Polat Kemboi Arikan strides down the finish straight to retain his European
Championship 10,000 metres title. His winning time was 4 seconds faster than
his 2014 time.
2016 European Championships.
Men's 10,000 metres final.
1. |
Polat Kemboi Arikan |
Turkey |
28:18.52 |
|
2. |
Ali Kaya |
Turkey |
28:21.42 |
|
3. |
Antonio Abadía |
Spain |
28:26.07 |
|
4. |
Dmytro Lashyn |
Ukraine |
28:27.90 |
PB
|
5. |
Dewi Griffiths |
Great Britain
|
28:28.55 |
PB |
6. |
Juan Antonio Pérez |
Spain |
28:37.42 |
|

Polat Kemboi Arikan ia pictured above winning the men's 10,000 metres
at the 2012 European Athletics Championship held in Helsinki. six days
earlier he won the bronze medal in the men's 5,000m.

Polat Kemboi Arikan ia pictured above winning the men's 10,000 metres
at the 2012 European Athletics Championship
held in Helsinki. Six days
earlier he won the bronze medal in the men's 5,000m.
1 |
Polat Kemboi Arıkan |
Turkey |
28:22.27 |
2 |
Daniele Meucci |
Italy |
28:22.73 |
3 |
Yevgeniy Rybakov |
Russia |
28:22.95 SB |
Result of the men's 5,000m at the
2012 European Athletics Championships.
1. |
FARAH |
Mo |
GBR |
13m 29.91 sec
|
2. |
GABIUS |
Arne |
GER |
13m 31.83 secs
|
3. |
KEMBOI ARIKAN
|
Polat |
TUR |
13m 32.63 secs
|