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Amanal Petros Wins Men's Marathon at European Championships. Alisa Vainio Dominates in Women's Race
Petros and Vainio won by wide margins, with both setting championship records and Israel and Britain taking the team titles.
- On Sunday, Eritrean-born German Amanal Petros won the men's European marathon in Birmingham, setting a new championship record of 2 hours, 9 minutes, and 11 seconds.
- Petros secured victory by 7 seconds, avoiding a photo finish after settling for silver behind Tanzania's Alphonce Simbu at last September's world championships in Tokyo.
- Finland's Alisa Vainio dominated the women's marathon in 2:22:26, beating the 2014 championship record set by France's Christelle Daunay by almost three minutes.
- Israel won the men's team gold while Britain claimed the women's team title ahead of Italy and Spain. Italy leads the overall medal table with 8 gold and 19 total medals.
- Swedish pole vaulter Armand "Mondo" Duplantis competes Sunday night for his fourth consecutive European title, seeking to extend his current world record of 6.31.
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Amanal Petros wins men's marathon at European championships. Alisa Vainio dominates in women's race
·Washington, United States
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One year after his narrow World Cup defeat, the German won gold in Birmingham. At the moment of triumph, he thought of his family, who still lives in the conflict region of Tigray.
·Zürich, Switzerland
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Amanal Petros wins EM gold in the marathon – with a championship record. Only with the German flag he had problems in the finish line.
·Berlin, Germany
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The German runner Amanal Petros won gold in the marathon at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham. After a solo race, the 31-year-old won over 20 kilometres ahead of Pietro Riva from Italy and the Israeli Gashau Ayale. With his time of 2:09:11 hours Petro's EM record ran.
·Germany
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