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Great Britain’s George Mills won European 5,000m silver and Romell Glave clinched bronze in the 100m, as Olympic champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs successfully defended his sprint title on a golden night for hosts Italy in Rome.<\/b><\/p>\n
Mills, 25, clocked 13 minutes 21.38 seconds to finish runner-up to Norwegian star Jakob Ingebrigtsen, who proved too strong in the closing stages to win in 13:20.11.<\/p>\n
Glave ran 10.06secs to make the men’s 100m podium as the British team won its first two medals on day two of the European Athletics Championships.<\/p>\n
Home favourite Jacobs’ 100m triumph in 10.02 delivered table-topping Italy’s third gold medal of the night – and fifth in the opening two days as a stunning start for the hosts continued.<\/p>\n
Mills’ impressive run for silver – his first major international medal – followed three fourth-placed finishes for British team-mates, as 100m hurdler Cindy Sember<\/b>, long jumper Jacob Fincham-Dukes<\/b> and shot putter Scott Lincoln<\/b> each fell narrowly short of a podium place.<\/p>\n
Mills, son of former England footballer Danny, was denied gold only by 23-year-old Ingebrigtsen, who having sealed a third successive European 5,000m title, will now aim to complete a third straight golden double at the championships in the 1500m. <\/p>\n
Mills said: “It is what I expected of myself. It is back to work now, I\u2019ve got the rest of the season to prepare for. It’s progress, but we want more.”<\/p>\n
Sprinter Glave, 24, then held on for 100m bronze behind an Italian one-two, with Jacobs followed across the line by compatriot Chituru Ali (10.05).<\/p>\n
Jacobs handled the expectation in front of his home crowd to deliver a golden finale for the hosts as he builds towards an attempt at defending his Olympic title in Paris, following an injury-disrupted period since his surprise triumph in Tokyo in 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n