The Stockton sprinter and World Indoor 60m champion helped the men's relay quartet give the Great Britain team reason to cheer
Teessider Richard Kilty struck gold in the European Team Championships, a result which helped Great Britain finish fifth overall in Braunschweig, Germany.
The Stockton sprinter and World Indoor 60m champion helped the men’s relay quartet give the Great Britain team reason to cheer by claiming their only win on the opening day of the event.
The 4x100m quartet produced victory in an eye-catching time of 38.51 seconds.
They finished 0.37secs ahead of Germany, despite keeping the changeovers safe to ensure they got the baton round. The foursome of Kilty, Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, James Ellington and Adam Gemili were just outside the event record of 38.39.
“This is a solid team and this is hopefully a team that will push for the British record,” said Kilty.
Greg Rutherford, one of the most experienced members of the squad, was beaten into second in the long jump by Germany’s Christian Reif, his best effort of 7.99m leaving him disappointed.
“I just couldn’t get it together, it’s one of those really frustrating days. Conditions were not ideal for jumping,” said the Olympic champion and arch rival of Kilty’s fellow Teessider Chris Tomlinson, who has been in fine form this season.
There was another lively performance from a Teesside athlete on the second and final day of the competition won for the second time by hosts Germany.
Thornaby’s Rabah Yousif was part of the GB men’s 4x400m quartet which matched their female counterparts in finishing fourth in 3 minutes 3.44 seconds.
The position and time could have been better but the team which included Carol Williams-coached Yousif got caught up in heavy traffic heading into the last changeover.
Great Britain ended the two-day event in fifth position.
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