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Spanish-based Ethiopian distance runner Likina Amebaw took the individual victory in the senior women&rsquo;s race at the ECCC Cross Country in Oeiras, Portugal on Sunday (6) and there was double the reason to celebrate as she also led Playas Castellon to the team title.
Amebaw broke clear on the last lap of a technically demanding course which featured hills, twists and sandpits to deny the reigning individual champion Fancy Cherono from Kenya a repeat victory in the senior women&rsquo;s 6.4km, 22:13 to 22:27.
Amebaw was amply backed up by her teammates Blanca Fernandez and Cristina Espejo who finished sixth and eight respectively to ensure the team title would return to Castellon along with the individual title. Istanbul BBSK and Bilbao Atletismo Santutxu.
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And despite Cherono&rsquo;s best efforts, Sporting Clube de Portugal not only relinquished the team title but also missed out on a place on the podium by two points. Lia Lemos and former European cross country champion Jessica Augusto were their other scorers in 17th and 23nd respectively.
In the senior men&rsquo;s 10km, there was further success for Castellon as in-form Rodrigue Kwizera from Burundi ran out a comfortable winner in 29:27 ahead of Uganda&rsquo;s Oscar Chelimo who was representing Italian-based club Casone Noceto in 29:48.&nbsp;
His brother Jacob Kiplimo, the world half marathon record-holder, was due to compete but did not start. However, Casone Noceto still won team silver behind Ankara Sport Club whose efforts were headed by former European 10,000m champion Polat Kemboi Arikan who finished sixth individually.
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Twins Dean and Dylan Casey dominated the U20 men&rsquo;s race and led Ennis Track Athletics Club to a commanding victory in the team race while Finland&rsquo;s European U20 3000m champion Ilona Mononen notched up another significant continental victory in the U20 women&rsquo;s race.
And there was even more success for Playas Castellon in the inaugural mixed relay. Anchored by Uganda&rsquo;s Winnie Nanyondo, the Spanish club won the 4x1600m in 19:31 by exactly half-a-minute from Sporting Club Braga whose team was anchored by rising Portuguese middle distance star Mariana Machado.
Full results <a href="https://lap2go.com/en/event/eccc-cross-country-2022/timetable" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.

Playas Castellon dominate at the ECCC Cross Country in Oeiras

The final entries for the ECCC Cross Country which returns to the calendar for the first time since 2019 have been published and can be found <a href="https://assets.european-athletics.com/1cbdd156-0238-4c88-a82b-d6121664dbe0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
The ECCC Cross Country will be taking place in Oeiras, Portugal on Sunday (6) and Sporting Clube de Portugal will be looking to seal their third successive senior women&rsquo;s team title.
Despite the long hiatus between editions, Sporting Clube&rsquo;s team is largely unchanged and features the individual winner on that day - Fancy Cherono from Kenya - along with Portuguese veterans Jessica Augusto, Sara Moreira and Sara Catarina Ribeiro.
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The highest profile name to be competing at the Jamor National Sports Complex will be Uganda&rsquo;s Jacob Kiplimo, the world half marathon champion and world record-holder. Only 18, Kiplimo won the individual senior title three years ago and he will be looking for individual back-to-back titles for Casone Noceto.
Spanish-based team Atletismo Bikila will be looking to retain their team title and their line-up includes former three-time winner Ayad Lamdassem who has since made an excellent transition to the marathon with a fifth-place finish at the Tokyo Olympics.
Their closest challengers for the team title could be Ankara Sport Club whose team features two former European cross country champions in Kaan Kigen Ozbilen and Polat Kemboi Arikan and Eritrean steeplechaser Yemane Haileselassie.
As well as U20 races for men and women, the programme has been expanded further to include a mixed relay which will be contested by nine clubs.
Live results can be found <a href="https://lap2go.com/en/event/eccc-cross-country-2022" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a> and the event will be streamed live <a href="https://www.rtp.pt/play/direto/rtp1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.

Final entries published for ECCC Cross Country in Oeiras

After a three-year hiatus, the European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country returns to the international calendar in 2022 and Europe&rsquo;s top distance running clubs will do battle in Oeiras, in the suburbs of Lisbon on Sunday 6 February.
The circuit for the Cup, in the Jamor National Sports Complex, already has a place in European athletics history as it was here that the 1997 European Cross Country Championships was staged.
In addition, for many years at the start of the 21st century the Oeiras cross country meeting was one of the world&rsquo;s top winter fixtures and this was also the venue for the 1999 edition of the European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country.
This will be the 57th edition of the men&rsquo;s Cup, after being first held in 1962 &ndash; making it the second oldest regional cross country fixture in the world after the Balkans cross country championships &ndash; while the women&rsquo;s Cup will be celebrating its 39th staging after being first held in 1982, with the men&rsquo;s and women&rsquo;s competitions being held at the same venue since 2005 and U20 races being added the following year.
The latest addition to the Cup programme will come in Oeiras with the inauguration of a mixed relay.
The host club Sporting Clube de Portugal will be out for a hat-trick of women&rsquo;s titles, having won in 2018 and 2019 when the Cup was also held in Portugal &ndash; in Mira and Albufeira respectively &ndash; and there should be no shortage of friends and fans of the runners to cheer them on.
In 2019, Sporting&rsquo;s one permitted overseas runner, Kenya&rsquo;s Fancy Cherono led the way and took the individual title, and she was ably supported by Portuguese internationals&nbsp;Sara Catarina Ribeiro and Sara Moreira in fifth and sixth with 2010 European cross country champion Jessica Augusto finishing 13th.
If the club is able to field these women again, they will be a hard act to beat, especially as they were convincing winner in Albufeira.
The top three teams from 2019 have an automatic right to enter the Cup and so it is expected that Spain&rsquo;s Bilbao Atletismo Santutxu and Poland&rsquo;s Podlasie Bialystok, second and third respectively in 2019, will also be on the start line with the remainder of the competing clubs still generally dependant on the outcome of the relevant national championships.
In the 2019 men&rsquo;s event, Atletismo Bikila, replete with Spanish international runners and winners four times in five years between 2010-2014, just edged out Italy&rsquo;s Casone Noceto Club, by nine points to regain their title after five years although the latter were able to field the individual winner Jacob Kiplimo, from Uganda, who has subsequently gone on to even great glory by winning the world half marathon title last year and Olympic Games 10,000m bronzer medal just a few months ago
Host club and 15-times men's Cup winners Sporting Clube De Portugal &ndash; who were Europe's dominate team in across two decades and could boast internationally famous runners and Cup winners like Carlos Lopes, Fernando Mamede and the Castro twins, and won 14 times between 1977 and 1994 but then had to wait 24 years for their next victory in 2018 &ndash; were third in the 2019 men's team competition and, like their women, will be aiming to not only get on the podium again but climb on the top step once more.
Around 350 runners from more than 20 countries are expected to contest the five races at the 2022 Cup.
The 2022 Cup will also feature for the first time a mixed relay, becoming the latest major championship to feature this event and following in the footsteps of the SPAR European Cross Country Championships which introduced this event in 2017. The competition's partners include ihe Portuguese Athletics Federation (FPA), the Municipality of Oeiras and the Portuguese Sports Institute and Youth (IPDJ). The organisers have announced that they are expecting approximately 70 clubs and 450 runners to participate across all five races..

After a three-year hiatus, the European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country returns to the international calendar in 2022

Hosts Sporting Clube de Portugal looking for a hat-trick of women's titles

Hosts Sporting Clube de Portugal looking for a hat-trick of women's titles at ECCC Cross Country

Portuguese clubs won three of the eight titles on offer on home soil as Albufeira staged the 2019 European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country on Sunday (3).
Edward Zakayo won the U20 men&rsquo;s race for Sport Lisboa e Benfica before his Kenyan teammate Fancy Cherono won the individual plaudits in the senior women&rsquo;s race, leading Sporting Clube de Portugal to a successful defence of their team title.
Bathed in glorious sunshine and with the temperatures benign, the conditions were near perfect for the 64 clubs which took part across the four races.
Turkish clubs also fared especially well in the U20 races, keeping up their brilliant tradition in U20 and senior European Champion Clubs Cup events. Darica Belediyesi won the U20 men&rsquo;s title while last year&rsquo;s runner-up Emine Akbingol went one better despite losing her shoe, leading Fenerbahce Sport Club to the U20 team title on the women&rsquo;s side.
This is how the action unfolded on the Algarve on Sunday morning.
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Maja Alm just missed out on an individual medal in the senior women's race but a fourth-place finish individually represented another forward step as she makes the switch from orienteering, a discipline in which she is a seven-time world champion, to athletics. After the race, Alm talks about why she made the switch and what she hopes to achieve in athletics.
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Most of the competitors didn't have too far to travel to reach Albufeira but one athlete who had quite the journey to south Portugal was France's Emilie Renaud who trains and studies in California. The arduous journey to get to Albufeira was worth it, finishing second in the U20 race and second in the team race for Clermont Athletisme Auvergne.
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Also travelling from beyond Europe to reach Albufeira was Kenya's reigning world U20 5000m champion Edward Pingua Zakayo who signed for Sport Lisboa e Benfica last year. Zakayo proved his prowess extends to the cross country, winning the individal U20 title with a gun-to-tape performance.

