CITY of York Athletic Club star Richard Buck brought Great Britain’s 4x400 metres relay quartet home in first place in the final event of the European Athletics Team Championships in Gateshead.
Buck was handed the baton in first place after Conrad Williams and Rhys Williams had made up ground lost by Michael Bingham on the opening leg.
The City of York ace clocked the joint fastest leg time of 46.2 seconds to hold off second-placed Russia and Poland, in third, as Great Britain clocked three minutes 5.37 seconds, the leading time in Europe this year.
Buck said: “I just tried to keep an even pace and make sure no one caught me. You don’t want to expend too much too early, you need to keep something to come home with. The guys set it up so well.”
Great Britain finished third overall in the two-day competition, behind winners Russia and runners-up Germany.
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