Legacy. It is one of the great words of modern sport.

When the bar came crashing down, the pain on her face told more than just the story of elimination from the European Athletics Indoor Championships in G teborg.

The European Athlete of the Month for February nominations will exceptionally include performances made at the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships, which were held between 1-3 March in the Swedish city of G teborg.

If the mark of a great champion is to be able to deliver in times of adversity then rising sprint hurdles talent Sergey Shubenkov did just that at last weekend's European Athletics Indoor Championships in G teborg.

Aleksandr Menkov broke the hearts of the Swedish fans by snatching the gold medal from home hope Michel Torneus by just 0.02 with a world-leading leap of 8.31m in a pulsating competition.

For a while, the main bulk of spectators in the Scandinavium Arena were fervently hoping for one story to come true in the women’s high jump – a home gold, given that the last three contenders for medals included two Swedes.