<h2>European 10,000m Cup</h2>
The European 10,000m Cup dates from 1997 when it was held under its initial title of the European 10,000m Challenge.&nbsp;
Notable names on the roll-of-honour at the Cup include Spain's Jose Manuel Martinez (2004 and 2009), Great Britain's Mo Farah (2010) and Italy's Daniele Meucci (2016) on the men&rsquo;s side and multiple winners Fernanda Ribeiro from Portugal (1998 and 2003), fellow Portuguese runner Sara Moreira (2011, 2012 and 2017) and Great Britain's Paula Radcliffe (1999 and 2001) among the women.
At the 2022 edition in Pac&eacute;, France Jimmy Gressier won the men's race and led France to another team title while Yasemin Can from Turkey won the women's race.&nbsp;
The 2023 and 2024 editions will also be held in Pac&eacute;.

Pre-race favourite Jimmy Gressier powered away from his rivals in the second half to win the individual title at the European 10,000m Cup in Pace, France on Saturday (28) evening in 27:24.51 and lead France to a successful defence of the team title.&nbsp;
Gressier still had Spain&rsquo;s Carlos Mayo and Aras Kaya from Turkey - the latter who finished ahead of Gressier at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships last December - in his slipstream at the halfway point in 13:42.56 but the charismatic and popular Frenchman put almost half-a-minute on his rivals in the last 5000 metres.
With only the lapped runners for company in the closing kilometres, Gressier ran hard in pursuit of the French record which stands at 27:17.29 and even though he fell narrowly short of this mark, the 25-year-old still made a richly successful return to this discipline.
<img src="https://directus.european-athletics.com/assets/dc932f86-b49c-4ef9-b724-9eb05c718862?width=5413&amp;height=3609" alt="European 10,000m Cup Pace 2022" />
In only his second track 10,000m some three years after winning the European U23 title in Gavle, Gressier slashed more than one minute off his lifetime best with 27:24.51 to ensure yet more continental honours. His time was also not only a qualifying time for the European Athletics Championships in Munich but also the World Athletics Championships in Oregon in mid-July.
Third last year, Mayo improved to second this year, finishing a distant second to Gressier in 27:53.12 with Kaya another five seconds back in third in 27:58.08.&nbsp;
With Yann Schrub the second counter for the home contingent in fourth in 27:59.32 and Emmanuel Roudolff clocking 28:06.28 in eleventh, France successfully defended their team title in Pac&eacute; despite the absence of last year&rsquo;s individual winner Morhad Amdouni due to injury.
<img src="https://directus.european-athletics.com/assets/6273b450-9476-4c6c-928b-7e00b5e650f2?width=5812&amp;height=3874" alt="European 10,000m Cup Pace 2022" />
In the women&rsquo;s race, Turkey&rsquo;s multiple European champion Yasemin Can looked back to her best form after an off-colour 2021 season, putting down the hammer with a sizzling fourth kilometre of 3:02.74 to cut loose from a tightly bunched field.&nbsp;
Can&rsquo;s mid-race surge had the desired effect and the 25-year-old never looked in any danger of relinquishing her lead once she hit the front in earnest. She came home for victory on her European 10,000m Cup debut in a European leading time of 31:20.18 to also seal the qualifying times for both Munich and Eugene.
<img src="https://directus.european-athletics.com/assets/a992e738-0fa6-4593-80b0-bfd7e3f8929f?width=4041&amp;height=2694" alt="European 10,000m Cup Pace 2022" />
On the comeback trail from injury and illness, Alina Reh finished an isolated second in 31:39.86 with her teammate Katharina Steinruck third in a lifetime best of 32:03.88 to ensure Germany would win their first ever team title at the European 10,000m Cup in either competition.
There were some other notable lifetime bests for some of the athletes who just missed out on the individual medals.&nbsp;
Ukraine&rsquo;s Valeriia Zinenko was an excellent fourth in 32:07.28, one place ahead of 39-year-old Maitane Melero from Spain who ran her fastest ever time of 32:08.57. In sixth, Moira Stewartova set a Czech record of 32:08.96 and Mekdes Woldu was eighth on home soil for France in 32:11.72.
Full results <a title="" href="https://pace22results.european-athletics.com/en/results/athletics/daily-schedule.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
Full race replay <a title="" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaJIl7TmisE" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.

