Great Britain triple jumper Phillips Idowu gained gold on the European Championships in Barcelona on this day in 2010.
On a wet evening in Spain, Idowu added to his Commonwealth and world titles by incomes victory with the perfect jump of his profession.
The 31-year-old leaped an outstanding 17.81 metres on his fourth try, extending his earlier private finest by eight centimetres to complete forward of Romania’s Marian Oprea.
Idowu stated afterwards: “I’ve always worked hard and by the grace of God I’ve come out a gold medallist.”
Idowu’s success was Great Britain’s second gold medal of the 2010 European Championships after Mo Farah had triumphed in the ten,000m.
London-born Idowu had additionally landed Olympic silver at Beijing in 2008 however harm issues later started to hamper his profession and he did not make it previous the qualifying spherical in his house Games in 2012.
He retired from the game the next 12 months.
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