Rank Athlete Nation Result 1 LEMAITRE, Christophe FRA 20.37 2 MALCOLM, Christian GBR 20.38 SB 3 MBANDJOCK, Martial FRA 20.42 4 DEVONISH, Marlon GBR 20.62 5 SAIDY NDURE, Jaysuma NOR 20.63 6 HESSION, Paul IRL 20.71 7 TSÁKONAS, Likoúrgos-Stéfanos GRE 20.90 8 ALERTE, David FRA 1:27.24 Britain’s Christian Malcolm narrowly missed out on the 200 metres gold medal as France’s Christophe Lemaitre completed the sprint double at the European Athletics Championships. Malcolm led off the bend into the home straight in Barcelona’s Olympic Stadium and looked like holding off the fast-finishing Lemaitre on his inside. But a desperate lunge at the line saw Lemaitre clock 20.37 seconds to snatch the gold medal, with Malcolm a mere hundredth of a second behind in a season’s best of 20.38. The 31-year-old from Cardiff threw his hands up in disbelief when he saw the result appear on the giant screen in the stadium, but was still able to celebrate a silver medal to match the one achieved by compatriot Mark Lewis-Francis in the 100m. France’s Martial Mbandjock took bronze as he had done in the 100m on Wednesday night, with Britain’s Marlon Devonish fourth in 20.62. It was Malcolm’s first medal in the European Championships, having finished fourth in Munich in 2002, and only his second major individual outdoor medal of his career, to go with the silver he won at the Commonwealth Games in 1998. « It means a lot, » said Malcolm, who considered quitting the sport after losing his lottery funding last …

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