Gressier and Can dominate proceedings at the European 10,000m Cup

Fans will be able to watch the European 10,000m Cup which takes place in Pac&eacute;, France live on Saturday (28) evening on the <a title="" href="https://www.youtube.com/user/EuropeanAthletics/featured" target="_blank" rel="noopener">European Athletics YouTube channel</a>.
The streaming begins at 5.45pm CEST (4.45pm BST) and will be accompanied by expert English-language commentary. Start lists and live results for the European 10,000m Cup will also appear <a title="" href="https://pace22results.european-athletics.com/en/results/athletics/daily-schedule.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>. Athletes' biographies are also available (<a title="" href="https://directus.european-athletics.com/downloads/1d8f0896-31b1-4574-bdd6-9ac04a547be1/Pace_Women_2022.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Women</a> | <a title="" href="https://directus.european-athletics.com/downloads/d688c28d-713f-4ce3-9a8d-95ba58b0feca/Pace_Men_2022.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Men</a>).&nbsp;
In the men&rsquo;s race, France will be looking to retain their team title at the Stade Chasseboeuf. The team is spearheaded by European cross country bronze medallist Jimmy Gressier who is making his European 10,000m Cup debut. He will be accompanied by an experienced team including Yann Schrub and Florian Carvalho, both of whom have broken the 28 minute-barrier.
Other names to watch include last year&rsquo;s third-placer Carlos Mayo from Spain who is now the fastest entrant registered for the European 10,000m Cup with Norway&rsquo;s former European marathon record-holder Sondre Nordstad Moen a late withdrawal. Mayo set his lifetime best of 27:25.00 in last year&rsquo;s edition of this race in Birmingham and is part of a strong Spanish team which also features Jesus Ramos and Chiki Perez who have lifetime bests of 27:49.73 and 27:46.08 respectively.
The outstanding entrant in the women&rsquo;s race is Turkey&rsquo;s four-time European cross country champion Yasemin Can who also makes her European 10,000m Cup debut. Can is by far the fastest entrant with a 30:26.41 lifetime best dating back to the 2016 Olympics.
The women's race also features Great Britain's Stephanie Twell (31:08.13) and Germany's Alina Reh although her compatriot Miriam Dattke, who won silver behind Reh at the 2019 European U23 Championships, is another significant withdrawal.

