Claire Michel & Valerie Barthelemy - Mixed team relay - Bronze
  18. Jonathan Borlée - 400m - Bronze
  19. 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.