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>
<p dir="ltr">This 2024 SPAR European Cross Country Championships was held in Antalya, T&uuml;rkiye and marked the 30th edition of a championships which was added to the calendar in 1994.&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">Jakob Ingebrigtsen maintained his unbeaten run at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships, winning his seventh individual gold medal and his third senior gold medal, beating Italy's Yemaneberhan Crippa who returned to the podium individually for the first time since 2019.</p>
<p dir="ltr">His teammate Nadia Battocletti made history by becoming the first woman in championship history to win individual titles across all three age-groups, the Roma 2024 5000m and 10,000m champion upgrading her 2023 silver medal from to gold in 2024.&nbsp;Additionally, there was also gold for Italy in the mixed relay.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Once again, Great Britain topped the medal table in Antalya. The British squad won three individual gold medals with Innes FitzGerald and Will Barnicoat defending their women's U20 and men's U23 titles with Phoebe Anderson making it a Great Britain U23 double by taking gold in the women's race in this age category.</p>
<p dir="ltr">After just missing out on U20 gold last year, 2024 European Athletics Rising Star Niels Laros from the Netherlands made amends by kicking to an expected victory in the men's U20 race.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Intriguingly, Great Britain have now won 199 medals in SPAR European Cross Country Championships history which means someone will have the honour of picking up their 200th medal at the 2025 edition which takes place in&nbsp;Lagoa, Portugal.&nbsp;</p>
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Results

News

Team & Media Information

Past Editions

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Statistics Handbook (Antalya 2024)

Results Book (Antalya 2024)

SPAR European Cross Country Championships

Mixed relay replay | Antalya 2024

Senior women's race replay | Antalya 2024

Senior men's race replay | Antalya 2024 

Amazing Antalya! 2024 highlights

Jakob Ingebrigtsen interview | Antalya 2024

Nadia Battocletti interview | Antalya 2024 

Niels Laros interview | Antalya 2024

Crazy cross country finishes!

