European Athletics Indoor ChampionshipsCharel Grethen comes fifth in 3,000m final
The Luxembourgish runner narrowly missed out on silverware after coming fifth in the final 3,000m race of the European Athletics Indoor Championships in Istanbul on Sunday.
Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigsten (7:40.32) won the race, followed by Spaniard Adel Mechaal (7:41.75), and Serbia’s Elzan Bibic (7:44.03).
Despite taking the lead in the race early on, Grethen crossed the finish line as fifth in the end with a time of seven minutes, 46 seconds, and 65 hundredths.
Video report in Luxembourgish
5. Plaz fir de Charel Grethen an der Finall iwwer 3.000 Meter
E Sonndeg war bei der Indoor-Liichtathletik-EM d’Finall vun der 3.000 Meter, wou och de Lëtzebuerger Charel Grethen um Start war.