 Portuguese clubs won three of the eight titles on offer on home soil as Albufeira staged the 2019 European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country on Sunday (3).

Albufeira 2019 ECCC Cross Country video highlights

Portuguese teams enjoyed another successful outing at the European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country on home soil in Albufeira on Sunday (3), winning three of the eight titles on offer.
The first victory of the day came in the U20 men’s 6.09km with Kenya’s world U20 5000m champion Edward Zakayo taking a gun-to-tape win for Sport Lisboa e Benfica, winning in 18:52 ahead of Fenerbahce’s Ayetullah Aslanhan (19:06) and Darica Belediyesi’s Omer Amactan (19:14).
Despite Zakayo’s individual heroics, Sport Lisboa e Benfica just missed out on the team title. They had three counters inside the top 11 - Etson Barros (19:15) and Duarte Gomes (19:41) were fourth and eleventh respectively - but Darica Belediyesi had their top four counters placing inside the top nine, tallying 27 points to win by seven points.
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There was a familiar theme in the senior women’s 6.09km as Sporting Clube de Portugal retained their title. Fancy Cherono closed down on Fenerbahce’s Daisy Jeptoo in the very late stages to take the individual victory in 20:15, winning by four seconds to lead Sporting Clube to the team crown.
Cherono was backed up by Sara Catarina Ribeiro in fifth in 20:53 with stalwarts of Portuguese distance running Sara Moreira and Jessica Augusto sixth and 13th respectively.
Sporting Clube tallied 25 points for an overwhelming victory ahead of last year’s runner-up Bilbao Atletismo Santutxo who were helmed once more by Spain’s Trihas Gebre who was third overall in 20:44.
Last year’s individual winner Katarzyna Rutkowska had to settle for eleventh this time in 21:20 but she was the second counter of KS Podlasie BiaÅ&#130;ystok’s bronze medal-winning team. Anna Gosk was their leading counter in seventh in 21:03.
Kiplimo wins individual men's title; team honours for Atletismo Bikila
The senior men’s 9.73km went right to form with reigning champion Davis Kiplangat for Sporting Clube de Portugal and Jacob Kiplimo for Casone Noceto breaking away from the rest of the field in the early stages.
They could only be separated on the last lap when world U20 cross country champion Kiplimo broke away from Kiplangat - a burst which was sustained all the way to the finish-line. They were both credited with an identical finishing time of 29:00 but Kiplimo eked out a convincing gap on the reigning champion.
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They didn’t feature in the race for the individual medals for Spanish club Atletismo Bikila ran out team champions with 43 points ahead of Casone Noseto (52) and Sporting Clube (69).
A regular at the European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country, veteran Ayad Lamdassem - a former three-time individual winner - led his club to the team title by finishing fifth in 30:15 with Yago Rojo (30:20) and Javier Garcia (30:28) not too far behind in seventh and eleventh respectively. Their fourth counter Ricardo Rosado was 20th in 30:49.
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The most dramatic race of the day was the women’s U20 4.27km in which Fenerbahce’s Emine Akbingol improved on her runner-up finish from last year despite losing her shoe.
Despite this handicap, Akbingol took victory in 15:07 by three seconds from Clermont Athletisme’s Emilie Renaud with last year’s individual winner Anna Mark Helwigh for Sparta AM third in 15:14.
Akbingol also led Fenerbahce to the team title with SPAR European Cross Country Championships bronze medallist Inci Kalkan their second counter in fifth in 15:22. 
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 Portuguese teams enjoyed another successful outing at the European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country on home soil in Albufeira on Sunday (3), winning three of

Sporting Clube de Portugal score more success in Albufeira

The ECCC Cross Country returns to Portugal on Sunday (3) with Albufeira the hosts, 12 months on from the event being staged in Mira – and the home nation will be hoping for a repeat performance.
Sporting Clube de Portugal had quite a time of it in 2018, winning both of the senior team titles along with Kenya’s Davis Kiplangat taking the individual senior men's race for Sporting Clube. 
It is very much a case again of old friends back to keep hold of their crowns as three of the four individual champions are returning. 
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Along with Kiplangat, Poland’s Katarzyna Rutkowska - who is running for KS Podlasie Bialystok - will be seeking more glory in the women’s senior event while U20 women’s gold medallist Anna Mark Helwigh from Denmark is representing Sparta AM who finished just one point adrift of Fenerbahce Sport Club in the team race in 2018.
The men’s race is over 9.73km and Kiplangat will face strong opposition for the individual title courtesy of Uganda’s reigning world U20 cross country champion Jacob Kiplimo who is representing Italian club Casone Noceto. 
Kiplangat won by 18 seconds last year from Belgium’s Isaac Kimeli and although Kimeli is absent this time around, the third and fourth placers are present and will also prove a big threat.
Both Turkey’s Ramazan Ozdemir, who is running for Istanbul BBSK and Spanish veteran Ayad Lamdassem for Atletismo Bikila are cross country experts with immense experience on this terrain. 
For Lamdassem, it is a return to the city where he won individual silver at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in 2010.
In total, 20 men’s team will be battling for the senior title while there will be 16 in the senior women’s race over 6.09km. 
Familiar faces lead the Sporting Clube charge in the women's race
The margin in Mira was close as Rutkowska won by just one second ahead of former European cross country champion Jessica Augusto who will be joined by her fellow team champions Sara Moreira and Ines Monteiro as they look for both individual and team success.
Just 12 seconds separated the top five last year with Rutkowska winning in 20:07 from Augusto with Ancuta Bobocel (20:10) and Trihas Gebre (20:15), both of Spain’s Bilbao Atletismo Santutxo, third and fourth respectively, and Moreira in fifth (20:19). 
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As Sporting Clube took the team title with 22 points, Bilbao were second with 31 and they will be chasing the reigning champions hard with Gebre, who recently broke the Spanish 10km record, returning at their helm. 
Individual champion Rutkowska is joined in the KS Podlasie Bialystok team by the likes of Anna Gosk who finished 14th in the senior women’s race at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Tilburg.
The men’s U20 6.09km features 16 teams in which Spain’s Playas de Castellon will be determined to hang on to their team title. 
They won in Mira with 30 points from Sport Lisboa e Benfica by six points and although the first and second placers - Aaron Las Heras and Maria Garcia - are both absent, the Spaniards have entered a full complement of runners determined to keep hold of their crown. 
In the women’s U20 4.27km, Helwigh will be aiming for her third successive individual title as part of a strong Sparta AM team who just missed out on the team title last year behind Fenerbahce Sport Club. 
The reigning team champions have declared a formidable team headed by last year’s individual runner-up Emine Akbingol and European cross country U20 bronze medallist Inci Kalkan.
Click <a href='https://lap2go.com/pt/event/eccc-cross-country-2019/timetable' target='_blank'>here</a> for live results
Click <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNB4xiAUk8w&feature=youtu.be'>here</a> for live streaming

 The ECCC Cross Country returns to Portugal on Sunday (3) with Albufeira the hosts, 12 months on from the event being staged in Mira – and the home nation

Sporting Clube de Portugal primed for more team success in Albufeira

The final entries for the ECCC Cross Country in Albufeira, Portugal on 3 February have been published and are available to view <a href='https://directus.european-athletics.com/public/uploads/european-athletics/originals/66db2005-7334-41ce-96a0-a5c71609d42b.pdf' target='_blank'>here</a>.
Sporting Clube de Portugal dominated the senior races in Mira twelve months ago and they will be defending all three of their titles next Sunday, including the senior men’s and women’s team crowns.
Wearing the distinctive green and white-hooped Sporting Clube vest, Kenya’s Davis Kiplangat took a comprehensive individual victory over 10.3km last year, leading the Lisbon-based club to the overall team title.
Kiplangat returns to team duties and he is accompanied by the likes of the experienced Rui Pedro Silva, who was their second individual counter in sixth last year.
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Kiplangat will face tough opposition for the individual title courtesy of Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo - who clocked 26:41 to win the San Silvestre Vallecana 10K in Madrid - running for Italian-based Casone Noceto Club.
Sporting Clube de Portugal also bring a wealth of experience to the senior women’s team which features Jessica Augusto, Sara Moreira and Ines Monteiro who finished second, fifth and seventh respectively over 6.3km last year.
The individual winner in Mira twelve months ago was Poland’s Katarzyna Rutkowska and she will defend her individual title for KS Podlasie Bialystok.
In the U20 women’s race, Denmark’s Anna Mark Helwigh will be looking for her third successive individual victory for Sparta AM who missed out on the team title by one point last year behind Fenerbahce Sport Club.
On the men’s side, Playas de Castellon will be defending their U20 team title although last year’s individual winner Aaron Las Heras isn’t part of their team this year. 
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 The final entries for the ECCC Cross Country in Albufeira, Portugal on 3 February have been published and are available to view here. Sporting Clube de

