Another long jump personal best has kept Kate O’Connor in the bronze medal position after her heptathlon challenge continued at the European Championships in Birmingham on Saturday morning. With five events down and two to go, she’s now a mere six points off first place, with just the javelin and the 800m remaining.In her first of three attempts, O’Connor leapt out to 6.55 metres, the best jump of the morning up to that point, surpassing her previous personal best of 6.50m. The wind of +2.0 m/s was bang on the legal limit too, and it earned her a 1,023 points, bringing her tally to 4,949, and keeps her well on course to surpass her own Irish record.The top-ranked Annik Kalin of Switzerland moved herself into the gold medal with a best jump of 6.81m, which topped the event, and she now sits on 4,955. Still in the silver medal position a mere one point back is the Dutch medal hope Sofie Dokter, who jumped a best of 6.51, and now sits on 4,954.Germany’s Sophie Weissenberg is also very much in contention, just 17 points off the lead after jumping 6.56, with the overnight leader Adrianna Sulek-Schubert from Poland dropped back to fifth on 4,889 points.At this stage, O’Connor is now 125 points up on her Irish record set last year, the javelin being her best event. Her medal quest continues with the javelin (11.55am), and finally the 800m (7.45pm).Earlier on Friday, in the heart of Birmingham, David Kenny claimed sixth place in the half marathon race walk. The Kerry athlete was sitting in medal contention through the first half of the race, finishing in a personal best time of 1:24:45. Oisin Lane also performed admirably to finish 11th in 1:27.09, also a personal best.Kenny, of Farranfore Maine Valley AC, is coached by former Irish race walker Jamie Costin, while Lane is coached by his father Micheal. The gold medal was won by Paul McGrath from Spain, who has a Scottish father, a Spanish mother, and Irish grandparents. His time was 1:23:23.