Results tagged “European Athletics Championships”

Newham's Mo Farah won Britain's first gold at the European Athletics Championships with a dominant display in the 10,000m.

Farah romped home in a time of 28 minutes, 24.99 seconds to clinch his first European title in Barcelona last night.

Britain's top female 800m runner wants London's Olympic stadium to be kept for athletics but would be happy to share it with West Ham.

Jenny Meadows, bronze medallist at last year's World Championships and new British indoor record holder, thinks the two sports can happily co-exist at the venue after 2012.