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european event<br />
5,000 comfortably and Oksana<br />
Belyakova also ran easily<br />
to take third place, with Italian<br />
Elena Romagnolo second. The<br />
4 x 400 metres put a victorious<br />
full stop to the “Luch” performance<br />
when they won by a<br />
big margin and in an excellent<br />
time of 3:29.60.<br />
The competitions turned out<br />
to be very spectacular and the<br />
spectators were very pleased.<br />
But the competitions were not<br />
so lucky for all the sportsmen.<br />
There were injuries (Despite<br />
jumping with a bandaged leg,<br />
Slovakian Dmitrij Valukevic finished<br />
fifth) and replacements<br />
(a replacement sportswoman<br />
from the Israeli club ran the<br />
800 metres in more than 3<br />
minutes) but athletics, in general,<br />
was the winner. These<br />
Cup Competitions proved that<br />
athletics is as spectacular and<br />
unpredictable as football and<br />
other sports games.<br />
Yuriy KUKANOV<br />
18 | www.athletics-magazine.com<br />
Svetlana<br />
Shkolina<br />
Ruth Beitia
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