The championships comprised four races, incorporating junior races for the first time: the men's race, which was 12.8km long with a 1,570m ascent, the women's and under-20s men's competitions over 8.5km and containing a 1,010m ascent, and finally the under-20s women's race which was competed over 4km with a rise of 400m.[1]
Ahmet Arslan of Turkey won the title in the men's senior race while the Norwegian Anita Evertsen took the gold medal in the women's race. Italy reached to the senior men's team gold medal and Switzerland won the women's team gold. The junior men's competition was largely a Turkish affair, with Mehmet Akkoyun winning gold and leading a 1-2-3 for his country. The women's junior race was won by Lucija Krkoc from Slovenia. United Kingdom took the team gold.[1]
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