Great britain come third in the european team championships Despite the thunder, lightning and torrential rain in gateshead we saw the shoots of a new generation of british athletes emerging at the european team championships. Pandora Bracelets Sale Peter eriksson had prayed for rain and got it, signing off as head coach of uk athletics by leading the team to a thirdplace finish. Talented youngsters such as jessica judd, emilia gorecka and sophie hitchon impressed, while more established athletes such as mo farah, perri shakesdrayton and tiffany porter delivered expected victories. Britain even won three of the four relay competitions, with both the men and women 4 x 400metres teams finishing first. There were disappointments, particularly holly bleasdale failing to clear a height in the pole vault, but for a while on sunday afternoon amid the umbrellas, britain See results about jewellery briefly tested winners russia and runners up germany in the overall team competition. Great, said eriksson, who resigned last month to rejoin his wife and four daughters in canada.Of the youngsters really stepped up and did outstanding performances. Promising for us:Youngsters stepping up and taking a chance and making their dreams is always the highlight for me. Didn even run the best teams in the relay but tried out new people and we just nailed it, every single time. Porter won the 100m hurdles in 12.62secs and Olympic silver medallist Christine Ohuruogu brought home the women 4 x 400m relay team in first place.The men team followed suit, bringing the meeting to a close with another british win. Been a really good weekend, said ohuruogu, 29.Youth have really shone and i think it really encouraging us for us a team that we have an under crop of talent coming through. Former ballet dancer hitchon had earlier set the ninth british record of her career to finish third in the hammer.The 21yearold extended her lifetime best by 99cm to 72.97m, comfortably achieving the qualifying standard for August World Championships in Moscow. Best ever:Perri shakesdrayton, usually a hurdler, set a new personal best in winning the 400m Can believe it, she said.Been chasing that 72m all year.Hopefully now i can go to moscow and do even better. Gorecka, 19, produced a gutsy run to finish second in the 5, 000m and anyika onuora came third in the 200m.Shara Pandora Rings proctor fouled her first two attempts in the long jump but managed 6.43m and salvage 10 points for Britain, while Nathan Douglas also finished third in the triple jump on his first appearance in a British vest for three years.The 30yearold tore ligaments in a freak training accident two years ago. A poor tactical race from andrew osagie, however, saw the olympic finalist and only able to manage third place in the 800m, while world silver medallist hannah england was a disappointing View Other fifth in the 1500m. Gutsy:Emelia gorecka, 19, ran brilliantly to finish second On saturday, farah ran a scintillating 50.89sec last lap two seconds quicker than his final 400m to clinch his second gold in London to win the men 5, 000m.It was little more than a training exercise for the double olympic champion, who took off at the bell to win comfortably in 14min 10secs.Eriksson quipped he had even asked farah to be part of the men 4 x 400m relay team. Canvey island teenger judd made up for missing her leavers ball at king john sixth form college in essex on friday night to win the 800m on her international debut, while eilidh child set a scottish record of 54.42secs in winning the 400m hurdles. There was also a new personal best of 50.50secs and victory over 400m for team captain Perri ShakesDrayton and success for the muchcriticised men 4 x 100m relay team, who not only managed to get the baton round, but won in 38.39secs.
