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Briggs battles through melting Munich in European Championships Marathon

By Will Jennings in Munich Becky Briggs battled through the heat to complete a memorable multi-sport European marathon in a melting Munich. Ad The Hull athlete, 22, crossed the line in 31stÊon the opening day of the European Athletics Championships after clocking a hard-fought time of 2:39:02. MarathonSesemann excels in melting Munich marathon2 HOURS AGO The 26-mile contest represented both a team and individual event and alongside Rosie Edwards, Naomi Mitchell and Alice Wright, British stars finished sixth as Germany grabbed gold on home soil.

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Sesemann excels in melting Munich marathon

By Will Jennings in Munich Philip Sesemann ploughed through the heat to complete a memorable multi-sport European marathon in a melting Munich.The Leeds athlete, 29, crossed the line in 17th on the opening day of the European Athletics Championships after leading home the British team with a time of 2:15:17.The 26-mile contest represented both a team and individual event and alongside Mohamud Aadan, Andrew Davies and fellow Yorkshire star Andrew Heyes, British runners finished seventh as Israel beat hosts Germany to gold.The temperatures in the city were soaring and Leeds City star Sesemann admits those conditions significantly scuppered his progress.Sesemann, who finished seventh in last year's London Marathon, said: «That was really, really hard.»My preparations were good — I dreamed it was an opportunity to take a risk and see whether I got to the second half feeling good.«I got to the second half and felt awful.»It was really, really tough and the last 20km was absolutely horrible.«It was worse than I thought — I don't know if it was the heat.

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Briggs battles through melting Munich in European Championships Marathon

We 'signed' Sasa Kalajdzic for Manchester United and it raised a major transfer issue

Sesemann excels in melting Munich marathon

Reynold Banigo makes admission after European Championships qualification in Munich

Josie Knight battles through 'biggest challenge' in unfamiliar conditions at European Championships

Rhasidat Adeleke and Ciara Mageean make final cut at European Athletics Championships

MotoGP Austria: Race preview

Jacob Fincham-Dukes calls for greater long jump coverage