Overview
- Leo Neugebauer held on to win decathlon gold by 38 points over Niklas Kaul after a dramatic final 1500m, securing 8,611 points despite a minor calf injury and extreme fatigue.
- Gesa Krause sprinted to her third European 3,000m steeplechase title while teammate Olivia Gürth took bronze and Lea Meyer fell at the final water jump then later apologised for critical post‑race comments.
- Officials at the decathlon pole‑vault repeatedly measured the wrong height and left the uprights at incorrect spacing, forcing seven athletes to repeat attempts in hot conditions and prompting coaches and federation officials to call the competition management unacceptable.
- At the Swimming European Championships in Paris, 19‑year‑old Johannes Liebmann won 800m gold and improved his own European record to 7:37.59, while Sarah Sjöström added a milestone EM title and Sara Curtis set a world record in the 50m backstroke.
- The Nationale Anti Doping Agentur has proposed a four‑year ban for sprinter Owen Ansah over an alleged sample refusal; Ansah denies the claim, is not suspended and the case remains an administrative process that can be appealed.