European Athletics Championships Day Two: Romell Glave Leads British 100m One-Two

Romell Glave cemented Britain as Europe’s top sprinting nation with 100m gold on Day 2 of Birmingham 2026 at Alexander Stadium.

In the first-ever men’s continental 100m final on British soil, Glave and Jeremiah Azu recorded a brilliant one-two to the delight of the home fans in Birmingham.

Glave came into the final in fine form and soared to his maiden European title in a time of 10.09s with Azu crossing for silver in 10.16s to upgrade his bronze from 2022.

It came just 24 hours after Amy Hunt’s women’s 100m gold from the opening night. “Upgrading from a bronze medal from 2024 is an amazing feeling,” Glave told BBC Sport.

“We got one-two, which is also amazing. I was ready for this occasion. The last week or so has been up and down with my body, but I was able to come out here regardless of how I was feeling.”

Hannah Nuttall took fifth place in the women’s 5000m final in a time of 15:41.27, whilst India Weir finished 16th in 15:55.42 and Innes FitzGerald placed 19th in 16:00.07.

Marcia Sey finished eighth in her maiden European final in the women’s 100m hurdles. The Brit started off strongly but clipped a hurdle to fall back and crossed the line in a time of 13.01s.

Emma Nwofor was sat with her family when she received the call that she would return to the track for the semi-finals, just hours before the starting gun went.

Having initially missed out on progressing, Nwofor stepped up once more following withdrawals in the event and finished 17th overall in a time of 13.16s.

Archie Yeo closed out his time in Birmingham with 7.48m for 12th place in the men’s long jump, while Jake Norris finished in the same position in the men’s hammer throw with a best of 74.61m.

The men’s 400m semifinals saw home hero Matthew Hudson-Smith get his European campaign underway with a second-placed finish in front of the Alexander Stadium stand that was recently named after him.

“It was fun. We had fun. I misjudged it a little bit. I thought I was clear. I was looking at the screen, and I saw the guy try and surge, but he ran a PB so he's messed up with the final ahead. I kind of did the job. I felt the noise of the fans the whole way round.” 

Gemma Tutton missed out on qualifying for the women’s pole vault final with a best clearance of 4.25m.