Watrine with Brazil to the final, Christian dazzles and Broders misses in the pole vault final | European Athletics Championships

At the conclusion of the morning extended session in Munich, we remember Julian Watrine’s strong performance in the 400m hurdles, with a place in the final and a Belgian record. Elliot Christian qualified in the 800m, and Thibaut de Smet also qualified for the semi-finals. There were also semi-finals for Emki Verfait and Delphine Nekansa in the 200 metres.

All other Belgians were eliminated. However, Ben Broders had chances to get a medal in the pole vault, but he never made it out of the playoffs. In the 400-meter hurdles, the three Belgians were eliminated.

Imke Vervaet splits the 200m well and eventually moves on to second, which takes her straight to the semi-finals. She also equals her best with 23:05.

Delphine Nekansa is nearing her personal best in the 200m with a time of 23:08, and reached the semi-finals without any issues.

In the other series they go very fast. Robin Vanderbdene already knows he won’t be in the semi-finals.

That seems to be the theme for the Belgians this morning: start strong and fade into part two. Robin Vanderbdene appears to be able to put himself in the top 3 of his series in the 200 metres, but he’s still fifth, at 20’90. “He only has a water chance to qualify for the semi-finals.”

Hanne Claes started like a cannonball in the 400m hurdles semi-finals. I ran even faster than the inaccessible Dutchman Fimk Paul. In the second part, of course, she had to pay for it. She finished fourth with a time of 55″ 31. That’s just a breath of fresh air from her personal best, but not enough to secure a place in the final.

Pauline Coquette had to run blind in the semi-finals of the 400m hurdles at the outdoor track. She ran for a long time in first or second, but faced the man with the hammer. Sixth place in her race (56″ 14) wouldn’t be enough for the final.

The disappointment of Ben Broders, who missed for the third time over 5.65 metres. So it wasn’t final for him, while his medal chances were on a good day.