Day 1 Highlights | European Athletics U18 Championships | Banska Bystrica 2024

18 July 2024 - A day packed with thrilling qualification rounds and heats that saw a number of World and European leads.

Slovakia’s Laura Frličková thrilled the home crowd as she stormed to a European U18 best in the 100m hurdles. There were also impressive times in the men’s 110m hurdles where France’s Lucas Domergue, 15, set a European U18 lead in winning heat four. Convincing wins also by Estonia’s Tristan Konso and Kyan Daniel Duffy Escalona from Italy.

In the women’s 100m heats, Miia Ott set a European U18 lead and Bulgaria’s Radina Velichkova set a national U18 best. In the men’s 100m, Germany’s Jakob Kemminer emerged from the heats and semifinals as the one to watch in Friday’s final. Great Britain’s Joel Masters and Italy’s Francis Pala with a personal best were next best.  

Great Britain’s Thea Brown is the overnight leader of the women’s heptathlon after three personal bests on day 1.

As expected, Poland’s world U18 leader Roch Krukowski headed the qualifiers for the men’s javelin but in Finland’s Roope Mäkipelto, he faces a stern challenge in Saturday’s final. Another Polish athlete, Jakub Rodziak, led the qualifiers in the men’s discus with a personal best followed by European U18 leader Ludvig Ellgren of Sweden.

The women’s high jump was a hard fought qualification with seven athletes clearing 1.79m to book their place in Saturday’s final. Among them Hungary’s Lilianna Bátori, and Spain’s Ana Estrella De Leon and Latvia’s Brenda Džiliana Apsīte.

In the women’s 1500m heats, Poland’s Oksana Pestka led the qualifiers, followed by Norway’s European U18 leader Wilma Anna Bekkemoen Torbiörnss. Aldin Ćatović of Serbia led the men’s 1500m qualifiers 

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