Dewi Griffiths: got his first taste of GB championship action this summer in Amsterdam
MARK SHEARMAN
WELSH distance runner Dewi Griffiths says he’s using the motivation he’s gained from marginally missing a medal at the European Championships to drive him into the winter as he eyes up the London 2017 World Championships.
Griffiths, competing in a major championship on the track in a British vest for the first time, finished fifth in the 10,000m in Amsterdam, little more than two seconds behind Spain’s Antonio Abadia in third.
The 25-year-old Swansea Harrier was well in contention at the bell before the Spaniard and Dmytro Lashin from Ukraine kicked away down the back straight, though a 28:28.55 PB for Griffiths offered a measure of consolation.
The Amsterdam experience was overwhelmingly more positive than his first major championship outing where Griffiths was the final finisher over 10,000m at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow two years ago, clocking a hugely disappointing 31:28.81 – albeit off the back of a stress fracture.