Briton Pozzi powers to sprint hurdles gold


Athletics - European Athletics Indoor Championship - Men's 60m Hurdles Final - Kombank Arena, Belgrade, Serbia - 03/03/17 - Andy Pozzi of Britain, Pascal Martinot-Lagarde and Aurel Manga of France in action. REUTERS/Novak Djurovic

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Britain's Andy Pozzi put years of injury woes behind him to clinch the 60 metres hurdles gold medal at the European indoor athletics championships on Friday and claim his first international title.

The 24-year old from Stratford, who has had five foot surgeries since 2012, raced through the finish line in a time of 7.51 seconds, ahead of Frenchman Pascal Lagarde-Martinot and Czech Petr Svoboda.

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