2010 European Mountain Running Championships

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2010 European Mountain Running Championships
Organisers EAA
Edition9th
Date4 July 2012 (2012-07-04)
Host city Sapareva Banya, Bulgaria Flag of Bulgaria.svg
Events4
Distances12.2 km – Men
9 km – Women
9 km – Junior men
4.6 km – Junior women
Participation24 nations

The 2010 European Mountain Running Championships were held on 4 July in Sapareva Banya, Bulgaria. They were that year's area championships for mountain running, held by the European Athletic Association in conjunction with the Bulgarian Athletic Federation. The competition featured four races, with senior and junior races for both men and women. The 2010 competition featured an uphill–downhill course format. A total of 237 runners from 24 nations started the competition and two further nations (Norway and Greece) were present as observers. [1]

Contents

The men's race was 12.2 km long and featured an ascent and descent of 685 m on each of its three laps. The women's and junior men's races were 9 km long comprising two laps with a rise and fall of 495 m. The junior women's race was one lap of 4.6 km over a hill of 235 m. [2]

Ahmet Arslan took his fourth consecutive men's title by some distance, while Italians Martin Dematteis and Marco De Gasperi completed the podium and helped Italy retain its undefeated streak in the men's team competition. The 2010 Grand Ballon race winner Marie Laure Dumergues took the women's title continuing her good form in a breakthrough year. Valentina Belotti was the women's runner-up for a second year running and Elena Nagovitsyna was the bronze medallist. Hüseyin Pak won the junior men's race while Denisa Dragomir was the women's junior champion. [3]

Results

Men

Marco De Gasperi reached the podium for the fourth consecutive time. 2007Taipei101RunUp EliteGroup MarcoDeGasperi.jpg
Marco De Gasperi reached the podium for the fourth consecutive time.
RankAthleteCountryTime (m:s)
Gold medal icon.svg Ahmet Arslan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 46:14
Silver medal icon.svg Martin Dematteis Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 46:40
Bronze medal icon.svg Marco De Gasperi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 47:19
4 Julien Rancon Flag of France.svg  France 47:22
5 Gabriele Abate Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 47:42
6 Bernard Dematteis Flag of France.svg  France 47:57
7 Abdülkadir Türk Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 48:10
8 Emmanuel Meyssat Flag of France.svg  France 48:29
Teams
RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 10
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of France.svg  France 30
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 38
4Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 41
5Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 42

Women

Italian cross-country skier Antonella Confortola came in fourth place. CONFORTOLA WYATT Antonella Tour de Ski 2010.jpg
Italian cross-country skier Antonella Confortola came in fourth place.
RankAthleteCountryTime (m:s)
Gold medal icon.svg Marie Laure Dumergues Flag of France.svg  France 39:13
Silver medal icon.svg Valentina Belotti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 39:29
Bronze medal icon.svg Yelena Nagovichina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 39:44
4 Antonella Confortola Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 40:11
5 Lucija Krkoc Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 40:17
6 Cristina Scolari Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 40:33
7 Milka Mihaylova Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 40:36
8 Carla Martinho Flag of Portugal (official).svg  Portugal 40:56
Teams
RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 12
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of France.svg  France 37
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 39
4Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 41
5Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 47

Junior men

RankAthleteCountryTime (m:s)
Gold medal icon.svg Hüseyin Pak Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 33:15
Silver medal icon.svg Sebahattin Yildirimci Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 33:43
Bronze medal icon.svg Jente Joly Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 34:09
4Paolo RuattiFlag of Italy.svg  Italy 34:18
5Andrea DebiasiFlag of Italy.svg  Italy 34:22
Teams
RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 11
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 34
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 35

Junior women

RankAthleteCountryTime (m:s)
Gold medal icon.svg Denisa Ionela Dragomir Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 18:28
Silver medal icon.svg Yagmur Tarhan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 19:13
Bronze medal icon.svg Anastasiya Mikhaylova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 19:25
4Burcu DagFlag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 19:35
5Letizia TitonFlag of Italy.svg  Italy 19:36
Teams
RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 6
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 10
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 12

Participation

A total of 24 nations had athletes which took part in the 2010 Championships. On top of this, Norway and Greece had observers present. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Eight Nations on the podium at the 9th European Mountain Running Championships: report. World Mountain Running Association. Retrieved on 2010-07-06.
  2. Course info Archived 2010-06-30 at the Wayback Machine . 2010 European Mountain Running Championships. Retrieved on 2010-07-06.
  3. Turkey’s Arslan is Europe’s best mountain runner for the fourth time Archived 2010-07-08 at the Wayback Machine . European Athletics (2010-07-04). Retrieved on 2010-07-06.
  4. Finish List Senior Men Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine . 2010 European Mountain Running Championships. Retrieved on 2010-07-06.
  5. Team Rankings Senior Men Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine . 2010 European Mountain Running Championships. Retrieved on 2010-07-06.
  6. Finish List Senior Women Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine . 2010 European Mountain Running Championships. Retrieved on 2010-07-06.
  7. Team Rankings Senior Women Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine . 2010 European Mountain Running Championships. Retrieved on 2010-07-06.
  8. Finish List Junior Men Archived 2010-07-14 at the Wayback Machine . 2010 European Mountain Running Championships. Retrieved on 2010-07-06.
  9. Team Rankings Junior Men Archived 2010-07-14 at the Wayback Machine . 2010 European Mountain Running Championships. Retrieved on 2010-07-06.
  10. Sapareva Banya BUL 4 July Mountain running. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2010-07-06.
  11. Finish List Junior Women Archived 2010-07-14 at the Wayback Machine . 2010 European Mountain Running Championships. Retrieved on 2010-07-06.
  12. Team Rankings Junior Women Archived 2010-07-14 at the Wayback Machine . 2010 European Mountain Running Championships. Retrieved on 2010-07-06.