Klara Lukan on her way to a European 10km record in Laredo (© Juan Fernández de la Granja)
Slovenia's Klara Lukan broke the European record to win the women’s race while Ethiopia's Biniam Mehary dominated the men’s race at the 10km en Ruta Villa de Laredo, a World Athletics Label road race, in Laredo in Spain on Saturday (18).
Lukan became the first European woman to break 30 minutes for 10km on the roads, clocking 29:50 to improve on the area record of 30:07 set by Great Britain's Megan Keith in Castellon in February.
The time also beats the 30:05 achieved by Lonah Chemtai Salpeter in Tilburg in 2019 – a mark that previously topped the European all-time list but was not ratified as a European record.
Konstanze Klosterhalfen finished second in 30:37, improving her own German record of 30:46 set when she won in Laredo last year. Esther Pfeiffer also dipped under the old German record, running 30:45 for third place.
Mehary won the men’s race in 26:55, the 19-year-old improving the PB of 28:26 he set in his only other 10km race so far, in Addis Ababa in 2024.
Biniam Mehary on his way to victory in the Laredo 10km (© Juan Fernández de la Granja)
He won by exactly a minute ahead of his compatriot Hagos Eyob, while Great Britain’s Rory Leonard was third in 27:57.
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