The penultimate day of the European Championship brought four awards to Russian athletes

Russian athletes on the penultimate day of the European Championship, which takes place in the Swiss Zurich, won one silver and three bronze medals.

Ekaterina Koneva with a result of 14.69 took second place in a triple jump, in the same discipline Irina Gumenyuk became the third (14.46). Sergey Litvinov won bronze in the throwing of the hammer (79.35), and Irina Davydova - a reward of a similar dignity in 400 meters with barriers, overcoming the distance in 54.60 hundredths.

In the medal standings, Russia so far takes third place (3.3.11), yielding to France (7.7.4) and Great Britain (7.5,3).

On the last day of the competition, 12 sets of awards will be played. Russians are among applicants for victory in six types of programs.

The silver medalist of the 2012 Olympic Games Evgenia Kolodko will fight for the medals in the pushing of the nucleus, Maria Kuchina - the favorite of the competition in high jumps.

Dmitry Tarabin and Valery Jordan are argued for awards in spear throwing, just like Russian teams in male and female relay races 4x400 meters.