Final entries available for 2019 ECCC Cross Country

The 2019 edition of the European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country will be staged in Albufeira, Portugal on 3 February.
Albufeira will be a familiar venue to many of the athletes who will represent their respective clubs next February. Albufeira hosted the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in 2010 as well as the 2008, 2014 and 2017 editions of this competition.
Last year’s event was also held in Portugal, on the west coast in Mira - around 50 kilometres south of Porto. Sporting Clube de Portugal performed excellently on home soil, winning three of the four senior titles on offer.
Kenya’s Davis Kiplangat won team and individual titles for Sporting Clube de Portugal in the men’s race and while Poland’s Katarzyna Rutkowska won the individual women’s title, Sporting Clube de Portugal - whose team included Jessica Augusto, Sara Moreira and Ines Monteiro - clinched the team title with five counters in the top-10.
Teams from Portugal largely dominated the men’s and women’s divisions from the 1980s through to the mid-2000s with the likes of Carlos Lopes, Fernando Mamede, Domingos and Dionisio Castro, Albertina Dias, Carla Sacramento and Fernanda Ribeiro all winning individual titles, and invariably leading their teams to major honours as well.
Over the last decade, the balance of power has shifted to teams from Spain and Turkey. Spanish club Bikila has won the senior men’s title four times in the last 10 editions and Turkish club Ã&#156;sküdar Belediyespor has claimed five senior women’s team titles since 2011, including a hat-trick between 2015 and 2017.
The first three clubs from the 2018 edition of the ECCC Cross Country - and the organiser of the event - will be invited to compete. Clubs also recognised by the Member Federation as reigning national champions will also be eligible. 
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 The 2019 edition of the European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country will be staged in Albufeira, Portugal on 3 February. Albufeira will be a familiar venue to

Albufeira to host the European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country 

Sporting Clube de Portugal were the big winners on home soil at the European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country in Mira, Portugal on Sunday (4).
Wearing the distinctive green and white hooped vests, Sporting Clube de Portugal claimed three titles across the four senior races.
With five runners placing inside the top-10 led by Jessica Augusto in second, Sporting Clube captured the senior women’s team title while Kenya’s Davis Kiplangat claimed individual and team honours for the Portuguese-based club in the senior men’s race.
In the U20 races, Denmark’s Anna Mark Helwigh defended her individual title although her club Sparta AM were just pipped to the team title by Fenerbahce Sport Club - 36 points to 37 points.
Spain’s Aaron Las Heras won the U20 men’s race from teammate Mario Garcia, leading Playas de Castellon to a successful defence of the team title.
Watch our video summary from the event:
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 Sporting Clube de Portugal were the big winners on home soil at the European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country in Mira, Portugal on Sunday (4). Wearing the

European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country video highlights

Sporting Clube de Portugal had a day to remember at home in Mira, Portugal on Sunday (4) at the European Champions Clubs Cup Cross Country as they won three gold medals, including the overall title in the senior women’s race.
On a benign and sunny day, the course could not have been more picturesque, set in the middle of woods, with a route taking the runners across hard-on-the-foot terrain.
But the course still provided a tough test. There were some logs placed across the course to break up the rhythm and a series of twists and turns towards the finish to ensure the athletes could not lose a second of concentration.
Sporting Clube de Portugal’s first gold medal came in the women’s senior race which produced the shock of the programme as Poland’s Katarzyna Rutkowska - who was only 31st at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Samorin - took the individual honours for KS Podlasie Bialystok ahead of some very experienced and established opponents. 
Rutkowska came through on the final lap of the 6.25km race to win in 20:07, one second clear of Portugal’s Jessica Augusto. She was followed home by Romania’s Ancuta Bobocel (20:10) and Spain’s long-time leader Trihas Gebre (20:15) who were both wearing the colours of Bilbao Atletismo Santutxo. 
But with Sara Moreira in fifth (20:19), Ines Monteiro (20:24) in seventh and Belarus’ Sviatlana Kudzelich (20:27) in eighth, it was a great day for Sporting. They had five runners in the top-10 with Sara Catarina Ribeiro rounding out the 10 in 20:31. 
They took gold with 22 points from Bilbao Atletismo with 31 points. Turkey’s Bursa Buyuksehir Belediye SK finished third with 55 points with Esma Aydemir their leading runner in sixth in 20:20. 
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The senior men’s 10.335km was a decidedly more clear-cut contest with Kenya’s Davis Kiplangat, donning the vest of Sporting Clube de Portugal, coming home a clear winner to the delight of the home fans cheering him along the course. 
Kiplangat was untroubled, winning in 29:44 by around 100 metres from Belgium’s Isaac Kimeli (Olympic Essenbeek Halle) in 30:02 with Turkey’s Ramazan Ozdemir - who led Istanbul BBSK to the team title last year - third in 30:14.
Sporting, who were backed up by Rui Pedro Silva in sixth in 30:30 and Rui Teixeira in seventh (30:32), duly won the team crown with 25 points from Olympic Essenbeek Halle with 40 and then Spanish club Atletismo Bikila third with 74. 
Helwigh retains U20 title; double gold for Las Heras
Denmark's Anna Mark Helwigh gave Sparta AM a brilliant start as she successfully defended her individual women's U20 title over 4.195km in the first event of the programme as Turkish-based club Fenerbahce won team gold.
No wonder Helwigh stood tall and proud on the podium as she received her medal. She had once more demonstrated what a great performer she is on this type of terrain. 
With 200 metres remaining, only Fenerbahce’s Emine Akbingol remained in contention but the rising Danish prospect was never going to be beaten, moving to the front with ease as the finish line came into view, winning in 14:11 by one second from Akbingol.
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Twelve months after taking team silver behind Bursa Buyuksehir Belediye SK, Fenerbahce were the team champions this time with 36 points by just one point from Sparta AM. Gaziantep Solen Spor Kulubu - led by Inci Kalkan in third - made it two Turkish clubs on the podium with 62 points. 
The final route to the finish brought three turns and on each occasion in the men's U20 race, Aaron Las Heras of Playas de Castellon anxiously looked over his right shoulder to see if he had enough of a lead in the 6.265km race.
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Not only was he in front by a good margin, behind him was his teammate Mario Garcia. It would be two gold medals for Las Peras and a successful defence of the team title for Castellon. Las Heras, 17, broke the tape in 18:40, two seconds ahead of Garcia - the runner-up individually for the second year in a row - with Turkey’s Omer Amactan third in 18:47 for Fenerbahce Sport Club. 
Castellon won with 30 points from Portuguese-based club Benfica with 36, points and Fenerbahce Sport Club with 43 points.

 Sporting Clube de Portugal had a day to remember at home in Mira, Portugal on Sunday (4) at the European Champions Clubs Cup Cross Country as they won three

Augusto leads Sporting Clube de Portugal to the team title in Mira

Live streaming will be available for the European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country in Mira, Portugal on Sunday (4).
The event will be streamed live on <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMospps0tzs&feature=youtu.be' target='_blank'>YouTube</a> from 10.00am local time with the U20 women’s race. All four races on the programme will be streamed, concluding with the senior men’s race at 12.10pm.
The live stream will be available to view across Europe without any restrictions and live results will also be available <a href='https://lap2go.com/pt/event/eccc-cross-country-2018/timetable'>here</a>.
The focus of attention in the senior women’s race will be on leading Portuguese distance runners Jessica Augusto and Sara Moreira who are part of a very strong Sporting Clube de Portugal who will be looking to defeat reigning champions Uskudar Belediye for the team title.
Istanbul BBSK will be defending their team title in the senior men’s race but Atletismo Bikila has put together a strong line-up including Daniel Mateo and Ayad Lamdassem who were inside the top-10 in the senior men’s race at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Samorin in December.

 Live streaming will be available for the European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country in Mira, Portugal on Sunday (4). The event will be streamed live on YouTube

Live streaming available for European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country

