The distance runner clocks 27:04 and takes three seconds off Jimmy Gressier’s mark with super run in French city
Etienne Daguinos set a European 10km record with a sensational performance at Urban Trail de Lille (November 16).
The French athlete clocked 27:04, shaving three seconds off compatriot Jimmy Gressier’s previous European mark.
Daguinos, who was part of the French under-23 team that claimed silver at the 2022 European Cross Country Championships, went into the 10km off the back of a personal half-marathon best of 59:46, which put him joint-tenth on the European all-time list over 13.1 miles.
“I cannot believe it,” Daguinos said. “Some people might have predicted it [10km record] but I didn’t believe it. I knew that I was in good shape after my half-marathon in Valencia. I wanted to run faster than 27:30 and I am still in shock.”
Etienne Daguinos (Quentin Felden)
Not only did Daguinos defeat a strong and deep field in Lille but he did so by running identical 5km splits of 13:32.
World 1500m bronze medallist Narve Gilje Nordas broke the Norwegian 10km record with 27:31, while Mohamed Abdilaahi clocked 27:40, the fastest fastest time by a German in history.
That put the pair seventh and joint-tenth on the European 10km all-time list respectively.
It means that Mo Farah, who ran 27:44 in 2010 and held the European 10km record until Julien Wanders recorded a time of 27:32 in 2018, is now 13th on the rankings.
Narve Gilje Nordås (Getty)
With six out of the eight fastest 10km times by European male athlete occurring this season, expect the record books to tumble once again next year.
Daguinos, who occasionally trains in Font Romeu and also has a background in trail running, is now in prime position to be the first European athlete to break the 27 minute barrier in the 10km.
Only 29 athletes have ever achieved the feat and they are all from Africa.
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