Werro breaks 44-year-old championship 800m record a day after semi-final fall

Switzerland's Audrey Werro, 22, won European 800m gold in Birmingham in 1:54.81, breaking a championship record standing since 1982. She had been reinstated through a Swiss appeal after a semi-final trip the previous day, and was spiked by Femke Broeders-Bol at 200m. Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson took silver in 1:55.01.