Alina Talay became the silver medalist of the European Championships in the 100m hurdles
Belarusian Alina Talai became the silver medalist of the European Athletics Championships in the 100m hurdles.
One of the leaders of the Belarusian national team, the bronze medalist of the 2015 World Championships in the 100m hurdles, was among the favorites at the tournament in Amsterdam. In the semi-finals, she managed to show the best time among all participants - 12.76 seconds. However, in the final, at the very finish line, she lost to the German Cindy Roleder. The Belarusian's time was 12.68 seconds, while the German athlete ran the 100m hurdles in 12.62 seconds. The bronze medalist was the Briton Tiffany Porter - 12.76 seconds. The other two Belarusian sprinters who competed in the semi-finals did not make it into the top eight. Ekaterina Poplavskaya showed the thirteenth result - 13.04 seconds. Elvira Herman took 16th place - 13.18 seconds. In the women's shot put, the German Christina Schwanitz took first place - 20.17 meters. The best of the Belarusians was Yulia Leontyuk, who finished fourth in the final standings - 18.20 meters. Alena Dubitskaya finished in sixth place - 18.03 meters. On the third day of the European Athletics Championships, Belarusian fans will closely follow the qualification in the men's hammer throw, in which one of the team leaders, Ivan Tikhon, will compete.