Sixty teams will gather in Mira on Sunday (4) for the European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country and Turkey’s Istanbul BBSK and Uskudar Belediye, the respective senior men’s and women’s champions, are packed with strength again as they look to retain their crowns.
But it could be close, such is the quality of the opposition in a competition which is sprinkled with medallists from the SPAR European Cross Country Championships.
The senior women’s race will be between 15 clubs over 6.26km and Turkey have entered two teams: reigning champions Uskudar Belediye and Bursa Buyuksehir Belediye SK.
It brings together a fine domestic duel amid the drama of who will take the individual and team title. Among the pre-race favourites are Ozlem Kaya and Esma Aydemir who have raced together on Turkish teams in the past but they will find themselves as adversaries on Sunday as Kaya runs for Uskudar Belediye and Aydemir for Bursa Buyuksehir Belediye SK.
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The duo made the podium in Samorin as Turkey won team bronze but they may find themselves chasing one of Europe’s best cross country women in Spain’s Trihas Gebre.
Gebre was second last year and she returns for Bilbao Atletismo Santutxu no doubt looking to go one better in the individual race.
But it might just be Portugal’s day as their Sporting Clube de Portugal team is packed with experienced distance stars. 
Jessica Augusto and Sara Moreira have amassed seven European cross country gold medals between them and their squad is strengthened by the inclusion of former European U20 cross country champion Ines Monteiro and Sara Catarina Ribeiro.
Also watch out for European U23 3000m steeplechase champion Anna Emilie Moller who will be out to make a mark in the colours of Denmark’s Blovstroed Loeverne. 
Ozdemir leads Istanbul BBSK's prospects
Istanbul BBSK will draft the same men’s quartet which helped them team gold last year when Ramazan Ozdemir was fourth as Italy’s Yemaneberhan Crippa won the individual title. Behind Ozdemir - and returning to club duties once more - is Sedat Gunen, who was seventh; Alper Demir, who was 11th; and Bekir Karayel, who was 15th.
They combined as a quartet to score 37 points to claim the team plaudits ahead of Sporting Clube de Portugal (45) and Spain’s Atletismo Bikila (76). 
In a men’s race over 10.33km - and made up of 22 clubs - leading the way for Atletismo Bikila is veteran Ayad Lamdassem who seems to thrive in Portugal. He was third in this event in Albufeira last year, and also won an individual silver medal at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships back in 2010. 
It is his teammate Daniel Mateo who could make the biggest impression for Atletismo Bikila after finishing eighth - and two places ahead of Lamdassem - at the SPAR European Country Championships in Samorin last December.
Elsewhere, Belgium’s Isaac Kimeli, the 2016 SPAR European U23 cross country champion, and European U23 5000m silver medallist Simon Debognies are sure to be at the forefront of Olympic Essenbeck Halle’s bid. 
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The U20 men’s race in which 13 clubs will take to the start line over 6.26km will see Spain’s Mario Garcia back for Playas de Castellon after his fine run led them to team glory in Albufeira last year.
Aaron Las Heras, who was eighth last year, and Mohamed Reda Sebie, who was 12th, also return with Playas de Castellon favourites to retain the title.
In the U20 women’s 4.95km, twelve teams will compete for honours with Denmark’s Anna Mark Helwigh returning to defend her individual title. She also helped Sparta AM to a bronze medal in the team race behind Turkish sides of Bursa and Fenerbahce Sport Club.
Fenerbahce will be back in action while Turkey also have runners from Gaziantep Solen Spor Kulubu chasing club gold again.
Live results will be available <a href='https://lap2go.com/pt/event/eccc-cross-country-2018/timetable'>here</a> and the event will be streamed without restrictions on YouTube <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMospps0tzs&feature=youtu.be'>here</a> from 10.00am local time.

 Sixty teams will gather in Mira on Sunday (4) for the European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country and Turkey’s Istanbul BBSK and Uskudar Belediye, the

Augusto and Moreira spearhead Sporting Clube's bid for club glory in Mira  

Final entries for this year’s European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country, which will be staged in the Portuguese town of Mira on Sunday 4 February, are now available <a href='https://directus.european-athletics.com/public/uploads/european-athletics/originals/88e794d2-d94e-48e2-9775-b805e7b91090.pdf' target='_blank'>here</a>.
The ECCC Cross Country, to give the event its widely-used abbreviated name, will celebrated its 55th edition this year, and is the second oldest regional cross country competition in the world after being inaugurated in 1962.
Istanbul BBSK and Uskudar Belediye will defend their team titles after their unique double in 2017, the first time Turkish clubs had won both the senior team gold medals.
Notable entries among the men’s runners include Spain’s Ayad Lamdassem, competiting for three-time champions Atletismo Bikila, who is a very familiar face in this event after having won the individual race three times in 2008, 2011 and 2012 and finishing second on another four occasions.
His colleagues in the Atletismo Bikila team include Daniel Mateo, eighth at the Samorin 2017 SPAR European Cross Country Championships.
Istanbul BBSK have 2016 individual winner Bekir Karayel in their team while Belgium’s Olympic Essenbeek Halle are represented, among others, by the 2016 European U23 cross country champion Issac Kimeli.
Sporting Clube Lisboa have named a very strong team which features well-known Portuguese internationals Jessica Augusto, Ines Monteiro Sara Moreira and Carla Salome Rocha while six-time team winners Uskudar Belediye can call on Esma Aydemir and Emine Hatun Tuna.
The full Final Entries list is also available to download on this page under RELATED DOCUMENTS.

 Final entries for this year’s European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country, which will be staged in the Portuguese town of Mira on Sunday 4 February, are now

Final entries for the 2018 European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country available

Twelve months after Albufeira was the venue for the European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country, the event returns to Portugal on Sunday 4 February 2018, but this time it will be the town of Mira that will play host.
The ECCC Cross Country, to give the event its widely-used abbreviated name, will celebrated its 55th edition this year, and is the second oldest regional cross country competition in the world after having come into being in 1962.
Portugal has been an enthusiastic and committed supporter of the event and has staged one competition or another 16 times previously – the men usually had a separate competition to the women after the latter were incorporated into the ECCC Cross Country structure in 1982 until combined competitions started to be held in 2005 – but this will be the first time Mira has been the destination for the runners.
In contrast to the usual Algarve locations of Albufeira or Vilamoura, Mira is close to the northern Atlantic coast, just an hour’s drive south of Portugal’s second city Porto.
Istanbul BBSK and Uskudar Belediye will return to Portugal to defend their team titles after their unique double in 2017, the first time Turkish clubs had won both the senior team gold medals.
Last year was the first time that Istanbul BBK was triumphed but Uskudar Belediye are the three-time defending champions and have won the women’s title six times in total.
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Historically, over the last decade or so, the representatives of Italy, Spain and Portugal have also sent strong teams to the competition so the Turkish teams’ bid to retain their crowns as Europe’s top cross country clubs will not be an easy one.
Playas de Castellón were the slightly surprising men’s junior champions in 2017 so it will be interesting to see how strongly they will defend their title. By contrast, women’s junior winners Bursa BüyükÅ&#159;ehir Belediyesi Spor Kulübü had been to the top of the podium before and are the two-time defending champions.
Individual titles are also at stake in the four races. 
Notable among the 2017 winners was Italy’s Yermaneberhan Crippa, competing for Fiamme Oro Padova, who went on to win the 2017 European U23 5000m title.
Only 20 at the time of his success in Albufeira, one of the youngest senior champions ever, and his imperious victory for a continental title on the track in Bydgoszcz suggests that he could be a factor at the Berlin 2018 European Athletics Championships 5000m.

 Twelve months after Albufeira was the venue for the European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country, the event returns to Portugal on Sunday 4 February 2018, but

Istanbul BBSK and Uskudar Belediye to defend their titles in Mira

On a bright morning in Albufeira on Sunday, the 54th European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country saw a series of glittering performances over a twisting course, surrounded by forest for some stages, and with two hills close together. And among the success, Turkey won three team titles for the third year in a row, as Italy’s Yemaneberhan Crippa came of age in the senior ranks.
A full list of the individual and team results are available at: <a href='http://www.albufeira2017.mozello.com/results/'>www.albufeira2017.mozello.com/results/</a>
Men’s senior (9.73km)
Yemaneberhan Crippa had achieved his biggest triumph as a junior and still only 20, he now has a major senior title to his name after a powerful win and a celebration he will long remember.
Crippa took this race by the scruff of the neck and decided it was his moment to show his speed on this stage as he broke away from a pack of four and never looked back, winning by nine seconds in 30:04 from Sporting Clube de Portugal’s Rabah Aboud with team gold going to Turkey’s Istanbul BBSK, whose best finisher was Ramazan Ozdemir in fourth (30:34).
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Halfway through it looked like it would develop into a close finish as Ozdemir seemed in control of a pack where Crippa was slipping between third and fourth, just behind Aboud and Spain’s top distance star Ayad Lamdassem, who had won Euro Cross silver here in 2010.
But Crippa, the junior gold medallist at the 2015 SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Hyeres, decided that he was going to take it on.
He did so with fluency and no fear, quickly stretching away from this high-class field to put himself on the way to a memorable victory. And as the finish drew nearer, he first raised his left hand to celebrate, then his right and as he made it home, he just stopped a metre over the line to pose statuesque and soak in his glory.
How the Italian enjoyed the moment, showing what a big future he has on the distance stage, with Aboud in second (30:13), an equally impressive 19 seconds ahead of Lamdassem. 
And with Ozdemir in fourth, the Turkish team had the overall strength as Vedat Gunen (seventh in 30:37), Alper Demir (11th, 30:44) and Bekir Karayel (15th, 31:01), the defending individual champion, took the team title with 37 points from Sporting Clube (45) and Atletismo (76).
Women’s senior (6.09km)
Irene Cheptai made an early break and how it paid off as she landed a hat-trick of gold for both her and her Turkish team Uskudar Belediye.
Cheptai was in total command of a race where for long periods she was chased by Great Britain’s Steph Twell, who was rewarded for her individual fourth (20:54) by leading her team, Aldershot, Farnham and District, to bronze.
Twell was using all her strength to try to narrow the gap on Kenyan Cheptai but the Uskudar runner was never going to be passed. She just moved further away and won in 20:18 from Trihas Gebre, of Spain’s Bilbao Atletismo (20:40), and Esma Aydemir, of Turkey’s Bursa Buyuksehir (20:43).
After victory in Guadalajara in 2015 and Kastamonu last year, Cheptai’s success helped Uskudar to 26 points from Bilbao (36) and Aldershot (43).
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Joined by Ozlem Kaya (fifth, 20:56), Alemitu Bekele (ninth, 21:11) and Asli Cakir Alptekin (11th, 21:24) on top of the podium, Cheptai may now feel in the years ahead she can match the winning record for this event held by Wales’ Angela Tooby, a five-times champion between 1984 and 1988.
Men’s Under-20 (6.09km)
It was all about the timing, and using it to perfection, as 19-year-old Ramazan Barbaros achieved one of the best results of his career.
Running for Fenerbahce Sport Club, Barbaros triumphed in 19:10, just 0.74 of a second ahead of Spaniard Mario Garcia, whose run was enough to bring team gold for Playas de Castellon.
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For long periods of the race, Eshetu Worku, of Israel’s Hasimta South Tel-Aviv, led from Barbaros and Garcia, but then it became a two-man race from which the Turk had too much speed in the latter stages.
With around 500m left, Barbaros steadied himself, kept his balance and then broke clear of Garcia to ensure victory, with the Castellon runner also given the time of 19:10 as Omer Oti, of Fenerbahce, took third (19:15) and Worku was fourth (19:15).
The team crown went to Spain as Castellon won with 33 points from the combination of Garcia, Aaron Las Heras (eighth, 19:21), Tariku Novales (11th, 19:34) and Reda Sebie (12th, 19:39) with Fenerbahce in second (41) and Turkish compatriots Darica Belediyesi Spor Kulubu, whose leading runner was Sezgin Atac (seventh, 19:21), in third.
Women’s Under-20 (3.77km)
A year on from Kastamonu and an identical outcome as Denmark celebrated individual glory and team bronze with Turkey taking team gold and silver.
And for Anna-Emilie Moller, now we can say Anna Mark Helwigh, as the 16-year-old put her best forward to secure a memorable win as Bursa Buyuksehir retained the team crown.
The opening race of this Cup was a competitive affair, with Helwigh, running for Sparta AM, always in the mix as she was closely flanked by Pinar Demirtas and Emine Akbingol, of Fenerbahce Sport Club, and Bursa’s Gulnaz Uskun.
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In the end, though, Helwigh had just enough to follow in the footsteps of her brilliant fellow Dane Moller, the double European junior medallist, who won this title in Turkey in 2016 for Blovstroed Loeverne (the then team bronze medallists).
It was close, with Helwigh winning from Demitras, with both runners given the same time of 13:29, with Uskun in third (13:33) and Akbingol in fourth (13:35).
Supported by Latife Gunes (sixth, 13:42), Bahar Atalay (eighth, 13:45) and Gulsun Tunc (14th, 14:12), Bursa won the team gold with 31 points, just one ahead of Fenerbahce and eight clear of Sparta.

