2011 European Cross Country Championships

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2011 European Cross Country Championships
Velenje2011logo.png
Organisers EAA
Edition18th
Date11 December
Host city Velenje, Slovenia
Events6
Distances9870 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.

Contents

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]

Preparation

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 2010 champion Jessica Augusto was absent from the competition. Jessica Augusto Barcelona 2010.jpg
The 2010 champion Jéssica Augusto was absent from the competition.

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]

Race results

Atelaw Yeshetela became the first Belgian to win the competition. Atelaw Bekele Velenje 2011.jpg
Atelaw Yeshetela became the first Belgian to win the competition.

Senior men

Individual race
RankAthleteCountryTime (m:s)
Gold medal icon.svg Atelaw Yeshetela Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 29:15
Silver medal icon.svg Ayad Lamdassem Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 29:20
Bronze medal icon.svg José Rocha Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 29:21
4 Hassan Chahdi Flag of France.svg  France 29:22
5 Joseph Sweeney Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 29:23
6 Javier Guerra Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 29:24
7 Morhad Amdouni Flag of France.svg  France 29:26
8 Khalid Choukoud Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 29:27
9 Andy Vernon Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 29:39
10 Morten Toft Munkholm Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 29:42
11 Mohktar Benhari Flag of France.svg  France 29:43
12 Benjamin Malaty Flag of France.svg  France 29:44
Teams
RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of France.svg  France
Chahdi
Amdouni
Mokhtari
Malaty
34
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Vernon
Ryan McLeod
James Walsh
Mark Draper
59
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Lamdassem
Guerra
Ricardo Serrano
Yousseff Aakaou
67
4Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 76
5Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 84
6Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 116
7Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 135
8Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 160

Senior women

Ireland's Fionnuala Britton won the women's title. Fionnuala Britton Velenje 2011.jpg
Ireland's Fionnuala Britton won the women's title.
Individual race
RankAthleteCountryTime (m:s)
Gold medal icon.svg Fionnuala Britton Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 25:55
Silver medal icon.svg Ana Dulce Félix Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 26:02
Bronze medal icon.svg Gemma Steel Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 26:04
4 Nadia Ejjafini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 26:13
5 Adriënne Herzog Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 26:34
6 Sophie Duarte Flag of France.svg  France 26:36
7 Roxana Bârcă Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 26:39
8 Leonor Carneiro Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 26:39
9 Simret Restle Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 26:40
10 Valeria Straneo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 26:42
11 Christine Bardelle Flag of France.svg  France 26:50
12 Freya Murray Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 26:51
Teams
RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Steel
Murray
Julia Bleasdale
Elle Baker
42
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Félix
Carneiro
Anália Rosa
Ana Dias
51
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Restle
Sabrina Mockenhaupt
Verena Dreier
Susanne Hahn
83
4Flag of France.svg  France 83
5Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 88
6Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 101
7Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 116
8Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 133

Under-23 men

Individual race
RankAthleteCountryTime (m:s)
Gold medal icon.svg Florian Carvalho Flag of France.svg  France 23:44
Silver medal icon.svg James Wilkinson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 23:47
Bronze medal icon.svg Sondre Nordstad Moen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 23:48
4 Richard Ringer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 23:48
5 Siarhei Platonau Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 23:51
6 Abdi Nageeye Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 23:54
7 Simon Denissel Flag of France.svg  France 23:56
8 Mitch Goose Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 23:57
9 Sindre Buraas Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 24:02
10 Cihat Ulus Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 24:03
11Patrick NastiFlag of Italy.svg  Italy 24:04
12Jesper Van Der WielenFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 24:04
Teams
RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Moen
Buraas
Henrik Ingebrigtsen
Hans Kristian Fløystad
58
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Wilkinson
Goose
Derek Hawkins
Phillip Berntsen
76
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of France.svg  France
Carvalho
Denissel
Mattheiu Garel
Bryan Cantero
94
4Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 97
5Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 107
6Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 128
7Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 131
8Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 141

Under-23 women

Individual race
RankAthleteCountryTime (m:s)
Gold medal icon.svg Emma Pallant Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 19:57
Silver medal icon.svg Naomi Taschimowitz Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 20:02
Bronze medal icon.svg Corrina Harrer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 20:03
4 Stephanie Twell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 20:03
5 Anna Hahner Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 20:05
6 Viktoriya Pohoryelska Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 20:08
7 Hannah Walker Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 20:12
8 Clémence Calvin Flag of France.svg  France 20:16
9 Carla Salomé Rocha Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 20:20
10 Jennifer Wenth Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 20:26
11 Laura Suur Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 20:28
12 Lisa Hahner Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 20:31
Teams
RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Pallant
Taschimowitz
Twell
Walker
14
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Harrer
A. Hanher
L. Hahner
Jana Soethout
41
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
Rocha
Catarina Ribeiro
Daniela Cunha
Sónia Catarina Lima
77
4Flag of France.svg  France 99
5Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 101
6Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 102

Junior men

Individual race
RankAthleteCountryTime (m:s)
Gold medal icon.svg Ilgizar Safiullin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 17:49
Silver medal icon.svg Richard Goodman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 17:51
Bronze medal icon.svg Vladimir Nikitin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 17:51
4Roman Collenot-SpiretFlag of France.svg  France 17:53
5Pieter-Jan HannesFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 17:58
6Rui PintoFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 18:01
7Andrey RusakovFlag of Russia.svg  Russia 18:07
8 Jonathan Hay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 18:09
9Kieren ClementsFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 18:10
10Yehor ZhukovFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 18:10
11Niall FlemingFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 18:18
12Daniel ArceFlag of Spain.svg  Spain 18:20
Teams
RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Goodman
Hay
Clements
Fleming
30
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Safiulin
Nikitin
Rusakov
Mikhail Strelkov
60
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of France.svg  France
Collenot-Spiret
Djilali Bedrani
Julien Detre
Francois Barrer
103
4Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 109
5Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 118
6Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 120
7Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 127
8Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 134

Junior women

Individual race
RankAthleteCountryTime (m:s)
Gold medal icon.svg Emelia Gorecka Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 13:13
Silver medal icon.svg Ioana Doaga Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 13:14
Bronze medal icon.svg Amela Terzić Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 13:22
4 Gulshat Fazlitdinova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 13:24
5Zenobie VangansbekeFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 13:32
6Annabel GummowFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 13:34
7Svetlana RyazantsevaFlag of Russia.svg  Russia 13:37
8 Esma Aydemir Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 13:41
9Gesa-Felicitas KrauseFlag of Germany.svg  Germany 13:42
10Maya RehbergFlag of Germany.svg  Germany 13:47
11Elena BurkardFlag of Germany.svg  Germany 13:50
12Mariya HodakyvskaFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 13:51
Teams
RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Gorecka
Gummow
Gemma Kersey
Katie Holt
40
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Fazlitdinova
Ryazantseva
Alexandra Gulyaeva
Vera Vasilyeva
43
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Krause
Rehberg
Burkard
Jannika John
50
4Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 75
5Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 117
6Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 122
7Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 126
8Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 132

Total medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)65112
2Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)2024
3Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)1214
4Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)1012
5Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)1001
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland  (IRL)1001
7Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)0224
8Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)0134
9Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)0112
10Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROM)0101
11Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia  (SRB)0011
Totals (11 entries)12121236

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