At the first day of the European Veteran Championships the older categories were able to fight for the medals.
The Russian team was strongly represented and were almost undefeatable in the final stages. The Russian team collected half of today’s medals. In total 15 new European titles, as well as seven silver medals and six bronze.
Host nation Austria won 3 silver and 3 bronze medals. Second best nations was Hungary with 9 medals, nicely distributed in all colours.
On Friday the Europeans proceed with the youngest classes for women and women. Follow the live broadcast here:
You can watch a great photo gallery with all pictures: