Injury forces Cragg to pull up in 5000m final

Ireland’s Alistair Cragg was forced to retire from the men’s 5000m final at the Spar European Athletics Championships today.

Cragg had moved to the head of the field with 1300m to go, but running down the home straight with three laps to go, he noticeably began to tighten up then moved to the side of the track with his hopes of bagging a medal dashed by an Achilles tendon injury.