Dwain Chambers powered to victory in the 60m at the European indoor championships on Sunday.
Chambers led from the start and was never threatened during the race, though his winning time of 6.46 seconds fell short of the European indoor record of 6.42 he set in Saturday’s semi-finals.
In the women’s 60m Russia’s Yevgeniya Polyakova crossed the line first in 7.18 seconds to win gold, with Ezinne Okparaebo of Norway and Germany’s Verena Sailer taking silver and bronze.
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There were more gold medals for Russia in the 800 events, with Mariya Savinova winning the women’s race in the year’s fastest time of 1 minute, 58:10 seconds.
In the men’s 800 Yuriy Borzakovskiy took the gold. The 2004 Olympic champion was in total control throughout the race and finished in 1:48.55.
Italy needed a late surge from 400m silver medallist Claudio Licciardello on the last leg to win the 400m relay gold ahead of front runners Britain, who took silver and bronze medallist Poland.
Russia won the women’s relay, with Antonina Krivoshapka breaking at the bell to sprint clear from Great Britain’s Okoro, who had recovered from her fall in the 800 and held on for the silver.
Turkey won its first gold of the championships when Almitu Bekele Degfa raced home in 8:46.50 to win the 3000.
Portugal fared even better in the men’s 1500, with Rui Silva winning gold. He grabbed the lead on the back straight and sprinted away for victory in a time of 3:44.38.
Estonia’s Mikk Pahapill dominated the men’s heptathlon and won gold with 6362 points. He was comfortably in the lead by the start of the final event, the 1,000m.
Russia’s Anastasiya Taranova-Potapova won the triple jump with 14.68m.
Olympic shot put champion Tomasz Majewski added another title to his collection when he won gold with a put of 21.02m.
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