Fitzgerald completes European Under-20 double
Innes Fitzgerald is coached by former British long distance runner Jo Pavey and her husband Gavin
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Great Britain's Innes Fitzgerald completed a long-distance double as she won the 3,000m at the European Under-20 Championships.
The 19-year-old from Devon added the crown to the 5,000m title she won on Thursday as she aims for a place at this month's World Championships in Tokyo.
Fitzgerald - who was third in the British Championships at 5,000m - took the European Under-20 3,000m title in a time 0f 8:46.39 - more than 22 seconds ahead of Sweden's silver medallist Carmen Cernjul.
The time in the Finnish town of Tampere broke the 32-year-old championship record.
It comes after she broke Zola Budd's European Under-20 5,000m record last month.
Fitzgerald - who is next planning to race at next week's Diamond League meeting in Brussels - is still awaiting to see if she will be selected for the British team for the 5,000m in Tokyo.
Having finished outside the top two at the UK Championships - which would guarantee her place at the event - she must wait to see if she is given a third slot available to selectors.