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Ireland’s Ellen Walshe competes in a semi-final of the women’s 200m individual medley. Photograph: Dimitar Dilkoff\/AFP via Getty <\/p>\nEuropean swimming<\/p>\n
Women\u2019s 200m breaststroke final: Mona McSharry wins bronze medal, Ellie McCartney finishes eighth<\/p>\n
Women\u2019s 100m backstroke semi-finals: Grace Davison, Danielle Hill finish eighth, miss out on final<\/p>\n
Men\u2019s 200m butterfly semi-finals: Jack Cassin finishes eighth, misses out on final<\/p>\n
Women\u2019s 200m IM semi-finals: Ellen Walshe finishes third, makes final. Ellie McCartney finishes sixth, misses out<\/p>\n
European athletics<\/p>\n
Women\u2019s heptathlon, shot put: Kate O\u2019Connor (7.35pm)<\/p>\n
Women\u2019s 10,000m: Niamh Allen, Fiona Everard (7.45pm)<\/p>\n
Women\u2019s heptathlon, 200m: Kate O\u2019Connor (9.02pm)<\/p>\n
The Italian Nadia Battocletti wins comfortably. Fiona Everard finishes in 20th position in the 10,000m.<\/p>\n
Fiona Everard around the top 20 with 2,000 metres to go in the 10,000m. Niamh Allen has stepped off the track sadly.<\/p>\n
Izzy Fry had a bad fall in the 10,000 metres but she\u2019s back up around 6,500 metres. A big pack, but Keith picks up the pace and the Irish are well back.<\/p>\n
O\u2019Connor avoids major disaster with a much improved throw of 13.96 in the shot put! Well short of her personal best, but with her last throw she gains many more points to stay in contention. Overall, Adrianna Sulek-Schubert leads the heptathlon on 2972 points. O\u2019Connor on 2925. Weissenberg is on 2871 points.<\/p>\n
The 10,000m final is on now too, with Ireland\u2019s Niamh Allen and Fiona Everard taking part.<\/p>\n
Kate O\u2019Connor has fouled her second attempt in the shot put.<\/p>\n
Kate O\u2019Connor is in action in the shot put, and throws well under 14 metres, 13.46m, she\u2019ll want to improve with a personal best of 14.70m.<\/p>\n
Another big cheer as Rhasidat Adeleke picks up her silver medal, and another round of Ole, Oles.<\/p>\n
Turning to athletics and a medal ceremony, Mark English is being given his medal by Sebastian Coe as Ole, Ole, Ole goes on in the crowd in Birmingham. Now Amhr\u00e1n na bhFiann.<\/p>\n
Ellen Walshe makes the 200m Individual Medley final<\/p>\n
Confident swim, with some good turns and safely in the final as she looks to make it a medley double gold. She swims 2:11.26 to finish third, Amalie Smith wins in 2:11.12. McCartney misses out after finishing sixth.<\/p>\n
Ireland’s Ellen Walshe competes in a semi-final of the women’s 200m individual medley. Photograph: Dimitar Dilkoff\/AFP via Getty <\/p>\n
Ellen Walshe and Ellie McCartney are competing in the Women\u2019s 200m Individual Medley semi-final.<\/p>\n
After 100m, Walsh is in second place behind Vanotterdijk, with McCartney in sixth.<\/p>\n
Jack Cassin finishes eighth in the men\u2019s 200m butterfly semi-final. A tough task with some big hitters like the home star Leon Marchand and Hubert Kos. Cassin swims 1:57.66.<\/p>\n
Mona McSharry on RT\u00c9: \u201cI was fighting my demons on that one. I think I was holding on for dear life at the end, but I was catching someone so it was good.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was definitely tough. I was experiencing, not quite hyperventilation but I couldn\u2019t relax myself and subconsciously I was nervous for it. You have to push through those things. I did some mental breathing to calm myself and to do the process that works.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mona presented with her medal now.<\/p>\n
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Mona McSharry of Ireland. Photograph: Andrea Masini\/Inpho <\/p>\n
Grace Davison and Danielle Hill both finish last in their 100m backstroke semi-finals, well off the pace.<\/p>\n
Hill swims 1:01.67 in a semi-final won by Mary-Ambre Moluh in 58.21.<\/p>\n
Hard-fought medal there for McSharry, who was only third in the last few metres after being behind for most of the race. That\u2019s a silver and bronze from this championship.<\/p>\n
Mona McSharry wins the bronze medal at the 200m breaststroke<\/p>\n
McSharry is 0.3 seconds off a medal with 50 metres to go. Schouten and Chikunova staying strong. Evans fading badly. She manages to sneak a bronze medal over Schouten.<\/p>\n
Chikunova wins it with 2:19.32, a Championship record. 2:21.21\tfor Evans in silver. 2:22.43\tfor McSharry in bronze, beating Schouten by 0.23 seconds.<\/p>\n
Ellie McCartney finished eighth in 2:26.93, but a good experience to get to the final.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re off. After 50 metres, Evans leads with McSharry in fourth, McCartney in eighth.<\/p>\n
Evans is better than world record pace in the lead, as McSharry is still fourth through 100m.<\/p>\n
Popovici wins the 200m freestyle again, as McSharry and McCartney come out for the 200m breaststroke. Best of luck to them.<\/p>\n
McSharry and McCartney coming up in about 10 minutes, here is the start list.<\/p>\n
Ellie McCartneyAnna ElendtTes SchoutenEvgeniia ChikunovaAngharad EvansMona McSharryKotryna TeterevkovaAlina Zmushka<\/p>\n
Roos Vanotterdijk has won gold at the 100m butterfly, while the men\u2019s 200m freestyle will be up before the 200m women\u2019s breaststroke.<\/p>\n
Hello and welcome to live coverage of the European swimming and athletics championships. The last two days were very memorable, on Wednesday it was swimming\u2019s day with Ellen Walshe winning a gold medal and Mona McSharry<\/a> a silver. Yesterday, it was athletics\u2019 turn with Mark English winning gold and Rhasidat Adeleke winning silver.<\/p>\n