Senior European Championships 2010

In a slight surprise, Germany took the honours at the top of the medal table at the European Championships in Debrecen, ahead of host Hungarians. They won equally two competitions, and a French and a Czech winner was applauded beside them.

The Hungarian Men's Relay team has matched the performance of their women’s team by claiming Gold in the Men's Relays at the European Championships to the delight of the local crowd. The Hungarian team made up of Adam Marosi, Robert Kasza and Robert Nemeth went into the Combined Event with a massive lead, only to extend it to win the event easily. Next over the live was Poland who had a fantastic combined event and Lithuania who picked up Bronze. Individual Gold Medallist David Svoboda’s Czech Republic Team was unable to is match its favourite tag finishing just outside the medals in 4th.

The Hungarian Men's Relay team will be looking to match their women's relay gold medal performance in today’s Men's Relays at the European Championships. After 2 Events the Hungarian team made up of Adam MAROSI, Robert KASZA and Robert NEMETH is leading an experience Czech Republic team and Ukraine heading into the riding event.

The Hungarian Team of Leila GYENESEI, Sarolta KOVACS and Adrienn TOTH has won the Gold Medal in the Women’s relay at the European Championship in front of their home crowd. Germany headed by Olympic Champion Lena Schoneborn held on for Silver ahead of Poland who grabbed the Bronze and the fast finishing French team who just missed out on a medal in 4th.

David Svoboda (CZE) has produced a spectacular combined event to win the European Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. Svoboda managed to overtake Sam Weale (GBR) who recorded his best ever finish to grab silver and Stefan Kollner (GER) who’s Bronze medal clinched the team gold for Germany.

Full results at http://www.pentathlon.org/results/competition-results

Double European Champion Andrev Moiseev holds a solid lead over veteran Denis Cerkovskis and David Svoboda going into the ride after a solid fence and swim. Defending Champion Ondrej Polivka has had a terrible day being down in 30th position. Watch all the live action at http://www.pentathlon.org/media-centre/pentathlontv LIve at 3:30.

The entry list for the 2010 European Championships has now been finalised, with a very strong field lined up to chase gold in Debrecen. Please find the full list below:

Continuing UIPM's dedication to providing live high quality webcasts from all the top events we are excited to announce that we will be doing our usual live coverage of the Riding and Combined Event's at the 2010 European Championships from Debrecen, Hungary. The coverage will start at 15:30 local time on the 17 and 18 July 2010. Come watch all the top European athletes compete for glory at this prestigious event.

The 2010 European Championships kicks off on the 14 July until 19 July in Debrecen, Hungary. These Championships are treated by some as the 2nd most prestigious event to win on the UIPM Calendar behind the World Championships. For all the details regarding this event please stay tuned on this page or visit www.pentathlonfamily.com.