At the beginning of October the Portugal Lino Barruncho won silver medal in individual and gold in the team relay in duathlon European Championships. A week later he finished the Amsterdam Marathon in 22nd place with 2h20min53sec. The duathlon specialist was the 4th place among the European athletes. In cool and rather windy conditions, the 31st edition of the ING Amsterdam Marathon ended with the Kenyian Solomon Busendich’s victory in 2:08:52.