2011 European Cross Country Championships | |
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Organisers | EAA |
Edition | 18th |
Date | 11 December |
Host city | Velenje, Slovenia |
Events | 6 |
Distances | 9870 m – Men 8170 m – Women 8170 m – U23 men 6070 m – U23 women 6070 m – Junior men 3970 m – Junior women |
Official website | Velenje 2011 |
The 2011 European Cross Country Championships was the 18th edition of the cross country running competition for European athletes which was held in Velenje, Slovenia on 11 December.
Atelaw Yeshetela of Belgium won the men's title to become the country's first ever champion at the competition. The French men's team retained their title from 2010. [1] Fionnuala Britton was the winner in the senior women's race, becoming Ireland's second champion in the history of the event after Catherina McKiernan (who won the inaugural race in 1994). [2] [3] The senior women's team race was won by Great Britain. [4]
The city won the rights to the event at the 120th meeting of the European Athletics Council in 2007. It was the second time that Velenje hosted the event, following its hosting of the 1999 edition. [5] The event mascot, Ligi (an anthropomorphic black mole), returned after its introduction in 1999. In the intervening years, the mascot was used for a number of events in the city and represents the importance of lignite (brown coal) in the city's economy. [6]
Alongside international television broadcasts, European Athletics broadcast the event live on the governing body's official website. [7]
The championships featured six races: there were senior, under-23, and under-20 junior categories for each of the sexes. The men's senior race had a 9870-metre distance, while the women's senior and men's under-23 races were held over 8040 m. The men's junior race and women's under-23 contests were over 6070 m. The junior women had a 3970 m distance to cover. [8] The course for the competition was based near the grounds of the Atletski Klub Velenje (Velenje Athletics Club). It had a relatively flat race profile with no significant inclines and comprises two loops (a 1500 m loop and a shorter 300 m circuit). [9]
Five European Athletics permit meetings preceded the championships on the weekend of 26–27 November: the Skanzen meeting in Budapest, the Cross de l'Acier in Leffrinckoucke, the Warandecross in Tilburg, the Lotto CrossCup van West-Vlaanderen in Roeselare, and the Cross Internacional Valle de Llodio in Llodio. [10] These races and national-level trial events were the primary means of athletes gaining selection for the championships.
Ukraine's Serhiy Lebid returned to defend his 2010 title and the nine-time champion was the pre-race favourite. The 2010 women's champion, Jéssica Augusto, did not enter the competition as she was still recovering from her outing at the 2011 New York City Marathon. [11] The other leading finishers from 2010 – Binnaz Uslu, Ana Dulce Félix and Fionnuala Britton – were among the favourites for the women's race. [12]
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time (m:s) |
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Atelaw Yeshetela | Belgium | 29:15 | |
Ayad Lamdassem | Spain | 29:20 | |
José Rocha | Portugal | 29:21 | |
4 | Hassan Chahdi | France | 29:22 |
5 | Joseph Sweeney | Ireland | 29:23 |
6 | Javier Guerra | Spain | 29:24 |
7 | Morhad Amdouni | France | 29:26 |
8 | Khalid Choukoud | Netherlands | 29:27 |
9 | Andy Vernon | Great Britain | 29:39 |
10 | Morten Toft Munkholm | Denmark | 29:42 |
11 | Mohktar Benhari | France | 29:43 |
12 | Benjamin Malaty | France | 29:44 |
Rank | Team | Points |
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France Chahdi Amdouni Mokhtari Malaty | 34 | |
Great Britain Vernon Ryan McLeod James Walsh Mark Draper | 59 | |
Spain Lamdassem Guerra Ricardo Serrano Yousseff Aakaou | 67 | |
4 | Portugal | 76 |
5 | Italy | 84 |
6 | Ireland | 116 |
7 | Denmark | 135 |
8 | Germany | 160 |
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time (m:s) |
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Fionnuala Britton | Ireland | 25:55 | |
Ana Dulce Félix | Portugal | 26:02 | |
Gemma Steel | Great Britain | 26:04 | |
4 | Nadia Ejjafini | Italy | 26:13 |
5 | Adriënne Herzog | Netherlands | 26:34 |
6 | Sophie Duarte | France | 26:36 |
7 | Roxana Bârcă | Romania | 26:39 |
8 | Leonor Carneiro | Portugal | 26:39 |
9 | Simret Restle | Germany | 26:40 |
10 | Valeria Straneo | Italy | 26:42 |
11 | Christine Bardelle | France | 26:50 |
12 | Freya Murray | Great Britain | 26:51 |
Rank | Team | Points |
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Great Britain Steel Murray Julia Bleasdale Elle Baker | 42 | |
Portugal Félix Carneiro Anália Rosa Ana Dias | 51 | |
Germany Restle Sabrina Mockenhaupt Verena Dreier Susanne Hahn | 83 | |
