João Coelho advances to the final of the 400 meters in the European Athletics Championships

After the two medals won yesterday by the Portuguese delegation, João Coelho, in the 400 meters, and Tiago Luís Pereira, in the triple jump, are competing in the European indoor finals, on a day that also marks the return to the big stages of Auriol Dongmo.

The 25-year-old Sporting athlete won one of six places in the decisive race, scheduled for Saturday at 21:20 local time (20:20 in Lisbon), thanks to third place in the first series of the semifinals, with a time of 46.02 seconds, behind the Hungarian Attila Molnár (45.48), first, and the Frenchman Jimy Soudril (45.99), second. “It was a race like [the qualifiers], I wish I had been second. I still tried in the end, but it didn't work. I had posi…

Isaya Klein Ikkink has managed to qualify for an individual final at a major championship for the first time in his career. The 21-year-old athlete reached the final of the 400 meters at the European Indoor Championships in Apeldoorn on character.