Mujinga Kambundji defended her European 200m title at the Roma European Athletics Championships

Mujinga Kambundji (Switzerland) defended her European 200m title from Munich 2022. The Swiss printer dominated the hotly contested half-lap final at the Olimpico in Rome with a season’s personal best of 22.49sec (0.7m/s). She was only 1 hundredth ahead of Daryll Neita (Great Britain), who equaled her personal record for 2024 with 22.50 sec and won the silver medal.

“I am honestly just so disappointed because I really wanted that medal”, said Daryll Neita. “I know how much I should have got that [the gold]. I thought it was close on the line, I could feel myself dipping which isn’t my strongest thing. I am happy for the winner. I am not a bitter athlete. I’m upset at myself because I came here for the gold. I’m grateful to finish the race healthy. It is still the middle of the season so I can’t let this dictate how my season goes, there are bigger things happening this season”, added she.

Helene Parisot (France) recorded a personal best of 22.63 sec for the bronze medal.

Henriette Jaeger (Norway) and Tasa Jiya (Netherlands) completed the Top 5 from the event.