As European Masters Championships comes to a close
Author: Steve Smythe
Photo Credit: Jonty Mitchell
Britain won 14 golds on the final day of the European Masters Championships in Venice to go over the 100 mark but that was dwarfed by Italy who won 26 titles on the day.
Most of those were team titles where the home nation has a huge advantage as they have the greatest number of athletes to choose from and Italy pipped Germany at the top of the table with 127 golds to Germany’s 119.
For Britain, Wendy Laing won in the field and there was further success for the relay squads, who again were in record-breaking form.
Clare Elms won her sixth gold and seventh medal – the most by any runner in Venice – as she easily won the 10km to follow her gold medal successes at 1500m, 5000m, 10,000m, cross-country and cross-country team.
Her time was 37:56, which would have won the W45 title, put her top of the UK rankings and she won by three minutes from Italian Elena Giovanna Fustella.
Alastair Walker arrived late at the championships and only had time to win the 5000m before again dominating the M60 age group.
The Scot won in 35:28 to win by over a minute from Tore Axelsson from Sweden. Full article in AW: https://www.athleticsweekly.com/featured/more-euro-masters-medals-for-elms-peters-powell-and-mitchell-1039925004/