James Mulligan: Vision became reality with the "Miracle of Munich"

James Mulligan: Vision became reality with the "Miracle of Munich"

In a cast of tens of thousands of wonderful athletes, volunteers, Olympiapark, Local Organising Committee (LOC), federation staff, freelancers, service providers, police, ambulance, security services, and of course the 1.46 million people who attended a sporting or festival event as part of the Munich 2022 European Championships, it is difficult to single out any one person's contribution to what we have just witnessed. 










Duplantis and Bol deliver as Hodgkinson finally gets her gold on penultimate day of athletics at Munich 2022

Duplantis and Bol deliver as Hodgkinson finally gets her gold on penultimate day of athletics at Munich 2022

Sweden’s Mondo Duplantis and Luiza Gega of Albania produced European Athletics Championship records here in the men’s pole vault and women’s 3,000 metres steeplechase, on a night when Femke Bol of the Netherlands earned a third title and Britain’s 800m runner Keely Hodgkinson finally won a big gold after three big silvers.