Israeli pole vaulter Alex Averbukh won a gold medal 30 years after the massacre of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics. Averbukh took first place at the European championships Saturday, which were held in the same stadium as the 1972 Olympic Games.
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