Struggling Turner runs through pain to take Euro title

 GREAT Britain's Andy Turner admitted he was running on adrenaline after retaining his 110m hurdles title at the SPAR European Team Championships in Bergen.

PAINFUL: Andy Turner revealed he was battling injury after winning the 110m hurdles at the European Team Championships (Getty Images)

Turner revealed he had been struggling with an Achilles problem ahead of his race, adding he had only been training at half intensity in recent weeks, since his impressive performance at the City Games in Manchester last month.

However, ranked second in Europe this season, he underlined his status to secure maximum points for the British team, clocking 13.49 seconds.

Poland's Artur Noga, the 2006 world junior champion, finished second in 13.54 secs while Spain's Jackson Quinonez claimed third.

"After the team meeting this morning I was told it was expected I would get no less than 12 points - so there was certainly a bit of pressure on me," said Turner, who will be looking to win a fifth national title at next week's Aviva UK Championships in Birmingham.

"Maybe the time isn't great but the job was to win the race for the team.

"To be honest I'm just happy to be running because I'm only doing half training sessions at the moment.

"I don't feel the problem when I'm running because of adrenaline but it kills as soon as I cross the line and it's a problem."

However, there was disappointment for world champion Phillips Idowu, who settled for second in the triple jump with a best 17.12m

Men's 110m hurdles 1. Andy Turner (GBR) 13.48, 2. Artur Noga (POL) 13.54, 3. Jackson Quinonez (ESP) 13.67, 4. Maksim Lynsha (BLR) 13.70, 5. Konstadinos Douvalidis (GRE) 13.74, Full results - click here

But he was not beaten by France’s Teddy Tamgho, whose early season performances have been the talk of track and field, but Ukraine’s Viktor Kuznyetsov.

"It wasn't my greatest competition but I know where my mistakes are, so I can move on from this," said Idowu.

"I need to keep my head down and work towards the Europeans now. It's only my third competition of the year and it's still really early for me.

"I was second in this event last year and I still became world champion, so I'm looking ahead with confidence."