French athlete Étienne Daguinos sets European 10km road record in Lille, France

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Twenty-four-year-old French runner, Étienne Daguinos, won the Urban Trail de Lille on Saturday, November 16, which is a 10-kilometre road race. To his surprise, he also set a new European record with his finish time of time of 27 minutes and 4 seconds. The performance betters the previous record of 27:07, a record set in Lille, France earlier in the year by fellow Frenchman Jimmy Gressier.

Meshak Lelgut finished in second place with a performance of 27:16. Charles Rotich took third, clocking 27:18. Thirteen men finished under 28 minutes. Eleven of the top 15 are from Africa.

European record! 🚨

Etienne Daguinos 🇫🇷 storms to a 2️⃣7️⃣:0️⃣4️⃣ 10km for victory at the Urban Trail de Lille! 🔥

He takes three seconds off the previous record set by Jimmy Gressier earlier this year! 😮 pic.twitter.com/vpKB9j3n2R

— European Athletics (@EuroAthletics) November 16, 2024

For Lelgut and Rotich, the performances are new lifetime personal bests.

On October 27, Daguinos ran the Valencia Half Marathon in a time of 59:46 to set a new personal best. His 5000m best is 13:19.77. Surely, he will be ready by spring of 2025 to run sub-27 and sub-13 over the two distances, respectively. In October 2023, Daguinos represented France in the 5km World Road Running Championships, where he acquitted himself well finishing in sixth place.

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