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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- 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.