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08/16 06:56 CDT Amanal Petros wins men's marathon at European championships.
Alisa Vainio dominates in women's race
Amanal Petros wins men's marathon at European championships. Alisa Vainio
dominates in women's race
BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) --- Amanal Petros made sure there was no photo finish
this time.
The German won the men's marathon at the European championships on Sunday
morning by a whopping 7 seconds, less than a year after missing out on gold in
a photo finish at the world championships in Tokyo.
Petros crossed the finish line in Birmingham in 2 hours, 9 minutes and 11
seconds --- breaking the championships record in the process. Italy's Pietro
Riva took silver with his 2:09:18, three seconds better than Israel's Gashau
Ayale.
Last September, the Eritrean-born Petros settled for silver behind Tanzania's
Alphonce Simbu in the closest marathon in world championships history. Both men
were officially clocked at 2:09:48, but it was determined that Simbu crossed
the line a fraction sooner.
In the women's marathon Sunday, Finland's Alisa Vainio dominated the field to
finish in 2:22:26, nearly five minutes ahead of silver medalist Lili Anna
Vindics-Toth of Hungary. Britain's Abbie Donnelly took bronze. Vainio broke
Christelle Daunay's championship record from 2014 by almost three minutes.
Italy leads medal table
Heading into the final session of the week-long championships, Italy holds a
slim lead over Britain atop the medals table. The Italians lead in both gold
medals (8) and overall medals (19). The hosts have seven golds and 14 medals
overall.
Swedish pole vaulter Armand "Mondo" Duplantis goes for his fourth consecutive
European championship title on Sunday night.
The world record is 6.31, which the Louisiana-born Duplantis vaulted in March.
That was his 15th world record. He first broke it in 2020 and has eclipsed his
mark by 1 centimeter each time since.
In qualifying, the two-time reigning Olympic champion looked fully recovered
from a thigh issue that forced him to stop competing at the London Diamond
League meet one month ago.
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