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Russia going for a double at the European Cup in Malaga - Day One report
29.06.2006
Malaga, Spain - Russia’s women are on their way to defend their title and win the Spar European Cup for a record tenth time in a row.
After day one of the two day event in Malaga the Russians are leading with 83 points. Poland is in second place (64), but already well behind. Again the Polish women already have an advantage of eleven points on third placed Spain. France (52), Germany (51) and the Ukraine (50) follow close behind. The race for second place will be a vital one since the first two teams from Malaga will qualify for the IAAF World Cup in Athens in September.
The amazing dominance of Russia’s team became obvious in the heat of Southern Spain when Svetlana Feofanova produced no result in the Pole Vault. Even that had no effect on the overall scoring. Russia stayed in the lead.
And maybe the Russian men can make it a double on Thursday! They are leading with 71 points after day one. They have opened quite a big gap to Poland (54) with the Ukraine (53), Italy (52), Great Britain (51) and France (50) close behind. It does not look good here for the defending champions. Germany had a disastrous first day. Trailing in eighth position their dream of winning the cup for a third time in a row is over.
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