 On a bright morning in Albufeira on Sunday, the 54th European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country saw a series of glittering performances over a twisting course,

Crippa is the Cup King in Portugal

With temperatures expected to be in their 60s, the Portuguese coastal city of Albufeira will host the 54th staging of the European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country on Sunday.
There are four races, with individual and team titles at stake, starting from 10:30am local time, with <a id='Live Streaming' href='https://youtu.be/1SG7OCZIHY4'>Live Streaming</a> and <a id='Live Results' href='https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8h03Og0mO5IMDBKQ0drbk5WN28/view'>Live Results</a> available.
It should be a brilliant day of competition and here’s a preview to what lies ahead…
WOMEN (Senior race 11:55am, U20 race 10:30am)
Just over six years Dulce Felix experienced winning medals at a major event on the home surface in Albufeira and now she has the chance to do it all again.
One of Portugal's most successful and consistent runners ever, Felix will once more lead the home challenge for Sport Lisboa e Benfica at this European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country.
Along with Silvana Dias, Vanessa Fernandes and Monica Silva, Felix is part of a squad bidding for success in a 6.09km women’s senior race where Turkish side Uskudar Belediye are chasing a hat-trick of team titles.
Last year in the cold of Kastamonu, Uskudar won from Spain’s Bilbao Atletismo and Benfica, with Irene Cheptai and Ozlem Kaya achieving a one-two in the individual race for the host nation.
They are both back in a strong Uskudar squad who will be favourites for victory again but in Felix, who was 12th last year, the lure of more glory in front of her own fans will surely provide an additional surge of adrenaline.
The 2012 European 10,000m champion was able to hear the Portuguese national anthem boom out in Albufeira as she stood on the podium in December 2010 after winning team gold at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships where she also took individual bronze.
The women’s race is packed with eye-catching names.
A year ago Denmark’s Anna Emilie Moller won the under-20 race and though still 19, she is in the senior Blovstroed Loeverne team this time, while Spain’s Bilbao Atletismo, the 2016 runners-up, are packed with strength including Trihas Gebre and Romanian Ancuta Bobocel and for Great Britain, Steph Twell should be among the leaders in the colours of Aldershot, Farnham & District.
As Moller won individual gold in that under-20 race, the team prize went to Turkey’s Bursa Buyuksehir Belediye.
They return to defend their title over 3.77km, and will face a big challenge from their own country as Emine Akbingol, who was second behind Moller, is back for Fenerbahce Sport Club with Gulnaz Uskun at the helm of the Bursa squad after finishing eighth in Kastamonu.
MEN (Senior race 12:40pm, U20 race 11:20am)
Runners from the French side Ales Cevennes Athletisme achieved four positions in the top seven to win the team crown in 2016 and three of them return looking for more success.
Romain Courcieres, who was third, El Hassane Ben Lkhainouch (fifth) and Freddy Guimard (seventh) will face the defending champion, Turkey’s Bekir Karayel, who running for Istanbul BBSK won the individual title by 24 seconds (from Othmane El Goumri, of Ales Cevennes).
The French team success last year denied Turkey a cleansweep in the four team events as Ales Cevennes scored 17 points from Istanbul (31) and Norway’s IK Tjalve (43).
These two nations should have a big say as they have both entered two teams in this men’s race over 9.73km, with France also represented by Athletic Trois Tours and Turkey by Galatasary Spor Kulubu.
But entering the picture is the Spanish squad of Atletismo Bikila who include double SPAR European cross country champion Alemayehu Bezabeh and Ayad Lamdassem, who together won team gold at the 2015 SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Hyeres.
It was in those championships in France where Italy’s Yemaneberhan Crippa celebrated gold in the under-23 race and here in Albufeira he runs for the Fiamme Oro Padova Club while Sporting Clube de Portugal carry the host nation’s hopes.
In the men’s under-20 event held over 6km, Turkey also look strong as they aim to defend the gold won by Kocaeli DarÃ&#132;Â±ca Bel. Egitim SK and have two teams in this race aswell: Fenerbahce Sport Club and Darica Belediyesi Spor Kulubu.
Fenerbache, with 28, took second, eight points adrift of Kocaeli, in 2016 with Spain’s Playas de Castelon (49) also back having had the individual champion then in Thierry Ndikumwenayo. This time Said Mechaal and Reda Sebie could be among their top men.
For the full list of teams go to<a href='http://www.albufeira2017.mozello.com/entries/'> http://www.albufeira2017.mozello.com/entries/ </a>and check out the <a id='Final Entries' href='https://directus.european-athletics.com/public/uploads/european-athletics/originals/49a0c8ed-950c-4aff-8731-50e56aa2d0c1.pdf'>Final Entries</a> of athletes competing.

 With temperatures expected to be in their 60s, the Portuguese coastal city of Albufeira will host the 54th staging of the European Champion Clubs Cup Cross

Felix homing in on more glory

Twelve months after sub-zero temperatures and a frozen course greeted the runners in the Turkish city of Kastamonu, participants can look forward to temperate conditions at the 54th European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country which return to Albufeira, Portugal on 5 February.
Turkish clubs have proved especially strong in recent editions of this long-standing fixture and Uskudar Belediye will be looking for a hat-trick of team titles in the women’s senior race next February. 
But the Portuguese also have a rich tradition at cross country - particularly at continental level - and Sport Lisboa e Benfica will be looking to improve on their third-place finish last year. Their star runner is the experienced Ana Dulce Felix, the 2012 European 10,000m champion and a five-time medallist at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships.
The Turks scooped three of the four team titles twelve months ago but French team Ales Cevennes Athlétisme prevented a whitewash by denying Istanbul BBSK the team title in the men’s senior race. Bekir Karayel still came away with the individual honours and could spearhead their challenge again next February.
One of the standout performers of last year’s event was the highly-rated junior Anna Emilie Moller. The 19-year-old won the 4km race for her Danish team Blovstroed Loeverne by 27 seconds before going on to qualify for the Olympics where she set a European junior steeplechase record of 9:32.68 in the heats.
Albufeira is one of the long-standing stops on the cross country circuit. Not only has the Portuguese town staged multiple editions of this competition, Albufeira also staged the 2010 European Cross Country Championships and the annual Almond Blossom Cross Country event which has been won in the past by Portuguese greats such as Rosa Mota, Aurora Cunha, Albertina Dias, Fernanda Ribeiro, Fernando Mamede and DionÃ­sio Castro.

