2013 European Cross Country Championships

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2013 European Cross Country Championships
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Organisers EAA
Edition20th
Date8 December
Host city Belgrade, Serbia
Events6
Distances9.880 km – Men
8.050 km – Women
8.050 km – U23 men
6.025 km – U23 women
6.025 km – Junior men
4.000 km – Junior women

The 2013 European Cross Country Championships was the 20th edition of the cross country running competition for European athletes which was held in Belgrade, Serbia, on 8 December 2013. The senior individual winners were Alemayehu Bezabeh of Spain and Sophie Duarte of France. [1] A record 571 runners from 37 nations entered the competition, making it Serbia's largest international athletics event in over forty years. [2]

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In the women's senior race Ireland's Fionnuala Britton was the defending champion, [3] but she failed to win a third straight title and ended the race in fourth. Sophie Duarte took the lead in the penultimate lap and ran on her own over the last lap to take her first European gold medal at the age of 32. The 2011 minor medallists Ana Dulce Félix of Portugal and Great Britain's Gemma Steel closely raced each other in the final lap, with the British runner gaining the edge over the Portuguese on this occasion. Steel headed the British women to the team title, while Duarte led France to second and Spain took the bronze medals. [4] [5]

Andrea Lalli entered the men's senior race as champion and fellow 2012 medallists Hassan Chahdi and Daniele Meucci were also present. [6] None of the three reached the podium on this occasion. The leading pack was soon whittled to two runners: 2009 champion Alemayehu Bezabeh and (despite an early fall) Polat Kemboi Arıkan of Turkey. Bezabeh extended his lead to over twenty seconds by the time he crossed the finish line. Arıkan was a clear second and British athlete Andy Vernon produced a fast finish to edge Belgium's Jeroen D'Hoedt to the bronze medal. Bezabeh headed up the Spanish team victory, followed by D'Hoedt's Belgium and Vernon's British side. [7]

In the under-23 races Pieter-Jan Hannes of Belgium won the men's race and Great Britain topped the team rankings. [8] Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands was dominant in the women's under-23 race, where the British under-23 team easily won the team gold with five women in the top eight. [9] The junior men's race saw Turkey's Ali Kaya come out on top in a two-man race against Belgium's Isaac Kimeli. [10] Women's junior champion Emelia Gorecka won a fourth straight junior team title for Great Britain and also her fourth straight podium finish (she previously won the title in 2011). She was unrivalled and won by a margin of ten seconds. [11]

Three of the six event winners (Alemayehu Bezabeh, Sifan Hassan and Ali Kaya) were born in East Africa and gained European citizenship. Three of the individual silver medallists were also born outside of Europe: Arıkan in the men's senior race, Kimeli in the men's junior race, and Sofia Ennaoui in the women's junior race. This prompted concern of growing African participation in the European event – the falling interest in the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, partly due to a prolonged period of African dominance of the competition, had recently led to the world event being reduced to a biennial event. [12] [13] Excitement over Bezabeh's large margin of victory was also tempered by discussion of his doping ban stemming from Operación Galgo, which had expired at the beginning of the year. [14]

Race results

Senior men

Individual race
RankAthleteCountryTime (m:s)
Gold medal icon.svg Alemayehu Bezabeh Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 29:11
Silver medal icon.svg Polat Kemboi Arıkan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 29:32
Bronze medal icon.svg Andy Vernon Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 29:35
4 Jeroen D'Hoedt Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 29:35
5 Hassan Chahdi Flag of France.svg  France 29:40
6 Mohamed Marhum Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 29:46
7 Richard Ringer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 29:49
8 Bashir Abdi Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 29:53
9 Koen Naert Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 29:54
10 El Hassane Ben Lkhainouch Flag of France.svg  France 29:56
11 Iván Fernández Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 29:58
12 Tom Farrell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 29:59
Teams
RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Bezabeh
Marhum
Fernández
Antonio Dávid Jímenez
Antonio Abadía
Javier Guerra
31
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
D'Hoedt
Abdi
Naert
Soufiane Bouchikhi
Lander Tijtgat
Abdelhadi El Hachimi
49
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Vernon
Farrell
Keith Gerrard
Adam Hickey
Charlie Hulson
Frank Tickner
60
4Flag of France.svg  France 66
5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 69
6Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 90
7Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 105
8Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 151

Senior women

Individual race
RankAthleteCountryTime (m:s)
Gold medal icon.svg Sophie Duarte Flag of France.svg  France 26:34
Silver medal icon.svg Gemma Steel Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 26:39
Bronze medal icon.svg Dulce Félix Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 26:41
4 Fionnuala Britton Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 26:45
5 Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 26:52
6 Almensh Belete Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 27:00
7 Julia Bleasdale Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 27:02
8 Veronica Inglese Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 27:12
9 Carla Salomé Rocha Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 27:13
10 Iris Maria Fuentes-Pila Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 27:17
11 Lauren Howarth Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 27:18
12 Clémence Calvin Flag of France.svg  France 27:25
Teams
RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Steel
Bleasdale
Howarth
Steph Twell
Katie Brough
Lauren Deadman
35
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of France.svg  France
Duarte
Calvin
Christine Bardelle
Laila Traby
Laurane Picoche
Claire Perraux
54
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Fuentes-Pila
Diana Martín
Lidia Rodríguez
Marta Silvestre
Teresa Urbina
Alba García
61
4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 97
5Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 109
6Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 115
7Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 117
8Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 197

