Halil Akkas got bronze medal in 3000 meters with 31st European Athletics indoor Championship this week and was close to get even Gold but conguralations to Halil Akkas and certainly we will like to see more from our atletics. The championship is being held at Palais Omnisports Paris Bercy with participation of 629 athletes from 50 countries. Despite an awkward delay which saw the athletes called to the starting line three times in the first heat before the gun was actually fired, Britain's Mo Farah qualified easily for tomorrow's 3000-meter final on the first day of the European Indoor Championships here this morning.
Farah, 27, is the defending champion from these championships in Torino in 2009. Halil Akkas of Turkey won bronze medal in 3,000 meters in the 31st European Athletics Indoor Championship in Paris on Saturday.
The championship is being held at Palais Omnisports Paris Bercy with participation of 629 athletes from 50 countries.
Halil Akkas finished the race with 7:54.32, and won the bronze medal. British Mo Farah ranked the first, and Azerbaijani Hayle Ibrahimov the second in the race.Silva, and Italy's Daniele Meucci, finished just behind Farah in 8:02.69 and 8:02.71, respectively, to advance to the final, too.
Silva, who has won three gold medals at these championships in the 1500m, said he was making a concerted effort to move up in distance as the 33 year-old's career enters its latter stages
European Indoor Athletics Championships Results
- 400 ; 1, Leslie Djhone, France, 45.54 seconds. 2, Thomas Schneider, Germany, 46.42. 3, Richard Buck, Britain, 46.62. 4, Dmitriy Buryak, Russia, 46.70. 5, Richard Strachan, Britain, 46.74. 6, Yoan Decimus, France, 46.91.
- 3,000 ;1, Mo Farah, Britain, 7:53.00. 2, Hayle Ibrahimov, Azerbaijan, 7:53.32. 3, Halil Akkas, Turkey, 7:54.19. 4, Andy Baddeley, Britain, 7:54.49. 5, Jesus Espana, Spain.