How to watch the European 10,000m Cup

The 25th edition of the European 10,000m Cup in the French town of Pac&eacute; on Saturday (28) looks set to consolidate the event&rsquo;s reputation as one of the most important contests in the world over 25 laps of the track outside a major championship.
In total, 131 athletes from 29 nations - as well as an Athlete Refugee Team &ndash; have been entered for the event at the Stade Chasseboeuf.
Spain&rsquo;s Carlos Mayo is the fastest in the men's field, which has 11 men who have run under 28 minutes) with a best of 27:25.00 and was third in Birmingham last year.&nbsp;
He is certainly to look out for on current form after having run 27:38.59 last month to win the Iberian Trophy and last weekend the 2017 European U23 10,000m gold medallist took the IberoAmerican 5000m title to add to his list of honours.
Another pair of notable entrants are two-time former European cross country champion Aras Kaya from Turkey and Switzerland's former European half marathon champion Tadesse Abraham, and the latter improved his Swiss marathon record to 2:06:38 when winning the Zurich Marathon last month.
Also in form is Gashau Ayale, who improved the Israeli national record to 27:49.88 less than two weeks ago in London. The big question in his case is whether he will have had enough time to recover from his outing in the British capital. 
However, inevitably the biggest cheers will be reserved for the French contingent in Pac&eacute;.
<img src="https://directus.european-athletics.com/assets/ea332e5c-8e48-4d10-b5fd-0e898421d8b8?width=2752&amp;height=1835" alt="SPAR European Cross Country Championships 2021" />
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;">Jimmy Gressier has a relatively modest lifetime best of 28:44.17 and will be contesting his first track 10,000m since winning the first part of a 2019 European U23 5000/10,000m double. 
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;">However, the popular 2021 European cross country bronze medallist has run more than one minute faster for this distance on the road, recently winning the French 10km title in 27:41, and is a proven big-time competitor.
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;">He will be accompanied by Yann Schrub and Florian Carvalho, who have lifetime bests of 27:49.64 and 27:55.68, as well as former European 3000m steeplechase champion Yoann Kowal, who made his 10,000m debut on the Pac&eacute; track last month and clocked a very respectable 28:05.64.
Into the bargain, Kowal will turn 35 on Saturday so a personal best would be a very appropriate birthday present to himself. Taking into consideration home advantage, France will have the status as the marginal favourites to retain the men&rsquo;s team title in Birmingham they won 12 months ago but Spain, with Mayo accompanied by sub-28 performers Juna Antonio Perez and Jesus Ramos, also have an excellent chance of adding to their tally of 10 men&rsquo;s team titles, with the last one won in 2018. (Note: Norway's Sondre Nordstad Moen and Germany's Richard Ringer were late withdrawals from the Cup and featured in earlier versions of this preview.)
<img src="https://directus.european-athletics.com/assets/480fe039-9b13-4033-adb3-c544267bff05?width=5004&amp;height=3336" alt="2019 European 10,000m Cup" />
Turkey's Esma Aydemir and Great Britain's Stephanie Twell know what it&rsquo;s like to be a Cup winner, having taken the individual honours in 2017 and 2019 respectively, but there is no doubt that a lot of eyes will be on the performance of four-time European cross country champion Yasemin Can from Turkey, who is making her European 10,000m Cup debut this year. 
Can, who also won the 5000m and 10,000m at the 2016 European Athletics Championships, is the only women entered with a lifetime best inside 31 minutes with a career mark of 30:26.41, albeit a time which dates back to the 2016 Olympic Games.
However, her recent 8:41.38 3000m two weeks ago at the Doha Diamond League meeting showed she should be in good shape to challenge for Cup honours.
A strong German team going to Pac&eacute; is headed by 2018 European 10,000m bronze medallist Alina Reh, who took a medal of a similar hue at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships last December. Reh - one of the three women to have lifetimes bests under 32 minutes, along with Can and Twell &ndash; will be bidding lead Germany&rsquo;s first ever Cup team title by either gender.
However, Great Britain have won the last three team titles as well as five of the last six and will not cede supremacy easily. Along with Twell, the British team includes Hannah Irwin, Lauren Heyes and Jess Gibbon, who could all potentially make another step formward and go under 32 minutes for the first time.
The complete list of entries can be seen <a href="https://directus.european-athletics.com/downloads/e957017c-d730-42cc-8b2c-391441b4ee77/EC10000m%202022%20-%20Final%20Entries%20Athletes%20List%20By%20Event.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
The men's Cup record is 27:14.44 set by Spain's Fabian Roncero back in 1998 while the women's mark is 30:21.67 by Turkey's Elvan Abeylegesse from 2006.
<p style="box-sizing: border-box; outline: none; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px;">The <a title="https://www.european-athletics.com/" href="Silver%20anniversary%20edition%20of%20the%20European%2010,000m%20Cup%20set%20to%20thrill" target="_blank" rel="noopener">European Athletics website</a> will have live results from the Cup and the event will be streamed live on both the website and via the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/EuropeanAthletics">European Athletics YouTube channel</a>.&nbsp;

Silver anniversary edition of the European 10,000m Cup set to thrill

Final entries for the 2022 European 10,000m Cup in Pac&eacute;, France on 28 May have been published and can be viewed <a title="" href="https://directus.european-athletics.com/downloads/e957017c-d730-42cc-8b2c-391441b4ee77/EC10000m%202022%20-%20Final%20Entries%20Athletes%20List%20By%20Event.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
In total, 131 athletes from 29 nations - as well as an Athlete Refugee Team - will be competing at this year&rsquo;s event which takes place at the Stade Chasseboeuf for the next three editions.&nbsp;
The men&rsquo;s race features no fewer than 13 athletes who have lifetime bests inside the 28 minute-barrier. The fastest entrants are Norway&rsquo;s former European marathon record-holder Sondre Nordstad Moen (27:24.78) and Spain&rsquo;s Carlos Mayo (27:25.00), who was third in Birmingham last year.
The home contingent is headed by Jimmy Gressier who will be contesting his first track 10,000m since winning the first part of a 5000/10,000m double at the 2019 European Athletics U23 Championships in Gavle, Sweden.
Gressier has a relatively modest lifetime best of 28:44.17 on the track but the European cross country bronze medallist has run more than one minute faster for this distance on the asphalt, recently winning the French 10km title in 27:41.
The French team has been weakened by the withdrawal of reigning champion Morhad Amdouni but Gressier is joined on the French team by Yann Schrub and Florian Carvalho who have lifetime bests of 27:49.64 and 27:55.68 respectively and will harbour credible aspirations of retaining their team title.
Other notable entrants include former European cross country champion Aras Kaya from Turkey and Switzerland's former European half marathon champion Tadesse Abraham who recently improved his Swiss marathon record to 2:06:38.
<img src="https://directus.european-athletics.com/assets/b317b987-c007-4d42-aeda-34af3db036cd?width=3775&amp;height=2517" alt="European Cross Country Championships" />
The standout entrant in the women&rsquo;s race is four-time European cross country champion Yasemin Can from Turkey who is making her European 10,000m Cup debut this year. Can is the only entrant with a lifetime best inside the 31 minute-barrier with 30:26.41 which dates back to the 2016 Olympic Games.
A strong German team is headed by European 10,000m bronze medallist Alina Reh while Great Britain, who have won five of the last six team titles on the women&rsquo;s side, are sending a quintet which features long-time British internationals Steph Twell, Lauren Heyes and Jess Gibbon.
The European 10,000m Cup will be streamed live on the <a title="" href="https://www.youtube.com/user/EuropeanAthletics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">European Athletics YouTube channel</a> with both expert English and French language commentary.

