Note: Single-source report; awaiting corroboration.
Mondo Duplantis concluded the European Championships in Birmingham by clearing a championship record of 6.15 meters, securing his fourth consecutive pole vault title. He surpassed his previous record of 6.10 meters set in Rome two years prior. Emmanouil Karalis provided strong competition, taking silver with 6.00 meters after narrowly missing higher attempts. Karalis tried 6.20 meters but was unsuccessful, while Duplantis cleared all his attempts on first tries.
In the marathon events, Finland's Alisa Vainio dominated the women's race, winning in 2:22:26 and improving the championship record by nearly three minutes. She finished almost five minutes ahead of Hungary’s Lili Anna Vindics-Tóth, who earned silver with a personal best of 2:27:21; Britain’s Abbie Donnelly took bronze in 2:27:33. The men's marathon saw Germany’s Amanal Petros set a new championship record, winning in 2:09:11. Petros pulled ahead in the race's second half and held off Italy’s Pietro Riva, who finished seven seconds behind.
The women's long jump was exceptionally close, with just six centimeters separating the top five. Larissa Iapichino claimed gold with a wind-assisted 7.00 meters on her first attempt. Britain's Jazmin Sawyers followed with jumps of 6.95 and 6.99 meters, finishing one centimeter behind Iapichino. France’s Hilary Kpatcha took third with 6.98 meters, while Portugal's Agate de Sousa and defending champion Malaika Mihambo were close behind. Georgia Hunter Bell secured another gold for the host nation by winning the women's 1500 meters in 4:07.78 with a strong final lap. Amy Hunt made history as the first athlete to win four gold medals in a single European Championships edition.
Italy concluded the championships by winning the men’s 4x400 meters relay, finishing atop the medal table in Birmingham.