Ali Kaya of Turkey won the men’s 3,000-meter race at the European Indoor Championships in Prague on Saturday, setting a new record in the event.
The Kenyan-born Kaya, who became the gold medalist with a time of 7:38.42 minutes, erased Mo Farah’s championship record of 7:40.17 from the books. Lee Emanuel of Britain was second with 7:38.42 and Henrik Ingebrigtsen of Norway finished as second runner-up in 7:44.48. Russia’s Yelena Korobkina won the women’s 3,000.
Kaya said he got an early advantage at the beginning of the race and never looked back. After the competition, the Kenyan-born Turkish athlete said he loves Turkey and the Turkish people. He has been competing for the country for three years.
“It was particularly meaningful for me to win the medal by breaking a record previously held by Mo Farah.” Farah ran past Kaya in the final meters of last year’s 10,000-meter event at the European championships to leave him in the third spot.
News of Kaya’s victory elated the Turkish athletics scene, which has been battling the repercussions of doping scandals in recent years. The gold medal in the men’s 3,000 was the first in the nation’s history at the Euros… see more
source: todayszaman
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