Final entries published for European 10,000m Cup

Reigning European 10,000m bronze medallist Alina Reh will spearhead a strong German team at the European 10,000m Cup which takes place in Pac&eacute;, France on 28 May.
Reh is the fastest of the German quintet with a lifetime best of 31:19.87 which dates back to 2019, the season in which she won the 10,000m title at the European Athletics U23 Championships in Gavle.&nbsp;&nbsp;
After missing the Tokyo Olympics, Reh seemed to be on the fast track back to form and fitness again. She won a bronze medal in a high quality senior women&rsquo;s race at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships but the German suffered yet another spell on the sidelines.&nbsp;
Reh had an adverse reaction to her coronavirus booster jab and was diagnosed with myocarditis - an inflamed heart muscle - which forced her to stop training altogether for three months.&nbsp;
However, Reh made a victorious comeback at the German 10,000m Championships in Pliezhausen a fortnight ago where she also secured the qualifying standard for Munich 2022 with 32:06.63.
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"I traveled to Pliezhausen and said to myself that it would be good if I finished fifth. Above all, I wanted to have fun and just be back on the line &ndash; no matter how fast I am. I made it clear to myself in advance that there have been really difficult moments in the last few weeks and that I can finally do what I love to do again.
"It's nice when you know that your body can give everything again. I had doubts that I would ever be able to get back to my old performance. If that hadn't been the case, I would have had to ask myself whether I wanted to do the sport with cutbacks. I think that would have been very difficult for me," said Reh in a recent interview with Leichtathletik.de.
The German team for Pac&eacute; also includes Katharina Steinruck, Domenika Mayer and Miriam Dattke - all of whom will be competing for Germany in the marathon in Munich 2022 - as well as Eva Dieterich.
<img src="https://directus.european-athletics.com/assets/6fa63b76-5d0b-462e-a585-4e1e6fec0783?width=4584&amp;height=3343" alt="2018 European 10,000m Cup" />
The men&rsquo;s team for Pac&eacute; features 2018 European 10,000m Cup winner Richard Ringer who is also targeting the marathon in Munich this August. The team also features recently crowned German 10,000m champion Simon Boch and Nils Voigt who was fourth last year in a lifetime best of 27:49.04.
The full German team for Pac&eacute; can be found <a title="" href="https://www.leichtathletik.de/news/news/detail/76494-alina-reh-und-simon-boch-fuehren-dlv-team-beim-10000-meter-europacup-an" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
From a historical standpoint, German athletes have taken six individual victories in the European 10,000m Cup. Dieter Baumann won the inaugural edition in 1997 and in 2002 before Andre Pollmacher and Ringer followed suit in 2007 and 2018 respectively. On the women's side, Sabrina Mockenhaupt claimed the honours in both 2005 and 2013.
The European 10,000m Cup will be streamed live through the <a title="" href="https://www.youtube.com/user/EuropeanAthletics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">European Athletics YouTube channel</a> with both English and French-language commentary.

