Final entries published for 2022 SPAR European Cross Country Championships

Preview | Can anyone dethrone Ingebrigtsen in the shadow of La Mandria Castle?

Preview | Reigning champion Grøvdal renews rivalry with Can and Klosterhalfen in La Mandria Park 

Preview | Italy poised to challenge the Brits for mixed relay gold in La Mandria Park

Preview | Home favourite Battocletti to target fourth successive title in La Mandria Park

Preview | Rising Nordic talents to clash in the U20 races in La Mandria Park

Flashback to Chia 2016 | The arrival of Jakob Ingebrigtsen

<h2>SPAR European Cross Country Championships</h2>
The most important cross country event on the European calendar attracts the best distance running talents from across the continent in the U20, U23 and senior categories for both genders with a mixed relay the most recent addition to the programme.
This year&rsquo;s SPAR European Cross Country Championships takes place in Antalya, the fifth largest city in T&uuml;rkiye, on 8 December and will be the 30th edition of the championships.
This will be the first time T&uuml;rkiye has staged the SPAR European Cross Country Championships and Antalya will be the most southerly venue in the 30-year history of the championships.&nbsp;
This year&rsquo;s championships take place in the Dokuma Park in the north of Antalya on a largely flat albeit rhythm-sapping course with sections of sand and mud for the runners to navigate across the seven races.&nbsp;
At the 2023 SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Brussels last December, Norway&rsquo;s Karoline Bjerkeli Gr&oslash;vdal won her third successive senior women&rsquo;s title, defeating soon-to-be Olympic 10,000m silver medallist Nadia Battocletti by 45 seconds.&nbsp;
In the senior men&rsquo;s race, Yann Schrub took advantage of the absence of two-time reigning champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen to win the individual title while hosts Belgium came away with the team title on home soil ahead of France and Norway.
Great Britain topped the medal table again with seven gold medals, including individual victories for Innes FitzGerald and Will Barnicoat in the women's U20 and men's U23 races respectively. Both athletes are eligible to defend their titles in Antalya.
The 2025 SPAR European Cross Country Championships has been awarded to Lagoa, Portugal.&nbsp;
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What a day! Extended highlights | Brussels 2023

Historic gold for France! Senior men's replay | Brussels 2023

Grøvdal reigns again! Women's senior replay | Brussels 2023

Champions d'Europe! Mixed relay replay | Brussels 2023

Pure domination! Women's U23 replay | Brussels 2023

What a finish! Men's U20 replay | Brussels 2023

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The best of Jakob Ingebrigtsen! Road to Brussels 2023

Extended highlights | 2022 SPAR European Cross Country Championships

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