{"id":257974,"date":"2026-08-15T17:21:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T17:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/15\/european-athletics-championships-oconnor-goes-for-heptathlon-gold-on-day-six-live\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T17:21:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T17:21:15","slug":"european-athletics-championships-oconnor-goes-for-heptathlon-gold-on-day-six-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/15\/european-athletics-championships-oconnor-goes-for-heptathlon-gold-on-day-six-live\/","title":{"rendered":"European Athletics Championships: O\u2019Connor goes for heptathlon gold on day six \u2013 live"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When Audrey Werro was a child<\/strong>, she was so painfully shy that her father told her she had to become a lion every time she raced. In a European women\u2019s 800m final for the ages, she followed that advice to the letter.<\/p>\n

As the 22-year-old Swiss superstar came around the final bend, she could feel Britain\u2019s Keely Hodgkinson<\/a> on her shoulder, waiting to strike. The Dutch flyer Femke Broeders-Bol was also close enough to dream too. But Werro was ready to flash her teeth.<\/p>\n

It didn\u2019t matter that she had been spiked by Broeders-Bol after 200m. Or that she had led the pack into the face of a swirling wind for most of the race. She didn\u2019t succumb. She roared.<\/p>\n

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<\/svg><\/span>Audrey Werro.<\/span> Photograph: Godfrey Pitt\/Action Plus\/Shutterstock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n