What a day! Extended highlights | Brussels 2023

Extended highlights | 2022 SPAR European Cross Country Championships

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

Lagoa 2025

<p dir="ltr"><strong>Don&rsquo;t miss a thing from the Antalya 2024 SPAR European Cross Country Championships on Sunday (8) morning!</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr">The championships will be streamed <a href="https://www.european-athletics.com/home/live-stream/spar-european-cross-country-championships" target="_blank" rel="noopener">on the European Athletics website</a> and Eurovision Sport platform from 11:00am local time (CET+2) and will be accompanied by English-language commentary from two-time World Cross Country Championships silver medallist Tim Hutchings and 2011 World Athletics Championships 1500m silver medallist Hannah England.</p>
<p dir="ltr">In addition to English-language commentary, there will also be the option of watching the live stream with French, Czech, German, Poland, Serbian and Croatian commentary.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The 2024 SPAR European Cross Country Championships will also be televised in 15 countries across Europe.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/european-athletics/image/upload/v1733472382/18875780-21be-4f21-9f15-146035293f82.jpg"></p>
<h2 dir="ltr">&nbsp;Social media coverage</h2>
<p dir="ltr">Extensive coverage of the championships will be available across all of our social media channels.</p>
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<li dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/europeanathletics/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a></li>
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<li dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href="https://x.com/EuroAthletics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">X</a></li>
<li dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@EuropeanAthletics/featured" target="_blank" rel="noopener">YouTube</a></li>
<li dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@europeanathletics" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TikTok</a></li>
<li dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href="https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VabWklHF1YlUWwOPTf2n" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WhatsApp</a></li>
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<p dir="ltr">If you miss anything live, highlights of the championships will be published <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@EuropeanAthletics/featured" target="_blank" rel="noopener">on the European Athletics YouTube channel</a> on Sunday evening and full event replays will be uploaded from Monday (9) afternoon onwards.&nbsp;</p>
<h2 dir="ltr">Press Conference</h2>
<p dir="ltr">The official pre-event press conference for the 2024 SPAR European Cross Country Championships takes place on Saturday (7) at 12.15pm local time.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The press conference will also be <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKDspfIVsNg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">streamed live on the European Athletics YouTube channel</a> and will be attended by the following dignitaries and athletes.</p>
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<li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Dobromir Karamarinov (BUL) - European Athletics President</li>
<li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Mesut Kocag&ouml;z (TUR) - Mayor of the Kepez Municipality</li>
<li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Dr. Ahmet Karadağ (TUR) - President of Turkish Athletic Federation</li>
<li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Ayetullah Aslanhan (TUR) - 2019 European U20 cross country silver medallist and 2024 Balkan cross country silver medallist</li>
<li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Yasemin Can (TUR) - four-time SPAR European cross country champion and three-time gold medallist at the European Athletics Championships</li>
<li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Konstanze Klosterhalfen (GER) - 2022 European 5000m champion and 2022 European cross country silver medallist</li>
<li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Yann Schrub (FRA) - reigning SPAR European cross country champion and 2024 European 10,000m silver medallist</li>
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<h2 dir="ltr">Useful links&nbsp;</h2>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href="https://www.european-athletics.com/news/preview-ingebrigtsen-seeking-glorious-end-to-adventurous-year-at-antalya-2024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senior men&rsquo;s preview</a></li>
<li dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href="https://www.european-athletics.com/news/preview-battocletti-on-the-cusp-of-creating-history-in-antalya" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senior women&rsquo;s preview</a></li>
<li dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href="https://www.european-athletics.com/news/preview-great-britains-barnicoat-looking-for-back-to-back-u23-wins" target="_blank" rel="noopener">U23 men&rsquo;s and women&rsquo;s preview</a></li>
<li dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href="https://www.european-athletics.com/news/preview-laros-and-fitz-gerald-the-u20-favourites-in-antalya" target="_blank" rel="noopener">U20 men&rsquo;s and women&rsquo;s preview</a></li>
<li dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href="https://www.european-athletics.com/news/preview-france-seeking-mixed-relay-defence-in-antalya-2024" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mixed relay preview</a></li>
<li dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href="https://european-athletics.directus.app/assets/825c2b08-81f1-421a-b9d6-7a59177e23e4/EXCH%202024%20-%20Final%20Entries%20Athletes%20List%20By%20Event%20-%20v2.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Final entries</a></li>
<li dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href="https://european-athletics.directus.app/assets/1fa1c5e7-cb72-4cb2-91c6-c6059ff1bacb/EXCH%202024%20%20-%20Statistics%20Handbook.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Statistics handbook</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href="https://european-athletics.directus.app/assets/fa2f86d0-54b4-40eb-9fe9-4df465693424/EXCH2024%20-%20Timetable%20-%20v20241023%20-%20Final%20-%20Last%20update%20with%20corrected%20distances.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Timetable</a></li>
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How to follow the Antalya 2024 SPAR European Cross Country Championships

