Sprinter Charlotte Wingfield was the darling of the Maltese contingent yesterday after the 20-year-old sprinter won Malta’s first gold medal in the Iceland GSSE when topping the 100 metres race last night.
The Wales-based runner became the first Maltese athlete to win a gold medal in the 100 metres race when storming home in a wind-assisted 11.71 seconds.
Iceland’s Hafdis Sigurdardottir was second in 11.87 ahead of Cypriot Dimitra Kyriakidou who clocked 12.04 seconds.
Wingfield’s time is the fastest ever time run by a Maltese sprinter in the discipline but cannot be ratified as a new national best due to the strong windy conditions.
Giselle Camilleri overcame a ligament foot injury to place second in the 10,000 metres race.
The veteran runner showed great resilience to cross the finish line second in a time of 38 minutes 11.64 seconds.
Montenegro’s Sladana Perunovic retained her title in 36:58.48 while Adriana-Maria Di Guisto of Monaco was third in 38:52.43.
Rebecca Camilleri leapt to a silver medal in the long jump event with her last effort of 6.15 metres. The gold medal was won by Hafdis Sigurdardottir of Iceland with a 6.50m effort while Ljiljana Matovic, of Montenegro was third on 5.60 metres.
Kevin Moore and Reece Dimech both progressed to the men’s 400 metres final. Moore clocked 50.85 seconds, the second fastest time of the semi-final series, while Dimech was fourth fastest with 52.03.
Francesca Borg and Janet Richard progressed to the women’s final. Borg completed the one-lap race in 57.99 while Richard crossed the finish line in 59.51.
In the 800 metres final, Matthew Crocker placed ninth in 2:01.65, just ahead of Neil Brimmer who stopped the watch on 2:06.42.