Hauger-Thackery leads GB to half marathon team gold

GB's Lauren McNeil, Clara Evans, Abbie Donnelly and Calli Hauger-Thackery won team gold in the women's half marathon

Calli Hauger-Thackery won individual half-marathon bronze and led Great Britain to team gold on the third morning of the European Athletics Championships in Rome.

Hauger-Thackery, 31, finished in one hour eight minutes 58 seconds, with Norway's Karoline Bjerkeli Grovdal winning gold and Romania's Joan Chelimo Melly silver.

Abbie Donnelly was sixth, Clara Evans ninth and Lauren McNeil 17th as GB clinched team gold - with a combined time of 3:29:01 from their first three finishers.

"You work so hard that naturally as an athlete you want more but I am so happy to win the individual bronze and be part of an amazing gold medal-winning team," said Hauger-Thackery.

"It shows a lot about where British women's running is at the moment - I'm very proud of us all.

"Doing this half marathon two months out from the Olympic marathon is great preparation for me. I'll head back out to St Moritz to get that final preparation in before the big one in Paris."

The success lifted Great Britain to fourth in the medal table.

There are seven more medal events to come later on Sunday, culminating in the women's 100m final at 21:53 BST - with GB's Dina Asher-Smith and Amy Hunt aiming to qualify from their semi-finals from 20:13.

You can watch all the evening's action on BBC Red Button, BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app from 19:00.

European Athletics Championships medal table