Courtesy of WOWSA, Loch Lomond, Scotland.

Kristof Rasovszky and Axel Reymond went back-and-forth throughout the 5 km race at the European Championships held in Loch Lomond, Scotland.

But it was the 22-year-old Hungarian star had just a little more speed to beat Reymond, the reigning 25 km world champion from France in a close race.

Men’s 5 km Results:

1. Kristof Rasovszky (Hungary) 52:38.9

2. Axel Reymond (France) 52:41.7
3. Logan Fontaine (France) 52:44.4
4. Rob Muffels (Germany) 52:55.4
5. Marcello Guidi (Italy) 52:56.8
6. Pepijn Maxime Smit (Netherlands) 52:59.1
7. Marc-Antoine Olivier (France) 53:06.7
8. Denis Adeev (Russia) 53:09.0
9. Pasquale Sanzullo (Italy) 53:10.0
10. Daniel Szekelyi (Hungary) 53:12.5
11. Ruwen Straub (Germany) 53:14.7
12. Guillem Pujol Belmonte (Spain) 53:15.1
13. Andrea Manzi (Italy) 53:15.7
14. Marcus Herwig (Germany) 53:15.7
15. Kirill Abrosimov (Russia) 53:16.7
16. Igor Chervynskyi (Ukraine) 53:18.4
17. Sergey Bolshakov (Russia) 53:18.8
18. Vit Ingeduld (Czech Republic) 53:19.0
19. David Brandl (Austria) 53:22.5
20. Tamas Farkas (Serbia) 53:22.8
21. Ventsislav Aydarski (Bulgaria) 53:24.4
22. Dimitrios Negris (Greece) 53:25.2
23. Hector Pardoe (Great Britain) 54:41.5
24. Tomas Peciar (Slovakia) 1:01:13.7

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