Two rising stars of English athletics announced themselves on the international stage with brilliant 400m hurdles silver medals at Scotstoun.
Emily Newnham finished superbly to earn the runners-up spot in the women’s showpiece before Jake Minshull did likewise in the men’s final just eight minutes later.
Newnham arrived with confidence having clocked a 50.32s personal best in winning the domestic race at the London Athletics Meet a fortnight ago and came within a whisker of reeling in gold medallist Sanique Walker.
The Jamaican held on to finish four-hundredths of a second clear of 22-year-old Newnham, who came home in 54.04, and now knows she has what it takes to compete with the world’s best.
“I’m not the most experienced 400m hurdler so today was about focusing on what I needed to do,” she said.
“I left a little bit too much on the last hurdle but I’m just happy to be on the podium.
“Going into the race I just really wanted to medal and at 22 years old I can’t ask for much more.
“Hopefully it puts me in good stead for the Europeans and gives me a bit of confidence. I’m super excited for those.
“I’m learning that I can do this. Little Emily would never believe she would be standing on that start line, let alone winning a medal.
“I just need to keep creating opportunities for myself and hopefully gold will come soon.”
Lina Nielsen finished just outside the medal places, crossing in fourth in a joint-season’s best time of 54.69s.
Minshull started 2026 with a statement trip to Glasgow, beating former world indoor champion Alexander Doom at the scottishathletics EAP International in January, and now has another notable addition to his CV.
The 21-year-old from Coventry clocked 48.99s, just over half a second behind Nigeria’s Ezekiel Nathaniel, from his lucky lane.
“I knew I was in lane seven and I’ve had all my records in that this year,” he said.“ It was just a case of get past the Jamaican (Assinie Wilson) and don’t see anyone after that.
“I executed that pretty well, other than the Nigerian. The wind wasn’t very nice on the back straight but I was able to push home on the final straight and it felt great.”
Seamus Derbyshire was fifth in the same race, finishing in 49.45s.
In the men’s decathlon, Sammy Ball and Lewis Church narrowly missed out on a medal, finishing fourth and fifth with 7893 and 7846 points respectively.
Ben East threw a personal best 81.12m in the men’s javelin, enough for eighth, while Gemma Tutton cleared 4.10m to finish fifth in the women’s pole vault.
Maddie Down and Elizabeth Dodds were sixth and eighth respectively in the women’s T38 long jump, and the final event of an action-packed Friday night saw Success Eduan finish seventh in the women’s 200m final in 23.04s.
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