Women's 4x400m. Relay Final. 2010 European Championships
1. Russia (Anastasia Kapachinskaya, Antonina Krivoshapka, Kseniya Ustalova, Tatyana Firova) 3: 21.26
2. Germany (Fabienne Kohlmann, Esther Cremer, Janin Lindenberg, Claudia Hoffmann) 3: 24.07
3. Great Britain & NI (
Nicola Sanders, Marilyn Okoro, Lee McConnell, Perri Shakes-Drayton)
3: 24.32
4. Italy (Chiara Bazzoni, Marta Milani, Maria Enrica Spacca, Libania Grenot) 3: 25.71
5. Ukraine (Darya Prystupa, Hanna Titimets, Alina Lohvynenko, Antonina Yefremova) 3: 28.03
6. France (Marie-Angelique Lacordelle, Muriel Hurtis-Houairi, Thelia Sigere, Virginie Michanol) 3: 28.11
7. Belarus (Katsiaryna Mishyna, Alena Kievich, Hanna Tashpulatava, Sviatlana Usovich) 3: 28.74
8. Romania (Angela Morosanu, Anamaria Ionita, Bianca Razor, Mirela Lavric) 3: 29.75.
After two years of struggling with injury, she announced her retirement from athletics in October 2014.
In 1999 Nicola won a bronze medal at the European Junior Championships in the 400m hurdles.
ANNUAL PROGRESS 400 metres.
2012 52.33 Bydgoszcz (POL) 03 JUN 2012
2011 51.84 Ninove (BEL) 06 AUG 2011
2010 52.70 Birmingham (GBR) 26 JUN 2010
2009 50.45 Berlin (GER) 16 AUG 2009
2008 50.71 Beijing (CHN) 17 AUG 2008
2007 49.65 Osaka (JPN) 29 AUG 2007 (personal best)
2006 50.68 London (GBR) 28 JUL 2006
2005 51.95 Namur (BEL) 01 JUL 2005
2004 53.77 Manchester (GBR) 31 JUL 2004
2002 56.54 Bedford (GBR) 06 MAY 2002
2000 56.48 Bedford (GBR) 11 JUN 2000
PERSONAL BEST TIMES:
100 Metres 11.89 +3.9 Sheffield (GBR) 15 AUG 1998
200 Metres 23.89 +0.1 Genève (SUI) 06 JUN 2009
300 Metres 36.64 Glasgow (GBR) 03 JUN 2007
400 Metres 49.65 Osaka (JPN) 29 AUG 2007
800 Metres 2:03.41 Walnut (USA) 16 APR 2009
400m Hurdles 55.32 Melbourne (AUS) 23 MAR 2006
4x400m Relay 3:20.04 Osaka (JPN) 02 SEP 2007