4 | France | 83 |
5 | Romania | 88 |
6 | Italy | 101 |
7 | Spain | 116 |
8 | Ireland | 133 |
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time (m:s) |
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Florian Carvalho | France | 23:44 | |
James Wilkinson | Great Britain | 23:47 | |
Sondre Nordstad Moen | Norway | 23:48 | |
4 | Richard Ringer | Germany | 23:48 |
5 | Siarhei Platonau | Belarus | 23:51 |
6 | Abdi Nageeye | Netherlands | 23:54 |
7 | Simon Denissel | France | 23:56 |
8 | Mitch Goose | Great Britain | 23:57 |
9 | Sindre Buraas | Norway | 24:02 |
10 | Cihat Ulus | Turkey | 24:03 |
11 | Patrick Nasti | Italy | 24:04 |
12 | Jesper Van Der Wielen | Netherlands | 24:04 |
Rank | Team | Points |
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Norway Moen Buraas Henrik Ingebrigtsen Hans Kristian Fløystad | 58 | |
Great Britain Wilkinson Goose Derek Hawkins Phillip Berntsen | 76 | |
France Carvalho Denissel Mattheiu Garel Bryan Cantero | 94 | |
4 | Spain | 97 |
5 | Russia | 107 |
6 | Belgium | 128 |
7 | Germany | 131 |
8 | Ukraine | 141 |
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time (m:s) |
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Emma Pallant | Great Britain | 19:57 | |
Naomi Taschimowitz | Great Britain | 20:02 | |
Corrina Harrer | Germany | 20:03 | |
4 | Stephanie Twell | Great Britain | 20:03 |
5 | Anna Hahner | Germany | 20:05 |
6 | Viktoriya Pohoryelska | Ukraine | 20:08 |
7 | Hannah Walker | Great Britain | 20:12 |
8 | Clémence Calvin | France | 20:16 |
9 | Carla Salomé Rocha | Portugal | 20:20 |
10 | Jennifer Wenth | Austria | 20:26 |
11 | Laura Suur | Estonia | 20:28 |
12 | Lisa Hahner | Germany | 20:31 |
Rank | Team | Points |
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Great Britain Pallant Taschimowitz Twell Walker | 14 | |
Germany Harrer A. Hanher L. Hahner Jana Soethout | 41 | |
Portugal Rocha Catarina Ribeiro Daniela Cunha Sónia Catarina Lima | 77 | |
4 | France | 99 |
5 | Turkey | 101 |
6 | Spain | 102 |
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time (m:s) |
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Ilgizar Safiullin | Russia | 17:49 | |
Richard Goodman | Great Britain | 17:51 | |
Vladimir Nikitin | Russia | 17:51 | |
4 | Roman Collenot-Spiret | France | 17:53 |
5 | Pieter-Jan Hannes | Belgium | 17:58 |
6 | Rui Pinto | Portugal | 18:01 |
7 | Andrey Rusakov | Russia | 18:07 |
8 | Jonathan Hay | Great Britain | 18:09 |
9 | Kieren Clements | Great Britain | 18:10 |
10 | Yehor Zhukov | Ukraine | 18:10 |
11 | Niall Fleming | Great Britain | 18:18 |
12 | Daniel Arce | Spain | 18:20 |
Rank | Team | Points |
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Great Britain Goodman Hay Clements Fleming | 30 | |
Russia Safiulin Nikitin Rusakov Mikhail Strelkov | 60 | |
France Collenot-Spiret Djilali Bedrani Julien Detre Francois Barrer | 103 | |
4 | Ukraine | 109 |
5 | Belgium | 118 |
6 | Denmark | 120 |
7 | Germany | 127 |
8 | Spain | 134 |
Rank | Athlete | Country | Time (m:s) |
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Emelia Gorecka | Great Britain | 13:13 | |
Ioana Doaga | Romania | 13:14 | |
Amela Terzić | Serbia | 13:22 | |
4 | Gulshat Fazlitdinova | Russia | 13:24 |
5 | Zenobie Vangansbeke | Belgium | 13:32 |
6 | Annabel Gummow | Great Britain | 13:34 |
7 | Svetlana Ryazantseva | Russia | 13:37 |
8 | Esma Aydemir | Turkey | 13:41 |
9 | Gesa-Felicitas Krause | Germany | 13:42 |
10 | Maya Rehberg | Germany | 13:47 |
11 | Elena Burkard | Germany | 13:50 |
12 | Mariya Hodakyvska | Ukraine | 13:51 |
Rank | Team | Points |
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Great Britain Gorecka Gummow Gemma Kersey Katie Holt | 40 | |
Russia Fazlitdinova Ryazantseva Alexandra Gulyaeva Vera Vasilyeva | 43 | |
Germany Krause Rehberg Burkard Jannika John | 50 | |
4 | Romania | 75 |
5 | Netherlands | 117 |
6 | Belgium | 122 |
7 | Spain | 126 |
8 | Turkey | 132 |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Great Britain (GBR) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
2 | France (FRA) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
3 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
4 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
5 | Belgium (BEL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Ireland (IRL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
7 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
8 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
9 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
10 | Romania (ROM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
11 | Serbia (SRB) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (11 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
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