Athletics - Britain's Kilty retains 60 metres title


Athletics - European Athletics Indoor Championship - Men's 60m Final - Kombank Arena, Belgrade, Serbia - 04/03/17 - Richard Kilty of Britain celebrates winning. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Britain's Richard Kilty overcame a sluggish start to retain his 60 metres title at the European indoor athletics championships on Saturday.

Kilty was rather slow off the starting blocks but finished strong in 6.54 seconds to beat Slovakian Jan Volko and Swede Austin Hamilton who took silver and bronze respectively.

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