Under-23 men

Individual race
RankAthleteCountryTime (m:s)
Gold medal icon.svg Pieter-Jan Hannes Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 24:02
Silver medal icon.svg Mitko Tsenov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 24:07
Bronze medal icon.svg Nemanja Cerovac Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 24:08
4 Ivan Strebkov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 24:10
5 Luke Caldwell Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 24:13
6 Ørjan Grønnevig Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 24:15
7 Callum Hawkins Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 24:18
8 Michele Fontana Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 24:19
9 Paul Robinson Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 24:22
10 Henrik Ingebrigtsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 24:23
11 Dmytro Siruk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 24:23
12 Jonathan Hay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 24:24
Teams
RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Caldwell
Hawkins
Hay
Dewi Griffiths
Richard Goodman
Jack Goodwin
40
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Strebkov
Siruk
Oleksandr Kuzmichov
Igor Porozov
72
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of France.svg  France
Romain Collenot-Spriet
Francois Barrer
Djilali Bedrani
Youssef Mekdafou
Michael Gras
Sofiane Boulekouane
78

Under-23 women


Individual race
RankAthleteCountryTime (m:s)
Gold medal icon.svg Sifan Hassan Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 19:40
Silver medal icon.svg Amela Terzić Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 19:46
Bronze medal icon.svg Charlotte Purdue Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 19:49
4 Kate Avery Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 19:56
5 Lily Partridge Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 20:10
6 Liv Westphal Flag of France.svg  France 20:21
7 Rhona Auckland Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 20:25
8 Laura Weightman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 20:28
9 Corinna Harrer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 20:32
10 Gulshat Fazlitdinova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 20:37
11 Ekaterina Sokolenko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 20:45
12 Svetlana Riazantceva Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 20:47
Teams
RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Purdue
Avery
Partridge
Auckland
Weightman
Jess Andrews
19
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Fazlitdinova
Sokolenko
Riazantceva
Luiza Litvinova
Anna Fedorova
54
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Hassan
Maureen Koster
Irene Van Lieshout
Marlin Van Hal
70

Junior men

Individual race
RankAthleteCountryTime (m:s)
Gold medal icon.svg Ali Kaya Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 17:49
Silver medal icon.svg Isaac Kimeli Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 17:51
Bronze medal icon.svg Mikhail Strelkov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 18:05
4 Jonathan Davies Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 18:06
5 Lorenzo Dini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 18:06
6Alexandre SaddedineFlag of France.svg  France 18:12
7 Yemaneberhan Crippa Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 18:14
8Steven CasteeleFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 18:16
9Seán TobinFlag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 18:18
10Viktor BakharevFlag of Russia.svg  Russia 18:20
11Aleksandr NovikovFlag of Russia.svg  Russia 18:22
12Medhi BelhadjFlag of France.svg  France 18:22
Teams
RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of France.svg  France
Saddedine
Belhadj
Alexis Miellet
Maxime Hueber Moosbrugger
Theodore Klein
Hamza Habjaoui
48
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Strelkov
Bakharev
Novikov
Vildan Gadelshin
Alexey Vikulov
51
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Lorenzo Dini
Yemaneberhan Crippa
Samuele Dini
Nekagenet Crippa
Osama Zoghlami
Italo Quazzola
55

Junior women

Individual race
RankAthleteCountryTime (m:s)
Gold medal icon.svg Emelia Gorecka Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 13:06
Silver medal icon.svg Sofia Ennaoui Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 13:16
Bronze medal icon.svg Maruša Mišmaš Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 13:27
4Georgia Taylor-BrownFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 13:31
5 Alina Reh Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 13:34
6Aleksandra GuliaevaFlag of Russia.svg  Russia 13:38
7Maria LarssonFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 13:39
8Bobby ClayFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 13:40
9 Emine Hatun Tuna Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 13:40
10Maya RehbergFlag of Germany.svg  Germany 13:41
11Jessica GibbonFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 13:41
12Ebba AnderssonFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 13:44
Teams
RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Gorecka
Taylor-Brown
Clay
Gibbon
Lydia Turner
Amy Griffiths
24
Silver medal icon.svg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Larsson
Andersson
Isabelle Brauer
Tova Euren-Magnussen
Agnes Sjostrom
75
Bronze medal icon.svg Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Reh
Rehberg
Caerina Granz
Vera Coutellier
Lea Meyer
Tatjana Schulte
95

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)5139
2Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)2114
3Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)2013
4Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)1203
5Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)1102
6Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)1012
7Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)0213
8Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia  (SRB)0112
9Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria  (BUL)0101
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)0101
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)0101
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)0101
13Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)0011
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)0011
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)0011
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia  (SLO)0011
Totals (16 entries)12121236

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