2009 European Cross Country Championships

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2009 European Cross Country Championships
2009 European XC Logo.gif
Organisers EAA
Edition16th
Date13 December
Host city Dublin, Ireland
Venue Santry Demesne
Events6
Distances9997 m – Men
8018 m – Women
8018 m – U23 men
6039 m – U23 women
6039 m – Junior men
4039 m – Junior women
Participation323 athletes from
30 nations
Official website dublin2009.ie

The 2009 European Cross Country Championships was a continental cross country running competition that was held on 13 December 2009 near Dublin city, Fingal in Ireland. Dublin was selected as the host city in 2007 and the event was the first time that a major European athletics championships took place in Ireland. The six men's and women's races in the championship programme took place in Santry Demense on a looped course with flat and grassy ground. The 16th edition of the European Cross Country Championships featured 323 athletes from 30 nations.

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Alemayehu Bezabeh upset the defending champion (Serhiy Lebid) to win the men's senior race: it was his first medal at a major international competition and he was the first Spanish runner to win in the history of the championships. In the women's senior competition, Hayley Yelling was a surprise winner, having come out of her competitive retirement just weeks before the race. The much favoured Portuguese team (which included Jessica Augusto and Inês Monteiro) did not reach the individual podium but they took the gold in the team competition.

Noureddine Smaïl and Hassan Chahdi took gold and silver in the men's under-23 competition, leading the French to a team victory. Jeroen D'Hoedt was the winner of the men's junior race. Sultan Haydar won the women's under-23 race while Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal added to her junior honours with a gold in the women's junior race, becoming the first Norwegian gold medallist of the championships' history.

Almost 7000 spectators attended the championships and, in Europe, it was broadcast live on television for free by RTÉ, the Irish state broadcaster.

Bidding

The championship course was next to Morton Stadium. Morton stadium.jpg
The championship course was next to Morton Stadium.

Ireland's bid for the competition was first discussed in 2006 when Liam Hennessy, president of Athletics Ireland, proposed the idea at the European Athletics conference that year. After the proposal had gained the support of the Athletics Ireland board, Fingal County Council and the Irish Sports Council, the state broadcaster (RTÉ) agreed to show the event live on television for free across Europe. [1]

The bidding process concluded in October 2007 at a presentation to the European Athletics Association in Malta. The Irish bid to host the championships was led by Mary Coghlan (Chair of Finance & Risk AAI), Senan Turnbull (Fingal Council's director of community, culture and sports), Liam Hennessy (President of AAI), Paddy Marlay (Competition Committee of AAI) and beat proposals from France and Poland. Ireland had hosted the World Cross Country Championships in 1979 and 2002, but this was the first time that Ireland had ever hosted a major European athletics competition. [1]

Course

The reigning women's champion, Hilda Kibet, did not defend her title. 20091018 Hilda Kibet Amsterdam Marathon.jpg
The reigning women's champion, Hilda Kibet, did not defend her title.

The course was situated in Santry Demense Park adjacent the national track and field stadium, Morton Stadium, which is the home stadium for Clonliffe Harriers – the oldest athletics club in Ireland. [2] The course's looped design allowed for races of varying lengths through the use of laps. The four race lengths were: 9,997 metres (6.212 mi) for the senior men's race, 8,018 metres (4.982 mi) for the senior women's and men's under-23 competitions, 6,039 metres (3.752 mi) for the under-23 women and junior men, and finally 4,039 metres (2.510 mi) for the women's junior race. The ground of the course was grassy throughout and, while it did contain some slight dips and uphills, it did not feature any severe obstacles or inclines. [3]

Competition

Prior to the championships, eight-time gold medal winner Serhiy Lebid was the favourite for the men's race, with Great Britain's Mo Farah representing the greatest challenge to him. For the women's race, reigning champion Hilda Kibet had decided not to compete. This left the women's senior competition without a clear favourite: Portugal's Jessica Augusto and Inês Monteiro, along with former champions Hayley Yelling and Tetyana Holovchenko, comprised the likely medallists, while Mary Cullen was the home favourite. [4] [5]

