#EuropeanIndoorTrack #Portugal and #Benfica athlete Salome Afonso finished 3rd in the 3,000 meters to go along with the Silver in the 1,500 first Portuguese athlete to win two medals in the same European Championships

Salomé Afonso won the first 'double' of medals in the European Short Track Athletics Championships, by taking the bronze medal in the 3,000 meters, joining it to the silver in the 1,500 meters. I

n 37 'indoor' European Championships, never had a Portuguese athlete been on the podium twice in the same edition, until today, with Salomé Afonso's third place in the 15 laps of the track in the decisive race, behind the Irish Sarah Healy, champion of Europe, and the British Melissa Courtney -Bryant, second.