Proper and McMahon bow out in Zurich

Kelly Proper and Christine McMahon bowed out in their respective semi-finals at the European Athletics Championships in Zurich – but Proper still scored a lifetime best in exiting the 200m.

Ferrybank AC sprinter Proper shaved one-hundredth of a second off her lifetime best from earlier this year in clocking 23.15 seconds, finishing fifth in the first of three semi-finals where only the top two progressed automatically.