On the comeback trail, Reh spearheads Germany's European 10,000m Cup team

Carlos Mayo will lead Spain&rsquo;s prospects at this year&rsquo;s European 10,000m Cup which takes place in Pac&eacute;, France on 28 May.
Mayo finished third in last year&rsquo;s race in a lifetime best of 27:25.00 - the fastest time by a Spaniard in over 20 years - which sealed his place on the team for the Tokyo Olympics where he acquitted himself well with a 13th place finish.
Mayo has already approached this time in the early weeks of the summer season by winning the Spanish 10,000m title by more than 30 seconds in 27:38.59.
Spain is the most successful nation in the history of the men&rsquo;s race at the European 10,000m Cup, winning nine individual titles and 10 team titles. Their most recent team triumph came in 2018 which was staged in conjunction with the Night of the 10,000m PBs in London.
Their team also includes Juan Antonio Perez and Yago Rojo - both of whom were part of that winning team in 2018 - as well as Jesus Ramos who finished sixth last year in Birmingham in a lifetime best of 27:49.73.&nbsp;
The women&rsquo;s team hasn&rsquo;t been quite as illustrious although Julia Vaquero won the inaugural edition in 1997 before Trihas Gebre followed suit in 2015. Their last team triumph came in 2013.
The fastest runner on their team is 39-year-old Maitane Melero who has a lifetime best of 32:14.57. She finished ninth last year in Birmingham.&nbsp;
The full Spanish team for the European 10,000m Cup can be found <a title="" href="https://www.rfea.es/sirfea/ficheros/comunicados/documentos/95-2022.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.
The European 10,000m Cup will be streamed live with both English and French-language commentary with more details to be announced soon.

Mayo headlines Spain’s team for the European 10,000m Cup

Multiple European cross country champion Jimmy Gressier will spearhead France&rsquo;s team for the European 10,000m Cup in Pac&eacute;, France on 28 May.
He has the slowest lifetime best at 28:44.17 although that mark is due for some significant revision. He has only contested the distance once on the track, coming away with the gold medal at the European Athletics U23 Championships in 2019 when he ran the last four laps in under 4:20.
Gressier has been more accustomed to contesting this distance on the roads and his lifetime best stands at a recently set 27:42 - a time that has only been surpassed by Zerei Kbrom (27:39) and Julien Wanders (27:13) among European athletes.
The French team also includes Yann Schrub and Florian Carvalho who have lifetime bests of 27:49.64 and 27:55.68 respectively along with former European 3000m steeplechase champion Yoann Kowal (28:05.68) and Emmanuel Roudolff-Levisse (28:18.93).
French marathon record holder and 2021 European 10,000m Cup winner Morhad Amdouni was also originally named to the French team but withdrew&nbsp; due to a slight gluteal injury. He will be replaced by Corentin Le Roy (best of 28:25.06).
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The standout name on the women&rsquo;s team is Mekdes Woldu who became eligible to compete for France last October. Woldu&rsquo;s track lifetime best stands at a relatively modest 32:44.42 but she clocked 31:25 for 10km on the roads in March.&nbsp;
The full French team for Pac&eacute; can be found <a title="" href="https://www.athle.fr/asp.net/main.html/html.aspx?htmlid=6356" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>. The French men have won the team title on three occasions, including last year, while the French women's team have stood on top of the podium on just one occasion, back in 2004,&nbsp;
The European 10,000m Cup will be streamed live with both English and French-language commentary with more details to be announced soon.

