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British records in Istanbul and San Juan Capistrano – weekly round-up

Ceccarelli and Jacobs complete Italian job

Leading marks from the European Indoor Champs, plus The Ten in California and Tokyo Marathon in Japan

For our event reports from the European Indoor Champs in Istanbul, click here.

European Indoor Championships, Istanbul, Turkey, March 2-5

Great Britain won three golds – two very predictable in Keely Hodgkinson at 800m and Laura Muir at 1500m but a more surprising Jaz Sawyers who set a British record and world lead of 7.00m in the long jump.

There were also medals for Neil Gourley in the 1500m, Daryll Neita in the 60m and Melissa Courtney-Bryant at 3000m.

There were double golds or Femke Bol (400m and 4x400m) and Jakob Ingebrigtsen (1500m and 3000m) and a world record for Nafi Thiam in the pentathlon while Adrianna Sułek also broke the old mark and for six seconds (the gap between them in the 1000m) was technically the world record-holder!

Norway, thanks to Jakob Ingebrigtsen, topped the medal tables ahead of Bol’s Netherlands with Britain third.

Britain finished second in the points standings to Italy, who were aided by an one-two in the 60m for Samuele Ceccarelli and Marcell Jacobs.

For more detailed individual reports click here.

Men
60: 1 Samuele Ceccarelli ITA 6.48; 2 Lamont Marcell Jacobs ITA 6.50; 3 Henrik Larsson SWE 6.53 NR; 4 Dominik Kopeć POL 6.53; 5 Ján Volko SVK 6.57; 6 Jeremiah Azu GBR 6.58; 7 Markus Fuchs AUT 6.59; 8 Reece Prescod GBR 6.64

Euro Indoors 60m final (Getty)

SF1: 1 Samuele Ceccarelli ITA 6.47; 2 Reece Prescod GBR 6.52; 3 Ján Volko SVK 6.58; 4 Dominik Kopeć POL 6.59; 5 Simon Hansen DEN 6.65; 6 Robin Ganter GER 6.68; 7 Israel Olatunde IRL 6.69; 8 Emre Zafer Barnes 7.02. SF2: 1 Henrik Larsson SWE 6.56 =NR; 2 Jeremiah Azu GBR 6.59; 3 Raphael Bouju NED 6.61; 4 Jakub Lempach POL 6.62; 5 Karl Erik Nazarov EST 6.63; 6 Yannick Wolf GER 6.70; 7 Stanislav Kovalenko UKR 6.72; 8 Dominik Illovszky HUN 6.77. SF3: 1 Lamont Marcell Jacobs ITA 6.52; 2 Markus Fuchs AUT 6.60; 3 Pascal Mancini SUI 6.64; 4 Mickael-Méba Zeze FRA 6.64; 5 Eugene Amo-Dadzie GBR 6.64; 6 Kayhan Özer 6.67; 7 Carlos Nascimento POR 6.71; 8 Ioánnis Nifadópoulos GRE 6.71
Heat 1: 1 Reece Prescod GBR 6.60; 2 Mickael-Méba Zeze FRA 6.68; 3 Jakub Lempach POL 6.69; 4 Carlos Nascimento POR 6.71; 5 Joris van Gool NED 6.72; 6 Zdeněk Stromšík CZE 6.79; 7 Francesco Sansovini SMR 6.87. Heat 2: 1 Ján Volko SVK 6.62; 2 Dominik Kopeć POL 6.64; 3 Markus Fuchs AUT 6.66; 4 Israel Olatunde IRL 6.68; 5 Simon Hansen DEN 6.69; 6 Ioánnis Nifadópoulos GRE 6.72; 7 Daniel Rodríguez ESP 6.77; 8 Beppe Grillo MLT 6.95. Heat 3: 1 Raphael Bouju NED 6.59;…

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