BERLIN, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Paulina Guba reaped the women's shot put gold at the first edition of the multi-sport European Championships in Berlin's Olympic Stadium on Wednesday.
Guba made use of her last attempt to oust leading Christina Schwanitz from Germany with 19.33 meters.
"I am shocked. I am sorry if I made the local fans upset but I surprised even myself. I am the European champion. I cannot believe it. Coming to Berlin I had a dream to fight for a medal and a little hope that I could make it," Guba said.
Germany's Schwanitz slipped to the second place and sealed the silver medal with 19.19 meters whereas Belarus' Aliona Dubitskaya got the bronze medal with 18.81 meters.
"I have a medal and that was my target. It is my first European medal so it counts, but I was coming to Berlin to fight for gold," Dubitskaya commented.
The ongoing European Championships is jointly hosted by Glasgow and Berlin. More than 4,500 athletes are competing for 187 gold medals until Aug. 12. Enditem