Gressier to lead all-star French team for European 10,000m Cup

Former world marathon record-holder Paula Radcliffe from Great Britain has been announced as an event ambassador for the 2022 European 10,000m Cup which takes place in Pac&eacute;, France on 28 May.
After the 2018 and 2019 editions were held in conjunction with the Night of the 10,000m PBs before the 2021 edition had to be staged behind closed doors in Birmingham due to pandemic restrictions, the next three editions of the European 10,000m Cup will all take place in the Stade Chasseboeuf in Pac&eacute;, just outside Rennes.
Radcliffe is still the second fastest marathon runner in history with her 2:15:25 clocking from the 2003 London Marathon and while Sifan Hassan has taken her European 10,000m record into new territory, Radcliffe is still the second fastest European in history with 30:01.09.
<img src="https://directus.european-athletics.com/assets/952ba217-80fd-4f26-9998-94dc58c639ae?width=2372&amp;height=1556" alt="Paula Radcliffe of Great Britain" />
She ran that time without pacemakers - and in the pouring rain - at the 2002 European Athletics Championships in Munich and this time remains the championship record some twenty years later. It could very well remain on the books after this year&rsquo;s European Athletics Championships which return to Munich.&nbsp;
Reflecting on her achievements, Radcliffe said: &ldquo;That performance [in Munich] has a very high place in my career because for me, it was truly a target for a long time to win a championship on the track. I thought that perhaps I wouldn&rsquo;t run quite so fast on the track after moving up to the marathon but in fact it was the opposite.
&ldquo;The fact the marathon went so well gave me a lot of confidence in myself. It also brought me more strength physically and mentally. Therefore it helped me on the track and that was surely the case in Munich.
&ldquo;I hadn&rsquo;t run a 10,000m that season so it was the only occasion I had to try and break my record and perhaps the mythical European record of Ingrid Kristiansen who had held the record for almost as long as I did. I looked up to her in the 1980s, and the way she ran, when I started running.&rdquo;
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Like Kristiansen, Radcliffe was a fierce and committed front runner and just like the Norwegian did at the 1986 European Championships, Radcliffe led almost every step of the race. Her time of 30:01.09 was the second fastest in history up until that point but she rued how close she was to breaking the fabled 30 minute-barrier.
&ldquo;That's why, when I crossed the line, there were two emotions. There was the emotion of happiness because I was pleased to take the record at last and set a lifetime best but also the emotion of having missed the 30 minute-barrier by 1.09. Perhaps with different conditions I would have done it, perhaps with other competitors in the race I would have done it - but I was pleased nonetheless!&rdquo; she said.
Radcliffe made her debut at this distance four years prior when the event was known under its original alias of the European 10,000 Metres Challenge. Radcliffe finished second on that day to Portugal&rsquo;s Fernanda Ribeiro but the Brit was to notch up individual victories at both the 1999 and 2001 editions of the event, each time with winning times inside 31 minutes - 30:40.70 and 30:55.80 respectively.
<img src="https://directus.european-athletics.com/assets/7b8c8432-346f-4e7d-aa3c-4ed7c56eebec?width=2352&amp;height=1594" alt="Paula Radcliffe" />
Having retired from competitive athletics in 2015, Radcliffe is looking forward to being a spectator in Pac&eacute; and the organisers are planning to employ many of the innovations which made the 2018 and 2019 editions of the European 10,000m Cup such a success, including a full programme of events - including kids&rsquo; and veterans&rsquo; races - and allowing spectators to watch and cheer from the track.&nbsp;
&ldquo;It&rsquo;s what I love and I am sure the French can do the same thing as well and produce a beautiful night of athletics. We will cross our fingers that the night will produce some good performances - not too hot, not too windy and especially with a good atmosphere around the track.&nbsp;
&ldquo;Having all the spectators around the track will also protect the runners a bit more and it will also give them a bit more motivation,&rdquo; said Radcliffe.
The hosts will be looking to retain the men&rsquo;s team title after triumphing last year thanks in no small part to Morhad Amdouni who took the individual victory in a sprint finish ahead of Bashir Abdi from Belgium and Spain&rsquo;s Carlos Mayo.
How does Radcliffe see this year&rsquo;s race unfolding?
&ldquo;[Last year] was a great race. The French team ran super well. At the moment the men&rsquo;s team in France is really strong with plenty of talent. In the UK, it&rsquo;s more in the 1500m and 5000m for the most part but we wait to see what the guys will show in the 10,000m. On the women&rsquo;s side the level is higher with Eilish McColgan,&rdquo; she said.

