A place of undiplo in the 10,000 m race of the European Cup for Alfie Manthorpe (Hallamshire), who made his debut on the track representing Britain and Northern Ireland in PACE, France.
The Hassaqus (ESP) and Ouida (ITA) touch the leadership behind the pacemaker for the initial turns, while Manthorpe set the two Belgians in ninth. The group gradually found the two strikers and extended evenly in the early stages of the race.
Around 12 minutes, the seven strikers spread, picking up the rhythm, and Alfie found behind the seven strikers running next to the Norwegian. Marques (PRT) advanced with remaining eight laps, leaving Alfie Racing only in eighth.
With five remaining turns, he fought with O’Gailin (re) for the Ecighth position. He took a doll and backed away some places. He finished with a better personal track of 29: 19.52 and eleventh place in a fast race, with four best best in the first ten.
The team leader, Dean Miller, said: ‘Running 10000m on the track is a unique ability to hit, and Alfie has tasks of the opportunity to come and try on what is only his second time in the distance.
‘It is not the perfect day I wanted, but an sandy performance against high caliber athletes with a lot of learning. Without a doubt, this will serve it well as it progresses. “
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