 Twelve months after sub-zero temperatures and a frozen course greeted the runners in the Turkish city of Kastamonu, participants can look forward to temperate

Uskudar Belediye looking for hat-trick of titles in Albufeira

In front of their home crowd in Kastamonu on Sunday, Turkish teams were the dominant force once again at the 53rd European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country.
For the second year in a row, Turkey won three of the four team gold medals.
Uskudar Belediye retained the women’s senior title, while in the under-20 races, the host nation celebrated a one-two as Kocaeli DarÃ&#132;Â±ca Bel. Egitim successfully defended their men’s gold as they beat Fenerbahce Sport Club and in the women’s, Bursa Buyuksehir Belediye SK beat Fenerbahce.
But they missed out on a clean sweep of team golds as France’s Ales Cevennes Athletisme won the men’s senior event from Istanbul BBSK.
Men’s senior (10km)
It may not have been enough to carry his side to team glory, but Turkey’s Bekir Karayel, from Istanbul BBSK, was the individual hero as he beat the defending champion Othmane El Goumri, of Morocco.
His margin of victory was 24 seconds, after an impressive performance saw him triumph in 32:33 from El Goumri.
With the top four runners counting for points in the team event, El Goumri had the support he needed as Ales Cevennes won the men’s race.
Frenchman Romain Courcieres was third (33:01) and with teammates El Hassane Ben Lkhainouch (33:16) in fifth and Freddy Guimard (33:24) in seventh, they combined for a total of 17 points, beating Istanbul by 13 points with Norway’s IK Tjalve, where Asbjorn Ellefsen Persen was sixth (33:20), in third with 42.
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Women’s senior (6km)
Twelve months on from being crowned the individual champion in Guadalajara, Irene Cheptai retained that title as her club Uskudar Belediye won the team crown for the fifth time in the last eight stagings of this European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country.
And it was so much a repeat of last year’s race, as once more Cheptai was followed home in second by her teammate Ozlem Kaya, of Turkey.
In Spain in 2015, the gap was only three seconds (20:43 to 20:46) but this time, in a slower race, Cheptai did not have to worry about being caught as she won by 32 seconds from Kaya in 21:13 with Spain’s Trihas Gebre (21:52) in third.
Uskudar took the team gold as Turkey’s Demet Dinc (22:06) was fourth and Alemitu Bekele (22:16) was sixth, banking them, like the men’s winners, 13 points from Gebre-led Bilbao Atletismo, of Spain, with 29 and Portugal’s Sport Lisboa e Benfica, with 36, where their first runner home was Sara Ribeiro in fifth (22:15).
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Men’s Under-20 (6km)
Taking their place on the podium, the athletes from Kocaeli DarÃ&#132;Â±ca made it a hat-trick of golds in this event and showed how important for the team it is that everyone runs well.
DarÃ&#132;Â±ca did not have anyone in the top two in the individual race, but their performances were enough to win the team title with 20 points from Fenerbahce with 28 and Spain’s Playas de Castellon with 49.
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And it was Castellon who provided the race winner as Burundi’s Thierry Ndikumwenayo triumphed in 19:37 from Turkish pair Ferhat Bozkurt (19:39), running for Fenerbahce, and Nurkan Dagtekin (19:40), running for DarÃ&#132;Â±ca.
Dagtekin was supported by Abdullah Yorulmaz (19:41) in fourth, Ramazan Karagoz (20:18), the defending champion, in sixth and Omer Gunen (20:19) in seventh to win the team crown.
Women’s Under-20 (4km)
Once more Denmark's Anna-Emilie Moller showed what a distance-running talent she is by winning in 14:27 as her team, Blovstroed Loeverne, took bronze with 44 points behind Turkish sides Bursa Buyuksehir, who won with 32 and Fenerbahce, on 39.
Moller now has this title to add to her 5000m silver and 3000m bronze from last summer’s European Athletics Junior Championships in Eskilstuna.
As Moller won (14:27), Turkey’s Emine Akbingol was second (14:54) for Fenerbahce, the defending team champions, with Spain’s Lucia Rodriguez (15:00) third, running for Playas de Castellon, who finished fourth overall with 49 points.
But just as in the men’s under-20, Turkey took gold from a Bursa team who combined brilliantly and this time did not even have a runner in the top four.
Nuran Satilmis (15:20) was fifth, Gulnaz Uskun (15:33) was eighth, Sumeyye Erol (15:50), who had won last year in Guadalajara, was ninth and Nazan Satilmis (15:55) was 10th.
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 In front of their home crowd in Kastamonu on Sunday, Turkish teams were the dominant force once again at the 53rd European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country.

Turkey's treble at Euro Champion Clubs Cup

As Turkey play host to the 53rd European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country in Kastamonu on Sunday, their senior women will be looking for a repeat performance from 12 months ago in Guadalajara.
It was there that Irene Cheptai and Ozlem Kaya finished first and second to lead Turkish side Uskudar Belediye to the title.
And the pair return again to spearhead their bid to win their fourth team crown in six years at this event.
The women's race could be a close competition, with Portugal’s Sport Lisboa e Benfica posing a big threat. They include in their team Dulce Felix, an eight-times medallist at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships, while Spain's Bilbao Atletismo have the Fuentes-Pila sisters, Iris Maria and Zulema.
Othmane El Goumri, running for French side Ales Cevennes Athletisme, won the individual title last year and he, and they, return in the men's senior event.
It was the Guadalajara club itself which made it an occasion to remember for Spain as they won the team event in front of their home fans in 2015 and this time the country are represented by A.D. Marathon.
Istanbul BBSK compete for the hosts with their squad made up of Muzaffer Bayram, Mehmet Caglayan, Sedat Gunen, Vedat Gunen, Bekir Karayel and Cihat Ukus.
Turkey's Kocaeli Darica successfully defended their men's junior title last year, with Ramazan Karagoz winning the individual race, and they will both be seeking more of the same on Sunday.
The hosts are also represented by Fenerbahce Sport Club, who have a women's junior team, too, along with Bursa Buyuksehir, while in the Danish women's squad from Blovstroed Loeverne is 18-year-old Anna-Emilie Moller, who was eighth in the junior race at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Hyères last month.
The full Final Entries list is available under 'Related Documents'.

 As Turkey play host to the 53rd European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country in Kastamonu on Sunday, their senior women will be looking for a repeat performance

Final Entries confirmed for European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country

The 53rd edition of the European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country will be held in Kastamonu, Turkey, on Sunday 7 February 2016. 
The events take place over a single day of competition, with junior and senior races for both men and women. 
Only clubs recognised as National Champions of the preceding year in each category are eligible to take part in the event. 
All clubs must present at least four runners in each category with a maximum of six starting in the race. The team scores shall be determined by the aggregate finishing positions achieved by its four best placed athletes. 
Many European, world and Olympic champions have competed in this event and it is sure to bring the best out of the current top European athletes again this year. 
Last year, Othmane El Goumri running for Ales Cevennes Athlétisme, of France, won the men’s senior race as the local Spanish Guadalajara club brought joy to the home crowd by winning the team event.
The Spanish club's scorers of Mohamed Marhum, 4th in 31:38, Daniel Mateo, eighth in 31:46, Ricardo Serrano, 14th in 32:04, and Jaouad Boualame, 25th in 32:29, proved too strong for the rest. 
On the women’s side it was Turkey’s Uskudar Belediye club who took the team title led by Irene Cheptai and Ozlem Jaya who finished first and second.
In the under-20 boy’s, Turkey triumphed again with Kocaeli Darica successfully defending their title as Ramazan Karagoz enjoyed individual glory too ahead of Turkish rival Onur Aras running for Fenerbahce Sport Club. 
Although Fenerbahce did bring back a trophy too in the girls event, making it a hat trick of titles for Turkish clubs as Sumeyye Erol who won the 4km race for Bursa Buyuksehir Belediye.

 The 53rd edition of the European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country will be held in Kastamonu, Turkey, on Sunday 7 February 2016.  The events take place over a

Kastamonu to host European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country