Radcliffe to be the event ambassador for the 2022 European 10,000m Cup

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European 10,000m Cup

Mo Farah will contest his first track 10,000m in almost three years when he lines up at the European 10,000m Cup in Birmingham on Saturday (5) evening.
Farah made his breakthrough at this distance in this same competition eleven years ago when he struck individual gold in Marseille in 27:28.66, a precursor to an incredible 15 major track titles at either global or continental level across the next eight seasons.
Now 38, Farah will be looking to further embellish this figure later this summer at the Tokyo Olympic Games but first and foremost, the Brit still needs to secure the Olympic qualifying time of 27:28.
In the context of the European 10,000m Cup, the Brits begin as overwhelming favourites for their first ever team title and it isn&rsquo;t wholly inconceivable the home contingent could even take a sweep of the individual medals.
While Farah is by far the most credentialed of the British cohort, two runners in the team have already secured the Olympic qualifying standard in recent months: Marc Scott and Sam Atkin. The European 10,000m Cup also combines the British Olympic Trials for the distance and the top two finishers will secure automatic qualification for Tokyo assuming they have the qualifying time.
Scott holds the European-leading marks at both 5000m (13:10.13) and 10,000m (27:10.41) and Atkin, who is also based in the United States, lopped a significant chunk off his lifetime best with 27:26.58 last December to sneak inside the Olympic qualifying standard of 27:28.
Like Farah, Jake Smith will be chasing the Olympic 10,000m qualifying time off the back of some outstanding road performances in recent weeks. Smith created headlines in April when he won the Cheshire Marathon in 2:11:00 despite only being recruited as a pacemaker.
The biggest threats to the British contingent from an individual perspective will be provided by France&rsquo;s Morhad Amdouni and Bashir Abdi from Belgium, the gold and silver medallists from the Berlin 2018 European Athletics Championships.
Amdouni and Abdi have strong track backgrounds as proven by their performances in the German capital three years ago although both of them have shifted their focus onto the roads since then.
Amdouni was the best European finisher at the World Half Marathon Championships in Gdynia last October when he finished eighth in 59:40 and Abdi lowered his Belgian marathon record to 2:04:49 in the Tokyo Marathon last March to move to second on the European all-time list, one place ahead of Farah.
Amdouni is part of a strong French team which also includes Florian Carvalho and fellow sub-28 minute performer Francois Barrer while the Spaniards, who have accrued an unmatched 10 team titles, have selected another strong team including Chiki Perez and Carlos Mayo.
Yemaneberhan Crippa won the individual title two years ago and also led Italy to a surprise title in the team race. Crippa isn&rsquo;t competing this year although his older brother Nekganet will ensure the family is represented on the Italian team.
The championship record could certainly come under threat on Saturday evening. The mark is still held by Spain&rsquo;s Fabian Roncero with 27:14.44 from the second edition of the event in 1998 which was held under its initial alias of the European 10,000 Metres Challenge.
Live results can be found <a href="https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2021/GBR/not/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.

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A thrilling late charge by European 5000m silver medallist Eilish McColgan propelled the British athlete to snatch a stunning victory at the European 10,000m Cup in Birmingham on Saturday (5).&nbsp;&nbsp;
Courtesy of a last lap of 64.23, McColgan hauled in long-time leader Selamawit Teferi just before the finish line after 25 laps of hard racing, despite the Israeli appearing to have an unassailable 15-second advantage with one kilometre to go.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Even with 600 metres to go, Teferi&rsquo;s lead spanned across nearly all of the back straight, but McColgan, pushed by an injection of pace from compatriot Jessica Judd who was chasing the Olympic qualifying standard of 31:25, sprinted for home to clock 31:19.35. With European 3000m indoor bronze medallist Verity Ockenden in fourth in 31:34.70, Britain comfortably took the team gold medal that they have now won on five of the last six occasions.&nbsp;
There was an outpour of emotion as the top three athletes all sealed their places for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Israeli 10,000m champion Teferi and Judd went under the 31:25:00 standard for the first time with 31:19:50 and 31:20:96 respectively.&nbsp;
The win was also especially sweet for McColgan, as she narrowly missed out the European title after a close battle with another Israeli rival, Lonah Chemtai Salpeter, at the last edition of the event in 2019.&nbsp; "I'm honestly absolutely buzzing," she said. &ldquo;To make that team, and to win the race as well, I couldn't have asked for anymore.&nbsp;
&ldquo;I started in the steeplechase, moved to the 5K, and now I think I&rsquo;ve found an event that I really love,&rdquo; added the Scottish runner, who will go to a third Olympics in the same city where her mother Liz won world 10,000m gold 30 years ago.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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European indoor 3000m champion Amy-Eloise Markovc had been following her teammates closely but couldn&rsquo;t stay with the pace and slipped back to fifth towards the end in 32:04.38, while Albania&rsquo;s 2016 European steeplechase silver medallist Luiza Gega held her form well to finish with a lifetime best and national record of 32:16.25, albeit nearly a minute back from the leaders. &nbsp;
Italy&rsquo;s team silver came thanks to fifteenth-placed Giovanna Epis finishing as their fastest athlete with 33:02:23, but was aided by an excellent showing in the Women&rsquo;s B race, which saw two Italians finish in the top four behind Czech winner Teresa Hrochova. This was in spite of Italian champion Martina Merlo dropping out mid-race.&nbsp;
Anna Arnaudo and Rebecca Lonedo ran the show at the front for long spells, with Hrochova and Angelika Mach of Poland looking dangerous behind as they came through the 7000m split with 23:19.86 on the clock.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Arnaudo, 20, performed bravely - but appeared somewhat reluctant to be the one controlling the pace as it increased to 3:15 for the penultimate kilometre, now with only Hrochova for company.&nbsp;&nbsp;
The athlete who made her 10,000m track debut by running 33:53.78 at the Czech Championships in April, had asked for 33:30 pace going into the race and seemed determined to follow up the form that saw her run an Olympic qualifying time of 2:29:06 on her marathon debut in Austria two weeks ago.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Powering into first position on the back straight, Hrochova unleashed a brilliant kick as part of a 68-second last lap that gave the young Italian Arnaudo little chance to respond. She came home 2.7 seconds behind the winner&rsquo;s 33:00.00 exact clocking.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
Mach&rsquo;s third place helped Poland take bronze in the team standings, with their fastest time coming from Izabela Paszkiewicz, who was eleventh in the A Race.&nbsp;
Full results can be found <a href="https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2021/GBR/not/">here.</a>

