Gold for Austria
Great moment – then Hudson was in tears
She has done it! Victoria Hudson sensationally snatched the gold medal at the European Athletics Championships in Rome. Tears of joy flowed afterwards.
In the final on Tuesday, she hurled the 600 gram javelin to 64.62 meters in her very first attempt, a distance that was unattainable for the others that evening. "I don't know what just happened," she said to the camera a few seconds after her powerful throw.
On her last attempt, Hudson was already crowned European champion. After that, there was no stopping her. The 28-year-old was beaming with joy and knelt down, overwhelmed by emotion. Tears of joy rolled down her cheeks. Then she cheered without limits, the red-white-red flag around her shoulders - you can see it here in the video:
"Paris can come"
And the home fans cheered along with her. "This is so incredibly strong," wrote one of her followers on Instagram. Another was already looking ahead to the Olympic Games: "Great! Paris can come!"
Only third gold medal
A red-white-red moment of glory - Hudson won only the third European Championship title for Austria after Liese Prokop in the pentathlon in 1969 and Ilona Gusenbauer in the high jump in 1971. There were also two silver medals for red-white-red, including the one here in Rome by discus ace Lukas Weißhaidinger, as well as eight bronze medals.
Austria's medals at the LA European Championships
Gold (3)
Liese Prokop pentathlon 1969
Ilona Gusenbauer high jump 1971
Victoria Hudson Javelin 2024
Silver (2)
Herma Bauma Javelin throw 1950
Lukas Weißhaidinger Discus 2024
Bronze (8)
Karl Kotratschek triple jump 1938
Maria Sykora 400 m 1969
Hermann Fehringer pole vault 1990
Steffi Graf 800 m 1998
Beate Schrott 100 m hurdles 2012
Ivona Dadic heptathlon 2016
Lukas Weißhaidinger discus throw 2018
Austria (Ketema, Herzog, Steinhammer) marathon team 2018
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