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• Turkey’s Can wins 2nd Euro 10km title

  ‘DISCUS GIRL’: Croatia’s Sandra Perkovic, who is seeking a sixth continental title, said playing at the championships was special, as it was where she won her first major medal

  • AFP, MUNICH, Germany
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  Turkey’s Kenyan-born Yasemin Can on Monday won her second European 10,000m title in Munich, as a trio of world-class heavyweights guaranteed their spots in respective finals.

  Fresh from sealing the Commonwealth title, Britain’s Eilish McColgan forced the pace in the 25-lap race, but Can hit the front with just less than 3km to go.

  Can, who previously won the 10,000m title in Amsterdam in 2016, was merciless as she turned the screw at Munich’s Olympic Stadium, clocking a winning time of 30 minutes, 32.57 seconds.

  

  Yasemin Can of Turkey crosses the finish line to win the women’s 10,000m final at the European Championships in Munich, Germany, on Monday.

  Photo: EPA-EFE

  McColgan claimed silver more than eight seconds behind, while a second Kenyan-born athlete, Israel’s defending champion and world marathon bronze medalist Lonah Chemtai Salpeter, took bronze.

  In the first field medal of the Euros, world bronze medalist Jessica Schilder of the Netherlands won the women’s shot put with a best of 20.24m on the second of her six attempts.

  Portugal’s Auriol Dongmo took silver with a national record of 19.82m, while Schilder’s teammate Jorinde Van Klinken claiming bronze (18.94).

  

  Croatia’s Sandra Perkovic competes in the women’s discus throw qualification during the European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany, on Monday.

  Photo: AFP

  That was closely followed by Croatia’s Filip Mihaljevic claiming victory in the men’s shot with a best of 21.53m, Serbia’s Armin Sinancevic taking silver with 21.39m and Czech Tomas Stanek bronze (21.24).

  Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen kept his bid for a repeat double gold on course after winning his 1,500m heat in 3:38.48.

  The Norwegian was one of the stars of the Berlin Euros in 2018 when he went home with golds in both the 1,500 and 5,000m.

  It will be a quick turnaround for Ingebrigtsen, who had to settle for silver behind surprise British winner Jake Wightman in the 1,500m at the world champs.

  Croatia’s Sandra Perkovic, bidding for a record sixth continental title, also qualified for the final of the women’s discus throw.

  “The European championships are always very special to me because my first major medal was a European gold medal in Barcelona in 2010,” the two-time Olympic and world champion said.

  “I am proud to be the No. 1 in Europe and to represent Europe around the world. They all know who the discus girl is, and I think I want to stay in this position for a long time,” she said.

  Cuban-born Portuguese triple jumper Pedro Pichardo, the reigning world and Olympic champion, also sailed through qualifying for today’s final with a best of 17.36m.

  Poland’s Aleksandra Lisowska claimed the first title at the European championships, winning the women’s marathon on the streets of Munich.

  The men’s marathon title went the way of host nation Germany as Richard Ringer produced an extraordinarily well-judged final burst past Ethiopian-born Israeli Maru Teferi for gold.

  The day had begun in dramatic style as world decathlon champion Kevin Mayer’s bid for a first European title came to a shuddering halt as he pulled up in the opening 100m.
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