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What a day in Spain it proved for Turkey on Sunday who won three of the four events in the 52nd staging of the European Champion Clubs Cup Cross-Country in Guadalajara.
Uskudar Belediye won the women’s senior race, Kocaeli Darica S retained the junior’s men title and Fenerbahce Sport Club took the women’s junior gold and there was something for the home crowd to cheer about too as CA Union Guadalajara won the men’s senior team race.
It was another big occasion in the European Athletics calendar with 330 athletes from 59 teams competing and Turkey’s first win came in the day’s first race, the junior women’s 4km, where they had more than one reason to celebrate.
Sumeyye Erol actually won the race in 15:03 from her fellow Turk Ekin Esra Kalir in 15:08.
But the pair were running for Bursa Buyuksehir Belediye SK who were second in the team event behind Fenerbahce who beat them by three points, 29 to 32, with Playas de Castellon, of Spain, third with 50.
Junior women's race:
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It was that close, with Gulnaz Uskun the first Fenerbahce finisher in third in 15:14, and with the top four runners counting, their success was achieved with Gulsen Karatas in sixth in 15:25, Busra Nur Koku, seventh in 15:27, and Nuran Satilmis, 13th in 15:38.
Next came the men’s junior race over 6km and there was a successful defence of the title for Kocaeli who had individual glory, too, as Ramazan Karagoz won the race in 19:24 from Turkish rival Onur Aras, who was second in 19:25 running for Fenerbahce Sport Club, with Omer Tuncer, of Kocaeli, third in 19:31.
Junior men's race:
 [VIDEO src='1275002' align='right'] 
The defending champions scored 19 points with Sehmus Sarihan seventh in 19:50 and Ayetullah Belir eighth in 19:54 as they beat Fenerbahce with 46 and Italy’s La Fratellanza 1874 Club with 66.
Turkey then made it a hat-trick of success with the senior women’s race over 6km as Uskudar took the title with 27 points from Bilbao Atletismo, of Spain, with 38, and Great Britain’s Aldershot, Farnham and District with 55.
Senior women's race:
[VIDEO src='1275006' align='right'] 
Uskudar had the top two in the race, as Irene Cheptai won 20:43 from Ozlem Kaya in 20:46, with the rest of their scorers being Sevilay Eytemis, 10th in 21:43, and Burcu Buyukbezgin, 14th in 21:55.
British runners took third and fourth, with Lily Partridge finishing in 20:54 and Steph Twell in 21:12, while Sara Moreira was eighth in 21:32 as her team, Sports Clube de Portugal, was fourth with 84 points.
Spanish side Atletismo Bikila Club were looking to retain the title in the men's senior but in the end they finished fifth in the 10km race which individually was won by Othmane El Goumri running for Ales Cevennes Athletisme, of France, who took bronze overall with 57 points as Guadalajara won with 51 and Istanbul BBSK, of Turkey, were second with 55.
Senior men's race:
 [VIDEO src='1275008' align='right'] 
El Goumri triumphed in 31:09 and though Dutchman Jesper Van der Wielen was second in 31:20, his team of AV Cifla were back in 11th with 183 points as their next best finisher was Wouter Dilling in 44th in 33:06.
But the Spanish club's scorers of Mohamed Marhum, 4th in 31:38, Daniel Mateo, eighth in 31:46, Ricardo Serrano, 14th in 32:04, and Jaouad Boualame, 25th in 32:29, proved too strong for the rest.
Watch an interesting timelapse of the organisation in Guadalajara:
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  What a day in Spain it proved for Turkey on Sunday&Acirc;&nbsp;who won three of the four events in the 52nd staging of the&Acirc;&nbsp;European Champion Clubs

Turkish delight as their teams land triple European glory

It has been a long road back for Stephanie Twell but in Guadalajara on Sunday she can take another big step to showing she is back to best.
Great Britain’s Twell runs for Aldershot, Farnham and District in the 52nd European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country in what has been a fine winter for her.
After finishing seventh in the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Samokov last month - as teammates Gemma Steel won the senior 8km and Kate Avery was second - Twell celebrated team gold as she was the third best British finisher in the race.
Now 25, she is very much in the second part of her career.
It was back in 2006 that Twell emerged as one of the sport’s leading young stars when she won the junior race at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in San Giorgio su Legnano, a title she would retain 12 months later in Toro and by the time she had made it a hat-trick in Brussels in 2008, she was the world junior 1500m champion.
Watch Stephanie Twell cross the finish line for her third consecutive title in Brussels back in 2008:
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She then progressed to win 1500m bronze at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi in 2010 but in 2011 and 2012 injury struck and she ended up missing the Olympic Games in London.
As she showed with her determination in Samokov, she is running well again and will look to maintain that in an event which sees the host nation have two teams in Atletismo Santutxu and Club Dental Seoane Pampin while Sara Moreira, the triple European team cross country gold medallist, runs for Sporting Clube de Portugal.
The women’s senior race is over 6km and the men run 10km as Spain’s Bikila Atletismo are chasing a hat-trick of titles from this club competition of national champions.
Last year in Albufeira, Turkish club Kocaeli Darica dominated the junior men’s race as their athletes took the first four positions and this time in the 6km event they are represented by Ramazan Karagoz, Sehmus Sarihan, Omer Tuncer and Ridvan Yilmaz.
A year ago Sport Club Luch-Flano just beat Hasselby SK in the junior women’s race - 20 points to 28 - and over 4km the two clubs meet again.

  It has been a long road back for Stephanie Twell but in Guadalajara on Sunday she can take another big step to showing she is back to best. Great

Twell showing signs of the past

European Athletics is pleased to confirm the final entries and starting order for the European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country in Guadalajara, Spain, on Sunday 1 February.
This year a total of 330 athletes from 59 participating clubs' teams representing 23 Member Federations are set to compete for the European club titles.
Another tight senior men’s race is to be expected with reigning champions Spain’s Atletismo Bikila Club set to make another bid for the title. 
Bikili Club will be represented by Alemayehu Bezabeh; the bronze medallist in December’s SPAR European Cross Country Championships will be among the favourites for individual honours.

  European Athletics is pleased to confirm the final entries and starting order for the European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country in Guadalajara, Spain, on

Final entries confirmed for ECCC Cross Country

The 52nd edition of the European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country will be held in Guadalajara, Spain, on Sunday 1 February 2015. 
The events take place over a single day of competition, with junior and senior races for both men and women. 
Only clubs recognised as National Champions of the preceding year in each category are eligible to take part in the event. 
All clubs must present at least four runners in each category with a maximum of six starting in the race. The team scores shall be determined by the aggregate finishing positions achieved by its four best placed athletes. 
Many European, world and Olympic champions have competed in this event and it is sure to bring the best out of the current top European athletes again this year. 
In 2014 Spain’s Atletismo Bikila club retained the men’s senior title, while Morocco’s Mohamed Moustaiou, running for the French club of Alès Cévennes Athlétisme, won the individual race. 
On the women’s side it was a strong group finish by Russia’s Sport Club Luch Moscow that saw them also keep their title. Natalya Gorchakova, Lyudmila Lebedeva, Natalya Leontyeva and Natalya Vlasova finished in third, fourth, fifth and sixth. However they were not able to keep up with Ethiopian Hiwot Ayalew, running for Turkish club &#156;sküdar Belediye SK.
In the under-20 boy’s, Turkey’s Kocaeli Darica club completely dominated the race, with the four Turkish athletes taking the first four positions, Saffet Elkatmis running away with victory in 19:05. 
For the girls, again it was Sport Club Luch Moscow who took the team title with 20 points, but this time it was close as Swedish club Hí¤sselby SK put up quite a fight with 28 points led by Sarah Lahti who won the 3.8 km race in 13:05.

  The 52nd edition of the European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country will be held in Guadalajara, Spain, on Sunday 1 February 2015.  The events take place over a

Guadalajara to host European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country

Spain's men's team of Bikila Atletismo retained the European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country in Albufeira, Portugal, on Sunday while the overall combination of excellent finishes from Russia's women gave Sport Club Luch Moscow victory on a dramatic afternoon.
Morocco’s Mohamed Moustaiou, running for the French club of Alès Cévennes Athlétisme, took the individual senior men’s title by the smallest of margins as he crossed the line in 29:13.
It was only one second ahead of Spain’s Ayad Lamdassem who had already finished second on this course back in 2010 when the SPAR Cross Country Championships were staged in Albufeira.
Daniel da Silva was third in 29:16.  
There was some relief for Lamdassem as Spanish club Bikila Atetismo once again retained the title with all four Spanish runners placing in the top 10.
Most eyes were focussed on his fellow countrymen Alemayuh Bezabeh, the 2013 European cross country champion from Belgrade, who did not perform the way he would have liked finishing outside the podium in sixth.
“I am very happy with my second place, it was a very tactical race and hopefully I can be the number one next year,' said Lamdassem.
“This was good preparation for the marathon, I will run at the European Athletics Championships and I hope to get a medal this time after having finished fourth and sixth in the past.”
On the women’s side it was a strong group finish by Russia’s Sport Club Luch Moscow that saw them keep their title. Natalya Gorchakova, Lyudmila Lebedeva, Natalya Leontyeva and Natalya Vlasova finished in third, fourth, fifth and sixth.
However they were not able to keep up with Ethiopian Hiwot Ayalew, running for Turkish club &#156;sküdar Belediye SK. She completed the 6.2 km course in 21:15 ahead of Italy’s Nadia Ejjafini second in 21:26.
In the under-20 boy’s, Turkey’s Kocaeli Darica club completely dominated the race, with the four Turkish athletes taking the first four positions, Saffet Elkatmis running away with victory in 19:05.
For the girls, again it was Sport Club Luch Moscow who took the team title with 20 points, but this time it was close as Swedish club Hí¤sselby SK put up quite a fight with 28 points led by Sarah Lahti who won the 3.8 km race in 13:05.
In the end it all came down to the fourth placed runner on each team and Hí¤sselby’s Klara Henriksson finshed 21st, which cost them a lot of points compared to Luch Moscow’s Kseniya Makhneva position of 10th.

  Spain's men's team of Bikila Atletismo retained the European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country in Albufeira, Portugal, on Sunday while the overall combination

Bikila Atletismo and Sport Club Luch retain ECCC titles 

European Athletics is pleased to confirm the final entries and starting order for the European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country in Albufeira, Portugal, on Sunday 2 February.
This year a total of 343 runners from 48 participating clubs representing 23 Member Federations will be competing in Albufeira.
Another tight senior men’s race is to be expected with reigning champions Atletismo Bikilia of Spain and Italy’s G.S. Fiamme Gialle as the two favourites.
Last year in Castellon, Spain, Andrea Lalli’s win in the individual event was still not enough for Fiamme Gialle as Bikilia took the title. 
Lalli will try to repeat his performance, but will face tough competition from Spain's 2013 European cross country champion Alemayuh Bezabeh.
As always on the women’s side Sport Club Luch Moscow will be hard to beat, having won the women senior and junior team events in Castellon.
Lyudmila Lebedeva and Natalya Gorchakova will lead the way for the Russians as they were an integral part of last year’s winning team.

