After a superb two days of competition in the Super League at the European Athletics Team Championships, here are some of the leading sound bites from Braunschweig.
“I am so exhausted at the moment, I cannot realise now what happened. I need to recover first.”
GERMANY’S RICHARD RINGER AFTER WINNING THE 3000m.
“I have been competing for Sweden for five years but this is the first Team Championships for me. I am pleased to bring 12 points for my team.”
MERAF BAHTA WINS THE 5000m
“Finally, I feel the competitive spirit. I had some health problems last week...but I love these championships so much, I did not want to miss it.”
JAVELIN WINNER BARBORA SPOTAKOVA, OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC, WHO IS RELISHING HER RETUN TO THE SPORT
“It is really beautiful to win against the Olympic champion.”
GERMANY'S CHRISTIAN REIF CELEBRATES HIS LONG JUMP TRIUMPH OVER GREAT BRITAIN'S GREG RUTHERFORD
“I would not like to send somebody else to this competition than me because I love it and I love to represent my country.”
FRENCH POLE VAULT SUPERSTAR RENAUD LAVILLENIE
“It was a special motivation when people like Robert Harting or Christian Reif tell me before the race 'Boy, you can do this. Go for it!'”
TIMO BENITZ AFTER WINNING THE 800m FOR GERMANY
“My husband has his 25th birthday today, so I wanted to give him a special present and to win for him.”
UKRAINE'S HANNA RYZHYKOVA'S TRIBUTE AFTER HER 400m HURDLES GLORY
“Being European Team champions - yes, this feels really great.”
GERMANY'S MALAIKA MIHAMBO WHOSE LONG JUMP VICTORY SEALED THEIR GLORY
“I love the colour gold. I use it almost for everything - my make-up, my nails are gold and my spikes have a gold sole.”
SWEDEN'S CHARLOTTA FOUGBERG AFTER HER 3000m STEEPLECHASE SUCCESS
“I will take an ice bath at the hotel and then we will all celebrate at the banquet.”
GERMAN SKIPPER ROBERT HARTING WHO LIFTED THE TROPHY FOR HIS COUNTRY