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Diniz defends European Champs walk crown
Yohann Diniz of France successfully defended his European Championships 50km walk crown in Barcelona, Spain, on Friday.
Diniz won the men's event in three hours, 40 minutes, 37 seconds to score France's leading third gold in Barcelona and seventh medal overall.
Diniz celebrated wildly after setting the European season's fastest time by over nine minutes.
Gregorz Sudol of Germany took silver with a personal best 3:42:24 while Russia's Sergey Bakulin won bronze after finishing the street race in 3:43:26.
Olympic champion Alex Schwazer - who won silver in the
20km walk on Tuesday - pulled out near the close with a
muscle problem in his right leg. World silver medalist Trond Nymark
and two-time world champion Sergey Kirdyapkin also failed to
finish.
