Dwain Chambers powered to victory in the 60 meters at the European Indoor Championships on Sunday, securing his first international title since coming back from a doping suspension. Chambers led from the start and was never threatened during the race, though his winning time of 6.46 seconds fell short of the European indoor record of 6.42 he set in Saturday's semifinals. Italian duo Fabio Cerutti and Emanuele Di Gregorio finished second and third, both in 6.56. In the women's 60 meters Russia's Yevgeniya Polyakova crossed the line first in 7.18 to win gold, with Ezinne Okparaebo of Norway and Germany's Verena Sailer taking silver and bronze. There were more gold medals for Russia in the 800 events, with Mariya Savinova winning the women's race in the year's fastest time of 1 minute, 58:10 seconds. Britain's Marilyn Okoro went to the front at the end of the first lap and by the end of the second she was clear in the lead alongside Savinova. The Briton then began to fade and Savinova took the lead at the beginning of the final lap. On the final bend Russia's Oksana Zbrozhek moved into second place and finished with the silver in 1:59.20. Down the home straight Italy's Elisa Cusma Piccione closed in on Okoro and squeezed past her to take the bronze with 2:00.23. At the line the pair collided. Okoro fell heavily and lay on the track for a few minutes, before she walked away with medical staff. It was a more tame affair in the men's 800, with Yuriy Borzakovskiy winning the gold in 1:48.55. Spain's Luis Alberto Marco took the silver, with the bronze going to Mattias Claesson of Sweden. Italy needed a late surge from 400 silver medalist Claudio Licciardello on the last leg to win the 400m relay gold ahead of front runners Britain, who took silver and bronze medalist Poland. Russia won the women's relay, with Antonina Krivoshapka breaking at the bell to sprint clear from Great Britain's Okoro, who had recovered from her fall in the 800 and held on for the silver. Belarus took the bronze. Turkey won its first gold of the championships when Almitu Bekele Degfa raced home in 8:46.50 to win the 3,000m. Portugal fared even better in the men's 1,500m, with Rui Silva winning gold. He grabbed the lead on the back straight and sprinted away for victory in a time of 3:44.38. Estonia's Mikk Pahapill dominated the men's heptathlon and won gold with 6,362 points. Russia's Anastasiya Taranova-Potapova won the triple jump with 14.68 meters, whilst Marija Sestak of Slovenia won silver with 14.60 and Slovakia's Dana Veldakova claimed bronze with a jump of 14.40. Olympic shot put champion Tomasz Majewski added another title to his collection when he won gold with a put of 21.02 meters. Yves Niare from France won silver with 20.42, whilst German Ralf Bartels scored a season's best of 20.39 to win bronze. In the women's high jump Ariane Friedrich of Germany confirmed her position as world's leading jumper by leaving with the gold medal. Ruth Beitia from Spain finished in second and Russia's Viktoriya Klyugina took bronze. France and Germany collected late golds when Renaud Lavillenie won the pole vault and Sebastian Bayer won the long jump. Pavel Gerasimov and Alexander Straub took pole vault silver and bronze, whilst Nils Winter and Marcin Starzak came second and third in the long jump. Russia finished top of the table with 10 golds, and four each of silver and bronze. Germany was second with three golds, whilst France, Italy, Britain and Estonia each won two golds.