On the day of the race, an estimated 7000 spectators were in attendance and a total of 323 athletes represented 30 European nations. [6] Although the championships only accepts athletes who are citizens of European countries, African-born athletes were highly represented among those who reached the podium: Ethiopian-born runners Alemayehu Bezabeh and Sultan Haydar Sultan, and Algerian-born Noureddine Smaïl all took gold medals, while Atelaw Yeshetela and Somalian-born athlete Mo Farah won minor medals. [7] [8]

Men's race

There was a slow start to the men's senior race, with a large leading pack reaching the 2.5 km mark. However, soon after that point, Mo Farah made clear his intention to win the race, increasing the pace and accelerating away from the pack. He remained the leader for the first half of the race, with Alemayehu Bezabeh following closely and Lebid a little further behind. [9] Bezabeh, competing in only his second European championships, overtook Farah in the fourth lap and began to create a lead for himself. Farah made ground on the leader in the final lap, but he tired towards the end. Bezabeh went on to win his first major title, becoming the first Spaniard to win the championships. [7]

Coming in second place, Farah collapsed after the finish line and missed the medal ceremony as he received medical assistance. Although ahead of the rest of the pack, Lebid was a clear third and was some way off the two frontrunners [9] – an injury two weeks prior to the race had affected his preparations and he was pleased to receive the bronze medal. Spanish runners Sergio Sánchez and Ayad Lamdassem took fourth and fifth places, all but guaranteeing Spain the men's team gold medal. [7]

Hayley Yelling, the 2004 champion, won the women's senior race. Hayley Yelling GNR2007.jpg
Hayley Yelling, the 2004 champion, won the women's senior race.

Women's race

The women's senior race also had an unexpected winner: Hayley Yelling of Great Britain (the 2004 championships winner) had retired from athletics after a poor showing at the 2008 European Cross Country Championships, [10] but she returned to competition in December 2009 with a win at the British selection race for that year's race. [11]

Yelling started with a quick pace, rapidly building up a lead over the pack of runners in the early stages of the race. [12] During the second lap, the Portuguese runners, along with Rosa María Morató and Adriënne Herzog, remained in pursuit but Ireland's Mary Cullen had faded behind. [13] Yelling, still leading, maintained her fast speed after the halfway point while Augusto and Morató filled out the medalling positions. [12] Morató pulled away from Augusto, but never managed to make up the six-second gap between her and Yelling. The Briton took the gold medal and Morató was next to come in, receiving the silver medal. Meanwhile, Herzog overtook a tired Jessica Augusto for the bronze. [13] Augusto, Monteiro, and Ana Dulce Félix of Portugal filled out the top six finishers; although they had failed to reach the individual podium, the trio and tenth-placed Sara Moreira won the team gold medals by a significant margin. [12]

Under-23 and junior races

In the men's under-23 race, there was a large group of runners at the front up until the 3.5 km mark, at which point a pack of three runners led the race throughout: Atelaw Yeshetela of Belgium, and Hassan Chahdi and Noureddine Smaïl of France. [14] The three took turns in leading the race and remained close. However, in the final lap, Smaïl broke away from the other two runners and was unchallenged at the finish line, [7] proving his abilities after a disappointing race in 2008. [14] Chahdi was the silver medallist and Yeshetela took third place, while Frenchman Florian Carvalho was fourth, [7] setting up France as the team gold medallists of the race. Great Britain and Belgium took the team silver and bronze respectively. [14]

As she had done in the previous year's competition, Sultan Haydar of Turkey took the lead early on in the women's under-23 competition. [8] By the halfway mark she was thirteen seconds clear of the other runners, but her pace started to slow. Irina Sergeyeva quickly reduced the Turkish runner's lead and on the final lap she threatened to take first place. [13] However, Sergeyeva was beaten by Haydar's sprint finish in the final home straight. Jessica Sparke took the bronze, and her teammates Charlotte Browning and Hollie Rowland followed shortly after to continue Great Britain's unbeaten run of gold medals in the women's under-23 team competition. [8]

In the junior races, Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal became the first Norwegian to win at the European Championships. [13] The European Junior Champion quickly took control of the women's race and managed to hold off Gulshat Fazlitdinova to win the title. Kate Avery was the bronze medallist in the individual race, and Russia, Great Britain and Germany were the team medallists. [15] Grøvdal's compatriot Sondre Nordstad Moen failed to make it a junior double for Norway in the men's race. Moen led the race for the first three laps with a comfortable pace, but Jeroen D'Hoedt pulled ahead for the final lap. [7] Nick Goolab made up significant ground to pip teammate James Wilkinson for the silver at the finish line. Moen ended up fourth, but he won a team bronze with Norway. Britain and France won the gold and silver team medals, respectively. [16]

