Day 1 wrap: Russia in pole position at European Team Championships, world leads for Obergföll, Rogowska and Demyanyuk
19.06.2011
Russia only notched up five individual victories on the first day of the 2011 SPAR European Team Championships in Stockholm, compared to the eight they had 12 months ago in the Norwegian city of Bergen.
Nevertheless, their all round strength across all the 21 events on Saturday meant they lead by a massive 29.5 points over night.
Russia has 213 points, four points more than last year when they romped to victory by 62.5 points, with Germany holding second place with 183.5 and Great Britain third with 166.
The key to Russia’s success was having only one relatively bad event – the men’s 100m where they finished seventh – and they only finished outside of the top four on two other occasions.
Victories were achieved by 400m man Maksim Dyldin, long jumper Aleksandr Menkov, 800m and 3000m runners Mariya Savinova and Olesya Syreva as well as 3000m steeplechase world record holder Gulnara Galkina.
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