Shubenkov’s world-leading 7.49 and Yanit’s European-leading 7.89 bring first day to sizzling conclusion
01.03.2013
A 2013 world-leading performance of 7.49 by Russia’s Sergey Shubenkov in the men’s 60m hurdles, and a European rankings-leading effort and Turkish record of 7.89 in the women’s 60m hurdles by Nevin Yanit brought the first full day of action at the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Göteborg to a thrilling conclusion.
So close was Shubenkov's race with Paolo Dal Molin of Italy that neither man was sure where he had finished in the aftermath of the race until it emerged that the European outdoor champion had added the indoor version to his list of honours by virtue of 0.02sec, with Dal Molin taking silver in a national record of 7.51, 0.02sec ahead of France's Pascal Martinot Lagarde.
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