Race results

Men's senior

Alemayehu Bezabeh became the first Spanish man to win at the championships. Alemayehu Bezabeh Dublin 2009.JPG
Alemayehu Bezabeh became the first Spanish man to win at the championships.
The 2008 silver medallist Mo Farah finished again in second place. 20081214 mo farah.jpg
The 2008 silver medallist Mo Farah finished again in second place.
Eight-time champion Serhiy Lebid managed only bronze in 2009. Serhiy Lebid Bruxelles 2008.JPG
Eight-time champion Serhiy Lebid managed only bronze in 2009.
Individual race
RankAthleteCountryTime (m:s)
Gold medal icon.svg Alemayehu Bezabeh Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 30:45
Silver medal icon.svg Mo Farah Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 31:02
Bronze medal icon.svg Serhiy Lebid Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 31:17
4 Sergio Sánchez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 31:26
5 Ayad Lamdassem Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 31:30
6 José Rocha Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 31:34
7 Eduard Mbengani Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 31:41
8 Mark Kenneally Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 31:42
9 Daniele Meucci Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 31:42
10 Stéphane Joly Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 31:46
11 Driss El Himer Flag of France.svg  France 31:54
12 Andy Vernon Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 31:54
13 Michael Skinner Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 31:54
14 Licínio Pimentel Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 31:54
Team race
RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Alemayehu Bezabeh
Sergio Sánchez
Ayad Lamdassem
Francisco Javier López
34
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Mo Farah
Andy Vernon
Michael Skinner
Benedict Whitby
54
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Daniele Meucci
Stefano La Rosa
Andrea Lalli
Gabriele De Nard
Gianmarco Buttazzo
Martin Dematteis [17]
62
4Flag of France.svg  France 67
5Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 73
6Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 115
7Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 146
8Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 149

Women's senior

Adrienne Herzog of the Netherlands took the bronze in the senior women's competition. Adrienne herzog.jpg
Adriënne Herzog of the Netherlands took the bronze in the senior women's competition.
Individual race
RankAthleteCountryTime (m:s)
Gold medal icon.svg Hayley Yelling Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 27:49
Silver medal icon.svg Rosa María Morató Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 27:56
Bronze medal icon.svg Adriënne Herzog Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 28:04
4 Jessica Augusto Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 28:11
5 Inês Monteiro Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 28:14
6 Ana Dulce Félix Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 28:19
7 Olivera Jevtic Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 28:21
8 Tetyana Holovchenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 28:25
9 Freya Murray Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 28:25
10 Sara Moreira Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 28:32
11 Fionnuala Britton Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 28:39
12 Mary Cullen Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 28:45
Ines Monteiro helped Portugal to the team gold. Ines Monteiro.jpg
Inês Monteiro helped Portugal to the team gold.
Team race
RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Jessica Augusto
Inês Monteiro
Ana Dulce Félix
Sara Moreira
25
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Hayley Yelling
Freya Murray
Katrina Wootton
Sonia Samuels
51
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Rosa María Morató
Iris María Fuentes-Pila
Alessandra Aguilar
Nuria Fernández
58
4Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 82
5Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 130
6Flag of France.svg  France 103
7Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 141
8Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 161

Men's under-23

Noureddine Smail of France won his first major U-23 cross country competition. Noureddine Smail Dublin 2009.JPG
Noureddine Smaïl of France won his first major U-23 cross country competition.
Individual race
RankAthleteCountryTime (m:s)
Gold medal icon.svg Noureddine Smaïl Flag of France.svg  France 25:11
Silver medal icon.svg Hassan Chahdi Flag of France.svg  France 25:17
Bronze medal icon.svg Atelaw Yeshetela Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 25:21
4 Florian Carvalho Flag of France.svg  France 25:30
5 Mitch Goose Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 25:33
6 Christoph Ryffel Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 25:38
7 Abdi Nageeye Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 25:40
8 Ricky Stevenson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 25:40
9Musa Roba-KinkalFlag of Germany.svg  Germany 25:41
10Alexander SöderbergFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 25:45
11Lewis TimminsFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 25:45
12Yegor NikolayevFlag of Russia.svg  Russia 25:46
Team race
RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of France.svg  France
Noureddine Smaïl
Hassan Chahdi
Florian Carvalho
Matthieu Le Stum
31
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Mitch Goose
Ricky Stevenson
Lewis Timmins
Jonathan Taylor
45
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Atelaw Yeshetela
Sanne Torfs
Kim Ruell
Ruben Vandevelde
59
4Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 81
5Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 102
6Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 105
7Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 128
8Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 134

