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| Churandy Martina celebrates his win in the 100m at the European athletics championships. Photo: Reuters |
Dutchman Churandy Martina took the gold medal in the men’s 100m sprint at the European
athletics championships in Amsterdam on Thursday.
Martina, 32, was trailing
well into the race but took the title after speeding up toward the finish,
beating Turkey’s Jak Ali Harvey into second place. Both noted a time of 10.07.
France’s Jimmy Vicaut took bronze in 10.08.
Solomon Bockarie, the second
Dutchman in the final, was in seventh and last place, following the
disqualification of Britain’s Richard Kilty after a false start.
Martina was
not favourite for the event, but will be in action on Friday in the 200m, which
is considered to be his better distance.
Long jump
The first Dutch medal of the
tournament went to Ignisious Gaisah, who took bronze in the long jump with a
distance of 7.93 metres.
Nevertheless, Gaisah has not qualified for the
Olympics in Rio next month, for which he required a jump of 8.15 metres. Gold
went to Britain’s Greg Rutherford with 8.25 metres.
On Friday, Dutch gold medal
hopeful Dafne Schippers is favourite to take the women’s 100m title.
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