In which position did Iljuštšenko finish in the European Championships held prior to 2008?
CREATE TABLE table_name_48 (position VARCHAR, year VARCHAR, competition VARCHAR)
SELECT position FROM table_name_48 WHERE year < 2008 AND competition = "european championships"
<s>[INST] Write mssql query to answer the following question given the database schema. Schema: CREATE TABLE table_name_48 (position VARCHAR, year VARCHAR, competition VARCHAR) Question: In which position did Iljuštšenko finish in the European Championships held prior to 2008? [/INST] SELECT position FROM table_name_48 WHERE year < 2008 AND competition = "european championships" </s>