Women's under-23

Individual race
RankAthleteCountryTime (m:s)
Gold medal icon.svg Sultan Haydar Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 21:14
Silver medal icon.svg Irina Sergeyeva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 21:15
Bronze medal icon.svg Jessica Sparke Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 21:26
4 Charlotte Browning Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 21:30
5 Hollie Rowland Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 21:31
6 Tatyana Shutova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 21:32
7 Sandra Eriksson Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 21:32
8 Natalya Puchkova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 21:36
9Alfiya KhasanovaFlag of Russia.svg  Russia 21:39
10Stevie StocktonFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 21:39
11 Stephanie Twell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 21:42
12Anna HahnerFlag of Germany.svg  Germany 21:49
Team race
RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Jessica Sparke
Charlotte Browning
Hollie Rowland
Stevie Stockton
22
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Irina Sergeyeva
Tatyana Shutova
Natalya Puchkova
Alfiya Khasanova
25
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of France.svg  France
Claire Navez
Louise Ghesquiere
Patricia Laubertie
Laura Miclo
85
4Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 85
5Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 98
6Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 155
7Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 162
8Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 163

Men's junior

Individual race
RankAthleteCountryTime (m:s)
Gold medal icon.svg Jeroen D'Hoedt Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 18:46
Silver medal icon.svg Nick Goolab Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 18:47
Bronze medal icon.svg James Wilkinson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 18:47
4 Sondre Nordstad Moen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 18:49
5 Richard Goodman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 18:56
6Rui PintoFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 18:57
7Nemenja CerovacFlag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 18:59
8Bryan CanteroFlag of France.svg  France 19:01
9Abdelatif HadjamFlag of France.svg  France 19:03
10Lars Erik MaldeFlag of Norway.svg  Norway 19:03
11Soufiane BouchikhiFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 19:05
12Henrik IngebrigtsenFlag of Norway.svg  Norway 19:07
Team race
RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Nick Goolab
James Wilkinson
Richard Goodman
Matthew Gillespie
Callum Hawkins
Jonathan Hay
24
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of France.svg  France
Bryan Cantero
Abdelatif Hadjam
Tanguy Pepiot
Colin Guillard
Michael Gras
Valentin Pepiot
58
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Sondre Nordstad Moen
Lars Erik Malde
Henrik Ingebrigtsen
Harald Kaarboe
Thomas Solberg Eide
Ferdinand Kvan Edman
77
4Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 93
5Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 98
6Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 127
7Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 129
8Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 137

Women's junior

Individual race
RankAthleteCountryTime (m:s)
Gold medal icon.svg Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 14:10
Silver medal icon.svg Gulshat Fazlitdinova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 14:12
Bronze medal icon.svg Kate Avery Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 14:27
4 Corinna Harrer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 14:33
5 Federica Bevilacqua Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 14:33
6Lauren HowarthFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 14:35
7Sandra MosqueraFlag of Spain.svg  Spain 14:38
8Lyudmila LebedevaFlag of Russia.svg  Russia 14:38
9Ciara MageehanFlag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 14:40
10Cataryna RibeiroFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 14:40
11Carla Salomé RochaFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 14:41
12 Amela Terzić Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 14:42
Team race
RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Gulshat Fazlitdinova
Lyudmila Lebedeva
Yelena Sedova
Tatyana Prorokova
47
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Kate Avery
Lauren Howarth
Eleanor Wimshurst
Beth Potter
51
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Corrina Harrer
Jana Sussman
Gesa-Felicitas Krause
Stephanie Platt
73
4Flag of France.svg  France 98
5Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 100
6Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 103
7Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 118
8Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 122

Total medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)36312
2Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)2215
3Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)2114
4Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)1304
5Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)1023
6Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)1012
7Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)1001
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)1001
9Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)0011
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)0011
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)0011
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)0011
Totals (12 entries)12121236

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