  European Athletics is pleased to confirm the final entries and starting order for the European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country in Albufeira, Portugal, on

The 51st edition of the European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country will be held in Albufeira, Portugal, on Sunday 2 February 2014.
The location is one of the best to practice cross country in all of Europe, with the SPAR European Cross Country Championships having been staged on this very same course back in 2010.
The events take place over a single day of competition, with junior and senior races for both men and women. 
Only clubs recognised as National Champions of the preceding year in each category are eligible to take part in the event.
This year a total of 343 runners from 48 participating clubs representing 23 member federations, are expected in Albufeira.
All clubs must present at least four runners in each category with a maximum of six starting in the race. The team scores shall be determined by the aggregate finishing positions achieved by its four best placed athletes.
Many European, world and Olympic champions have competed in this event and it is sure to bring the best out of the current top European athletes again this year.
Last year Spain’s Atletismo Bikila club won the senior men’s title, while Italy’s Andrea Lalli won the individual race. In the senior women’s race Russia’s Sport Club Luch Moscow won with two runners, Olga Golovkina and Liudmila Lebedeva, placing in the top three. 
In the junior men’s race team victory went to Portugal’s Sport Lisboa e Benfica, even though they did not have a runner in the first three. Russia’s women would celebrate even further with a win in the junior event as Russia’s Sport Club Luch Moscow won again.

  The 51st edition of the European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country will be held in Albufeira, Portugal, on Sunday 2 February 2014. The location is one of the

Albufeira to host European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country

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<table cellspacing='4' cellpadding='2' border='0'><tbody><tr><td valign='top'>Venue</td>
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 </tr><tr><td valign='top'>Club De Atletismo Union Guadalajara </td>
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 C/ Marques de Santillana Nº14 2º H 19002 
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 <td valign='top'>Men: 10km 
 Women: 6km 
 Junior Men: 6km 
 Junior Women: 4km</td>
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Spain's men's team of Bikila Atletismo retained the European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country in Castellón on Sunday while the overall combination of excellent finishes from Russia's women gave Sport Club Luch Moscow victory on a dramatic afternoon. 
Andrea Lalli gained revenge for his narrow defeat 12 months ago by taking victory in the 10k, but ultimately it was not about who finished first. 
Bikila and Lalli's club Fiamme Gialle both ended on 27 points and the result was decided on the best finish of their fourth scoring member. 
So Spain can then turn to Guerra Javier as their hero for crossing the line in 10th position, just in front of Gabrielle De Nard who was 11th. Both men had the same time of 29:39. 
His position was key. 
Delight then for the home crowd at the Spaniards' victory but for Lalli, what a time in his career this has become. 
In this 10k event, he cemented his position as the continent's leading male runner this winter with a fine performance having finished second here 12 months ago. 
Lalli, who won gold at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in December, lost this race in the final strides in 2012 to Spain's Ayad Lamdassem, both men being given the same time of 28:36. 
This time he won in 29:02 from Lamdassem in 29:05 with Portugal's Manuel  Damiao third in 29:08. 
But this day is not about individuals and Lamdassem found himself at the top of the podium where Javier and him were joined by Jesus Nunez, who was sixth in 29:21, with Ivan Fernandez ninth in 29:35. 
Lalli's spearheaded the Fiamme club where Ahmed El Mazoury was seventh and Patrick Nasti eight, both in 29:31, with De Nard 11th as Marathon Clube de Portugal finished third overall with 59 points. 
Turkey's Istanbul &#156;sküdar Belediyesi Spor Kulübü were chasing victory in the women's event for the fourth time in a row and though they won the 6km race as Ethiopian Hiwot Ayalew triumphed in 18:56, it was Russia's day. 
Sport Club won with 28 points from Spain's Atletismo Santutxu with 46 and &#156;sküdar Belediyesi third with 51. 
Olga Golovkina, 26, the European 5000m champion, did her best to stay with Ayalew. And though she finished 11 seconds behind in 19:07, she celebrated team glory as fellow Russian Liudmila Lebedeva was third in 19:21, Natalia Gorchalova was eighth in 19:41 and Alina Prokopyeva was 15th in 20:03. 
As the points totals showed, it meant a clear win for the Russian team as the last scoring runner for Istanbul was Bahar Dogan in 26th in 20:32. 
In the junior men, there was team victory for Portugal's Sport Lisboa e Benfica, even though they did not have a runner in the first three. 
In the race itself, Markos Gkorlias, of GAS Ilissos Athletic Club in Greece, triumphed in a really close event in 18:29, from Erkan Celik, of Istanbul Fenerbahce Sport Kulub in the same time with Arhus 1900's Jakob Dybdal Abrahamsen third in 18:39. 
But Luis Miguel Borges, of the Benfica club, was next in 18:32, followed by his teammates of Bruno Varela, fifth in 18:36, Helder Costa, seventh in 18:42, and Ruben Pessoas, 11th in 18:49. 
It meant 27 points for victory from Istanbul Fenerbahce with 40 and the hosts, Playas de Castellon, third with 86. 
And Russia's women could celebrate victory also in the junior event as Sport Club won with 30 points from Bursa Buyuksehir Belediyesi Spor with 38 and Uniao Desportiva da Varzea with 49. 
Dias Silvana, of Uniao, won the 4km race in 13:34 from Sarah Lahti, of Hasselby SK, in 13:42 with Aleksandra Gulieva in 13:47 being Sport Club's first runner home in third in 13:47. 
The team won overall as Alina Sergeeva was fifth in 13:59, Anna Tangova 10th in 14:17 and Tamara Chalkova 12th in 14:23.

 Spain's men's team of Bikila Atletismo retained the European Champion Clubs Cup Cross Country in Castellón on Sunday while the overall combination of

Lalli wins, Spain reign, Russia triumph on glorious day for clubs

Slovenian club A.D: Kronos Ljubljana and Switzerland’s L.G. Erdgas Oberthrgau won the men’s and women’s contests at the combined European Champions Club Cup Track and Field Juniors Group B and C matches in Rieti, Italy, on Saturday. 
The pair get promotion to next year’s top flight competition.
Kronos Ljubljana ran out comfortable men’s winners with a tally of 140 points from the 19 events, 21 points clear of Denmark's Skive A.M. who came out in front of the close race for second place with 119 points.
Among Ljubljana’s winners was the 17-year-old Mitja Lindic, who took the 400m hurdles in an unpressed 54.69 and he will have medal aspirations for next year’s European Athletics Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.
Lindic later combined with his brother Matej to form half of Ljubljana’s winning 4x400m team.
The top marks in the field events came when Denmark’s multi-talented Marquis Richards - who also ran the opening leg on Skive’s victorious 4x100m relay team - cleared 5.00m in the pole vault while Slovakian hammer thrower Tomáš Kru&#133;¾liak, last year’s European Youth Olympic Festival winner and the bronze medallist at the World Youth Championships, sent his implement out to 66.57m.
The women’s competition was a much closer encounter with less than 10 points covering the top three teams, but Erdgas Oberthrgau prevailed with 158 points.
A key factor in the Swiss team’s success was their overall consistency despite getting only one individual victory, Lena Weiss winning the 100m in 12.33 before also running the anchor leg for her club’s winning 4x100m quartet.
The best performance in the field events came from Slovakia’s Jitka Kubelova, who sent the discus out to 50.33m.
Special mention should also be made of Rotterdam Atletiek’s Maureen Koster, who pulled off an unusual 800m and 3000m double.
Results:
Men
1. A.D. Kronos Ljubljana (SLO) 140 Points
2. Skive A.M (DEN) 119
3. S.G. Stavbar Nitra (SVK) 115
4. A.K. Zenica (BIH) 108
5. L.A.S. - B.S.C. Old Boys Basel (SWI) 104
6. Juventude Vidigalense (POR) 103.5
7. Nike Klaipeda (LTU) 103
9. Hellas Utrecht (NED) 83.5
8. Annecy Haute Savoei Athletisme (FRA) 79
10. Tampereen Pyrinto (FIN) 71
Women
1. L.G. Erdgas Oberthrgau (SUI) 158 Points
2. Atl. Studentesca Ca.Ri.Ri (ITA) 150.5
3. Rotterdam Atletiek (NED) 148.5
4. A.K. Spartak Dubnica Nad Vahom (SVK) 143.5
5. Nike Klaipeda (LTU) 136
6. A.K. Sloboda Tehnograd (BIH) 132
7. S.C. Nomme (EST) 130.5
8. A.D. Kronos Ljubljana (SLO) 127
9. Ente Sud Lyonnais (FRA) 94.5
10. Tampereen Pyrinto (FIN) 92
11. Kilkenny City Harriers (IRL) 91
12. Skive A.M.(DEN) 71.5
Click on the link below for complete results:
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  Slovenian club A.D: Kronos Ljubljana and Switzerland&acirc;&#128;&#153;s L.G. Erdgas  Oberthrgau won the men&acirc;&#128;&#153;s and women&acirc;&#128;&#153;s

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