Russian Athletics News. Nikolay Sedyuk of Russia collected gold by dint of being the only finalist to come close to his season's best (60.61)

Russian Athletics News. Yelena Kofanova claimed gold in 1:58.94, a championship record, ahead of Ukraine's Nataliya Lupu (2:01.08) and Poland's Agnieszka Leszczynska (2:01.53)

Russian Athletics News. Aleksandra Fedoriva, already an Olympic sprint relay gold medallist, pocketed gold, crossing the line a tenth of a second clear in a season's best of 22.97

Russian Athletics News. Both Aleksandra Shamsutdinova of Russia and Germany's Melanie Bauschke cleared the same height, 1.89, but it was the Russian's perfect card up to that moment that gave her gold

Russian Athletics News. An exciting 1500m was won by Ivan Tukhtachev in 3:51.19 with a withering turn of speed from 120m out to burst past defending champion, Alvaro Rodriguez of Spain, who eventually faded to fourth

Russian Athletics News. After winning the 10000m on Friday and running the last 2km with only one shoe, Natalya Popkova came back to complete the distance double fully shod and in style

Russian Athletics News. Aleksandr Pavelyev won gold in 8:40.55 after a last lap tussle with Spain's Jose Luis Galvan who took silver with Poland's Krystian Zalewski earning bronze

Russian Athletics News. Russia finished top of the medal table as the European Athletics U23 Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania, ended on Sunday