Britton impresses in debut marathon

Fionnuala Britton’s debut marathon catapulted her to fourth in the Irish all-time list as the double European cross-country champion finished tenth at the European Championships 26-miler in Zurich.

Britton was in the leading group of a dozen at the start, but was burnt off early as Christelle Daunay of France beat off Valeria Straneo of Italy by thirteen seconds for the gold in a winning time of 2 hours 25 minutes 14 seconds.