Late drama seals European 10,000m Cup win for McColgan

In a repeat of the Berlin 2018 European Athletics Championships, France&rsquo;s Morhad Amdouni found another gear on the last lap to outsprint Bashir Abdi from Belgium for the individual title and lead France to the team trophy at the European 10,000m Cup in Birmingham on Saturday (5) evening.
The top three finishers all secured the Olympic qualifying standard of 27:28 but the anticipated domestic head-to-head between European leader Marc Scott and four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah didn&rsquo;t quite materialise at the University of Birmingham Athletics Track.
Both Scott and Farah fell away from the leaders after the halfway point, although Scott did rally in the latter stages to pip his more illustrious compatriot for the domestic stakes in seventh in 27:49.94 to Farah&rsquo;s 27:50.64 in eighth, his first defeat at this distance since the 2011 World Athletics Championships.&nbsp;
Scott already has the Olympic qualifying standard by virtue of an early season European leading time of 27:10.41 and is now assured of his place on the British team for Tokyo although Farah, who has been waylaid by a recent ankle injury, will have to attempt the distance again in order to defend his 10,000m title in the Japanese capital.
&ldquo;The last 10 days hasn&rsquo;t been great but, no matter what I&rsquo;ve achieved in my career, it was important that I come to the trials. It would have been easy not to show but I did show and I dug in deep. With 15 laps to go I was hurting hard. I just had to keep fighting, keep digging in and finish in the top two,&rdquo; said Farah after the race.
At the front end of the race, Amdouni showed the most enterprise and resolutely stuck to the wavelights - an initiative which was used for the first time at the 2019 European 10,000m Cup in London - which were set at just a fraction inside the Olympic 10,000m qualifying time of 27:28.
The European 10,000m champion was working visibly hard in chase of the standard and the grimacing Frenchman was closed down in the latter stages by a tandem of Abdi and Carlos Mayo from Spain who formed a group of three with Amdouni with one kilometre remaining.
Having relinquished the lead, Amdouni dug in at the back of the leading trio as Mayo forged ahead in pursuit of victory as well as the Olympic qualifying standard with Abdi in his slipstream. This is how the positions remained as they hit the bell.
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Two laps after looking in danger of being dropped, a revived Amdouni found extra resolve and moved wide with 200 metres remaining and uncorked a devastating sprint finish. The European 10,000m champion passed Mayo first before overhauling Abdi halfway down the home straight for victory in a lifetime best of 27:23.39.
Abdi and Mayo also secured lifetime bests and Olympic qualifying times of 27:24.41 and 27:25.00 respectively although the Belgian is expected to focus on the marathon at the Tokyo Olympics. Abdi is the second fastest European in history at the distance by virtue of a 2:04:49 performance in the 2020 Tokyo Marathon.
With Yann Schrub (27:49.64) and Mehdi Frere (28:03.90) fifth and eleventh respectively, France sealed their first team title in the men&rsquo;s race since 2010 when the event was held at home in Marseille. Hosts Great Britain, whose third counter Emile Cairess was rewarded with a lifetime best of 27:53.19 in tenth, won silver in the team stakes with bronze heading in the direction of Spain.
Full results <a href="https://data.opentrack.run/en-gb/x/2021/GBR/not/event/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.&nbsp;

Amdouni sprints to victory at the European 10,000m Cup in Birmingham

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