Amanal Petros and Alisa Vainio won gold medals in the marathon at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham on Sunday. Petros won the men's race over the 42.195-kilometer distance in a time of 2:09:11, which set a championship record. Sueddeutsche Zeitung ↗
The thirty-one-year-old German record holder prevailed on the demanding circuit by accelerating several kilometers before the finish and breaking away from his competitors. For the world vice-champion, it was his first major title. He thus followed in the footsteps of Richard Ringer, who was the previous European marathon champion. The German team also won a silver medal in the team competition.
Finland's Alisa Vainio won the women's marathon. She delivered a convincing performance on the very demanding course and won the title of European champion. Hungary's Lili Anna Vindics-Tóth claimed silver, and a British competitor won bronze. Italian Lonedo finished in sixth place. ANSA ↗
In the women's team competition, Spain won bronze. The result was contributed to by the times of Carolina Roblesová, who finished eighth, Ester Navarreteová, and Fátima Ouhaddouová. The marathons thus concluded the championship in Birmingham by bringing individual titles for Germany and Finland while also deciding the team medals.
Petros and Vainio won marathon gold at the European Championships in Birmingham
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Leichtathletik-EM: Amanal Petros gewinnt Gold im Marathon
Sueddeutsche Zeitung
| 11:39 16.08.
España logra la medalla de bronce en el maratón femenino por equipos
El Mundo
| 11:10 16.08.
Leichtathletik: WM-Held Petros stürmt zu EM-Gold im Marathon
Die Zeit
| 11:36 16.08.
Leichtathletik: WM-Held Petros stürmt zu EM-Gold im Marathon
Tagesspiegel
| 11:27 16.08.
Leichtathletik-EM: Amanal Petros gewinnt Marathon-Gold in Birmingham
Spiegel.de
| 11:24 16.08.
Europei atletica:maratona femminile, oro alla finlandese Vainio,sesta l'azzurra Lonedo
ANSA
| 11:02 16.08.
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