Russians retain SPAR European Team Championships title
20.06.2011
As many expected, Russia won at the 2011 SPAR European Team Championships in Stockholm over the weekend but few pundits predicted that they would accumulate a record total of 385 points by the end of Sunday.
ollowing their five victories on Saturday they added another four on Sunday thanks to Tatyana Dektyareva in the 100m hurdles, long jumper Darya Klishina and the two 4x400m relay teams.
Germany, 2009 champions, moved up from third place 12 months ago with 331.5 points while Ukraine had their best result in the three years of the Championships when they got their first place on the podium with 304 points for third.
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