Euro - Portugal Dulce Felix Gold Medal 10,000 meters

The Portuguese Ana Dulce Felix succeeded in Helsinki on Sunday, winning the European 10,000 meters of athletics track, the gold medal that he lacked the curriculum, then silver and bronze in cross country.

"I'm very happy, it's wonderful," he said after giving a lap of honor with the national flag, stressing: "It was the medal that was missing. I knew that there were several athletes to be worth 31 minutes and such and could fight with them for a place on the podium, but then to win. "

Athlete of the Minho Marathon was isolated to 6800 meters and no more left to win back an advantage until the end when he was 8.8 seconds ahead and prove practically won. In the end, got the time of 31.44,75, ending more than four seconds ahead of Britain's Jo Pavey (31.49,03), which passed in the final Ukrainian Look Skrypak (31.51,32).


other Gold Medal Winners 


Os 11 títulos portugueses de atletismo em pista:

Rosa Mota - maratona - Atenas'82.

Rosa Mota - maratona - Estugarda'86.

Rosa Mota - maratona - Split'90.

Manuela Machado - maratona - Helsínquia'94.

Fernanda Ribeiro - 10.000 metros - Helsínquia'94.

António Pinto - 10.000 metros - Budapeste'98.

Manuela Machado - maratona - Budapeste'98.

Francis Obikwelu - 100 metros - Munique2002.

Francis Obikwelu - 100 metros - Gotemburgo2006.

Francis Obikwelu - 200 metros - Gotemburgo2006.

Ana Dulce Felix - 10.000 metros - Helsínquia2012

A atleta portuguesa Dulce Félix venceu, este domingo os 10 mil metros no Europeus de atletismo, tendo, deste modo, garantido a primeira medalha de ouro para Portugal.

Dulce Felix, de 29 anos, percorrer a distância em 31.44,88 minutos e bateu a concorrência da britânica britânica Jo Pavey e da ucraniana Olha Skrypak, que terminaram no segundo e terceiro lugar, respetivamente.