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Swiss athlete Werro wins gold at European Championships 800-meter final

Audrey Werro secures the gold medal in the women's 800-meter final at the athletics European Championships in Birmingham with a championship record.

14 August 2026Tagblick Newsdesk

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Swiss athlete Werro wins gold at European Championships 800-meter final — Photo: Skyscraper2010 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

In the women's 800-meter final at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, Swiss athlete Audrey Werro clinched the gold medal with a time of 1:54.81 minutes. She set a new championship record, although the world record held by Jarmila Kratochvilova from 1983 remained unbroken.

The silver medal went to British Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson, who finished in 1:55.01 minutes. The bronze was awarded to Dutch athlete Femke Broeders-Bol, who achieved a time of 1:55.54 minutes, equaling the national record.

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