JUNIOR WOMEN'S 10KM: Medvedeva cruises to easy win

The race was so one-sided – a boxing trainer would have thrown the towel in at the equivalent of the first round.

The Russians came out fighting, but Ekaterina Medvedeva and Nadezhda Leontyeva weren't even left to duel each other after the first two laps.

Medvedeva won the world junior championships last year, and a 22-second reduction on her PB in February was enough to psych the rest of the field even before the gun.

At 5km, she hit her own watch timer at 22:03, with Leontyeva 23 seconds back, only two seconds up on a spirited attempt by Ane…¾ka Drahotová from next door in the Czech Republic.

But just to make sure, Medvedeva powered on – and there was a lot bigger gap this time over her team-mate than in Barcelona. In fact, more than a minute when Medvedeva heard the bell. Her finishing time was pretty good in comparison with her 43:50 PB, considering heat and any lack of a challenge.

A long way back, but still on the podium was Drahotová.

The willowy walker from the Czech Republic had given it a spirited go earlier, and unlike Medvedeva, she will still be eligible for the European Cup in 2015.

Oxana Golyatkina came in fourth, and Viktoryia Rashchupkina from Belarus looked a lot better than most by the finish.

All the same, there were huge gaps between the first four: more than four minutes, and each around 30 seconds, apart from the one between the Czech and Leontyeva.

In a race of attrition for teenage girls, the winner was getting a quickish massage and hugs from coaches and friends in the recovery tent when the last 15 in the race had yet to hear the bell.

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