Novuna GB & NI top European U18 Athletics Championship medal table
by 21st July 2026
The Novuna Great Britain & Northern Ireland U18 team added a further seven medals to their tally on the final day of the European U18 Athletics Championships to finish top of the medal table.
Golds went to Tito Odunaike (Marshall Milton Keynes, David Johnson), Lucy Bull (Cheltenham and County Harriers, Carolyn Franks) and Freddie Rowe (Havering AC, Patrick Gahagan).
Alistair Street (Kilbarchan AAC, John Rodger) and Ned Scott (Winchester & District AC, Bronwin Carter) bagged silver, while Oliver Downs (Invicta East Kent AC, Alex Pope) and Lucia Bertacchini (Winchester & District AC, Andrew Fisher) took home bronze.?
Odunaike set a championship record on the way to men’s triple jump gold with a huge leap of 16.12m, more than half a metre clear of his nearest challenger, equalling his PB and the world U18 lead.
Bull smashed her PB with a best throw of 56.60m to take women’s javelin gold, while Rowe stormed home in the men’s 1500m with a time of 3:55.33.
Rowe was followed in closely by 1500m teammate Street, who turned the race into a British one-two, finishing second in 3:56.80.
Scott threw a huge 70.02m to take men’s javelin silver, and Bertacchini ran brilliantly in the women’s 400m hurdles to take bronze in 58.13.
Downs then capped off the day in a gritty decathlon 1500m performance to take bronze with a National Record points total of 7341.
Downs was followed closely behind by Douglas Knox (Springburn Harriers, Alasdair Strange), who finished the 10 events with a personal best of 7255.
There were strong performances throughout the day elsewhere. Leila Newth (Ealing Southall & Middlesex AC, David Johnson) set two national U18 triple jump records on the way to a fourth-placed finish and best attempt of 13.16m.
Poppy Guest (Aldershot Farnham & District, Mick Woods) and Sonny Allen (Highgate Harriers, Errol Peak) ran hard in a lightning-quick women’s 3000m final to finish fifth and sixth. Guest clocked 9:33.84, with Allen just behind in 9:34.50.
Shivelle Marshall (Croydon Harriers, Paul Weston), Holly Ryan (Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers, Ty Holden), Darcy Coslett (Llanelli AC, Rhys Williams) and Bertacchini ran an excellent 1000m medley relay, finishing fourth in 2:07.59, though the men’s team received a DQ.
Jorjia March (Chelmsford AC, John Clarke) ran hard in the women’s 800m final to come home eighth in 2:07.84.
Isabella Moulton (Woodford Green AC with Essex Ladies, Tony Jarrett) clocked 13.80 in the women’s 100m hurdles semi-finals and Alessia Scala (Blackheath & Bromley Harriers AC, John Bancroft) cleared 1.70m in the women’s high jump final to finish 11th.