Joice Maduaka has shown some superb form this year
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British trio Joice Maduaka, Tim Benjamin and Natasha Danvers-Smith all missed out on medals at the European Championships in Gothenburg.
Maduaka was fourth in the 100m with Benjamin sixth in the 400m and Danvers-Smith back in seventh in the 400m hurdles.
But Marlon Devonish and Rikki Fifton both advanced to the 200m semi-finals.
France's Mehdi Baala retained his 1500m title with Russian Tatyana Lebedeva winning the triple jump.
DAY THREE ACTION (all times BST)
MEN'S 200m
Britain's Marlon Devonish eased through to the semi-finals of his event with 20.67 seconds to win his second round race.
Devonish, who equalled his season's best of 20.53 in the morning heats, looked comfortable with the more serious races to come on Thursday.
Rikki Fifton joined Devonish in next round after he ran a superb bend to finish second to Sweden's Johan Fissman.
But Tim Abeyie is out after he was last in his heat behind France's David Alerte, who won in 20.68.
The 100m champion Francis Obikwelu of Portugal looked strong with 20.59 in his heat, thanks to a fast start, and he will be a big danger to Devonish's hopes of success.
WOMEN'S 100m
Kim Gevaert wins gold for Belgium in 11.06 seconds with Britain's Joice Maduaka just out of the medals in fourth.
Gevaert proved much stronger than the rest of the field to become the first ever Belgian woman to win gold at European level with Maduaka left chasing after making a poor start.
Although the Briton tried to come through, Russian duo Yekaterina Grigoryeva and Irina Khabarova kept ahead of her.
"I think Joice can leave these championships with her head held high," said BBC Sport's Colin Jackson.
"I know she is disappointed with missing out on a medal but I think when she looks back, she will see how well she has done here and hopefully she can take it forwards."
MEN'S 400m
Tim Benjamin finished a disappointing sixth in the final after a season hampered by injuries.
Victory went to Frenchman Marc Raquil in 45.02 seconds but he had to come through late to get past Russian Vladislav Frolov who set a new personal best of 45.09.
Benjamin, who had a lot to do from lane one, never looked in contention and came in with a time of 45.89.
WOMEN'S 400m
Nicola Sanders squeezed into the 400m final after finishing fourth in her semi-final in 51.25 seconds behind Bulgaria's Vanya Stambolova.
Stambolova, who has switched from the hurdles to the flat, looked superb with a time of 49.49.
But 800m specialist Marilyn Okoro missed out after finishing last in the other semi-final, which was won by Russia's Olga Zaytseva.
WOMEN'S 400m HURDLES
Olympic champion Fani Halkia of Greece was edged out for gold in the final couple of strides by Russian Yevgenia Isakova.
The Russian set a new personal best of 53.93 seconds with Halkia, who led for most of the race, fading to 54.02.
Ukranian Tetyana Tereschuk-Antipova was third with Britain's Tasha Danvers-Smith looking tired in seventh in 55.56.
MEN'S HIGH JUMP
Andrey Silnov of Russia caused a surprise with victory over Sweden's Olympic champion Stefan Holm.
Silnov recorded a best jump of 2.36m, with Holm edged out by Tomas Janku of the Czech Republic for silver on countback after both managed 2.34.
WOMEN'S TRIPLE JUMP
Olympic long jump champion Tatyana Lebedeva of Russia saved the best until last with a final-round jump of 15.15m to snatch victory in the triple jump.
Greece's Hrisopiyi Devetzi set a new championship record of 15.05 in the first round of the competition and looked set for gold before Lebedeva's late leap.
Bronze went to Russian Anna Pyatykh with 15.02, which she also managed in the last round.
MEN'S JAVELIN
Norway's Olympic champion Andreas Thorkildsen added the European title to his list of honours.
Thorkildsen took the lead in the second round with 87.37m and held on to it before he sealed victory with 88.78 in the final round.
Finland's Tero Pitkamaki won silver with 88.78 with the legendary Jan Zelezny taking bronze in his final season before he retires with 85.92 in the first round.
Britain's Commonwealth champion Nick Nieland could only manage with 11th place with a throw of 76.92.
MEN'S 1500m
Frenchman Mehdi Baala retained his European title with a devastating burst of speed and power on the final lap to win in three minutes 39.02 seconds.
World indoor champion Ivan Heshko of the Ukraine couldn't get near Baala and had to be content with silver, ahead of Spain'sJuan Carlos Higuero.
Britain's Andy Baddeley finished a creditable sixth in 3:42.31.
MEN'S 400m HURDLES
Welshman Rhys Williams qualified for Thursday's final after winning the third of three semi-finals with an impressive display.
Williams ran a solid first 200m and shows a good turn of speed off the final hurdle to clock a time of 49.58 seconds with Italian Gianni Carabelli second.
"I was very nervous out there and there are a lot of good runners in my event," said Williams. "Now I want to go out and try to be competitive in the final."
Poland's Marek Plawgo proved he is back from injury by winning the first semi-final in 49.13 but Britain's Ryan Dinham is disqualified.
David Greene finishes third behind Greece's Periklis Iakovakis in the second heat but his time of 50.66 is not good enough to get him through as a fastest loser.
MEN'S HAMMER
Finland's Olli-Pekka Karjalainen was the longest qualifier with a mark of 79 metres.
Belarussian Vadim Devyatovskiy has the world-best mark of 82.95m this season also progressed but couldn't only reach 76.86m.
German Karsten Kobs qualified with 77.52m, with Hungary's Krisztian Pars, world champion Ivan Tikhon and German Markus Esser also progressing.
MEN'S 3,000m STEEPLECHASE
David Antonio Jimenez cruised into Friday's final with the quickest qualifying time of 8 mins 24.12 secs, ahead of France's Tahri Bouabdellah.
Other runners to impress were Holland's Simon Vroeman, Spanish pair Jose Luis Blanco and Cesar Perez.
Britons Adam Bowden and Jermaine Mays struggled in a competitive field and failed to qualify.
WOMEN'S POLE VAULT
World and Olympic champion Yelena Isinbayeva comfortably qualified for Saturday's final with a height of 4.40m.
She is expected to dominate the competition - and attempt to set a new world record in the process - and will face fellow Russian Svetlana Feofanova and the impressive Monika Pyrek.
Britain's Kate Dennison - seventh in the Commonwealth Games - looked in good form but was unable to improve on 4.30m. Team-mate Ellie Spain could only make 4.00m.
WOMEN'S 20km WALK
Belarussian Ryta Turava put in a dominant performance to add the European title to the World Race Walking Cup she won earlier this year.
The 25-year-old forged ahead early on and built up an advantage which she never lost, finishing in a time of one hour 27.08 seconds.
Russian Olga Kaniskina finished second, one minute and 27 seconds behind the winner with Italy's Elisa Rigaudo third, two seconds further back.
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