<p dir="ltr"><strong>It has already been a dream year for Italy&rsquo;s Nadia Battocletti and she has the chance to achieve something no woman has ever achieved in the history of the SPAR European Cross Country Championships which takes place this year in Antalya, T&uuml;rkiye on Sunday (8).</strong></p>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href="https://european-athletics.directus.app/assets/825c2b08-81f1-421a-b9d6-7a59177e23e4/EXCH%202024%20-%20Final%20Entries%20Athletes%20List%20By%20Event%20-%20v2.pdf">Final entries</a></li>
<li dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href="https://eurovisionsport.com/explore/federation?id=LandingPage-EA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Live Stream</a></li>
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<p dir="ltr">No female athlete has won individual age-group titles at U20, U23 and senior level in the history of the championships but Battocletti will have an outstanding chance to complete the set on a largely flat 7.8km course in Dokuma Park which is likely to favour those with stronger track credentials.</p>
<p dir="ltr">And her prospects have been heightened significantly with the late withdrawal of Norway&rsquo;s Karoline Bjerkeli Gr&oslash;vdal, the three-time reigning champion and a medallist at the last eight editions of the senior women&rsquo;s race, due to a recent bout of illness.&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/european-athletics/image/upload/v1733319373/Website/GettyImages-1845697114_1_gjhboc.jpg"></p>
<p dir="ltr">However, Germany&rsquo;s Konstanze Klosterhalfen and T&uuml;rkiye&rsquo;s four-time Yasemin Can are both on the comeback trail and have proven cross country credentials on this surface, and at this championship, and will be among those out to foil the Italian&rsquo;s quest for a unique collection of titles.</p>
<p dir="ltr">In the men&rsquo;s ranks, only Battocletti's compatriot Andrea Lalli has achieved this elusive hat-trick between 2006-12.</p>
<p dir="ltr">And despite the absence of Gr&oslash;vdal - who won by a record-breaking 45 seconds last year - it is still one of the strongest and most intriguing line-ups for a women&rsquo;s race in the venerable 30-year history of the SPAR European Cross Country Championships.</p>
<h2 dir="ltr">The rise and rise of Battocletti</h2>
<p dir="ltr">Battocletti may have been a distant silver medallist behind Gr&oslash;vdal in the cloying mud in Brussels last year but the Italian is one of the most improved elite distance runners in Europe this year.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Battocletti won a 5000/10,000m double at the European Athletics Championships in Rome in front of an ecstatic crowd which included her coach and father Giuliano - who ran in the SPAR European Cross Country Championships six times - before stepping up to the global stage to win a brilliant 10,000m silver at the Olympic Games Paris 2024.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/european-athletics/image/upload/v1718178256/Website/battocletti.png"></p>
<p dir="ltr">But it was at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships where Battocletti - and so many other of the continent&rsquo;s finest middle and long distance runners - first made a name for herself, winning the U20 title in 2018 and 2019 before graduating to U23 gold in 2021 and 2022 and silver medal behind Gr&oslash;vdal last year represented an auspicious debut in the competition's senior ranks.</p>
<h2 dir="ltr">Klosterhalfen and Can on the comeback trail&nbsp;</h2>
<p dir="ltr">By contrast to Battocletti, Klosterhalfen missed the track season through illness but the 2022 European 5000m champion - who is also a former two-time European U20 cross country champion - is gradually returning to form, clocking a 67:07 half marathon in Valencia in October although she finished more than a minute behind Battocletti at the recent World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold meeting in Alcobendas, Spain.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Klosterhalfen is also at the forefront of a German team with a genuine chance of reclaiming the team title they won two years ago in Turin and their team also features reigning European indoor 3000m champion Hanna Klein who recently won the German cross country title and will also be in the conversation for an individual medal as well.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/european-athletics/image/upload/v1733394020/GettyImages-1245550063.jpg"></p>
<p dir="ltr">Klosterhalfen and Klein were both part of Germany&rsquo;s gold medal-winning team in 2022, finishing second and fourth respectively in Turin where the Germans impressively filled four of the top six places in the individual race.&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">The wildcard in the race is T&uuml;rkiye&rsquo;s Yasemin Can who won an unmatched four successive titles between 2016-19, beating Gr&oslash;vdal - who was looking to match Can&rsquo;s record on Sunday - into silver or bronze on all four occasions.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/european-athletics/image/upload/v1733319871/GettyImages-1358590930.jpg"></p>
<p dir="ltr">Can has barely raced since her last appearance at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in 2022 when she was a DNF but the home favourite cannot be entirely discounted. <br><br>At 27, Can also still has time on her side to rekindle her career which included 10,000m gold at the 2022 European Athletics Championships.</p>
<h2 dir="ltr">Team medals up for grabs&nbsp;</h2>
<p dir="ltr">The team title last year was won by Great Britain and their team in Antalya features last year&rsquo;s bronze medallist Abbie Donnelly and Izzy Fry, the latter being the third counter of their gold medal-winning team in tenth place ast year.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/european-athletics/image/upload/v1733394170/GettyImages-1845696604.jpg"></p>
<p dir="ltr">However, the winner of an always-competitive trial race in Liverpool was former hockey international Kate Axford although the underfoot and weather conditions in Antalya are expected to be significantly different.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Italy, who surprisingly have never won a senior women's team medal, could potentially end that drought thanks to having Battocletti and the in-form European Athletics Championships 10,000m fourth-place finisher Federica Del Buono, who was also a mixed relay gold medallist at these championships two years ago, in their team.&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">Spain, team silver medallists in 2023, also have a squad that could stand on the podium again with two of their scorers from last year, Cristina Ruiz and Carolina Robles, who finished 13th and 16th respectively, back again.&nbsp;</p>
<p dir="ltr">And with only three counters to score, this brings the Swedish team into the conversation of the context of the team race.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Their team features the 2019 European cross country bronze medallist Samrawit Mengsteab and the very experienced Sarah Lahti who showed good form with her third successive victory at the Warandeloop in Tilburg last month.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Also watch out for Romania&rsquo;s Delvine Meringor, who finished an excellent seventh in the marathon at the 2024 Olympic Games as well as fourth in the half marathon in Rome.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>Steven Mills for European Athletics</strong></p>
<p dir="ltr">The championships will be streamed in their entirety <a href="https://www.european-athletics.com/home/live-stream/spar-european-cross-country-championships">through the European Athletics website</a> from 11:00 local time (09:00 CET/08:00 GMT) and will be accompanied by expert English-language commentary from two-time World Cross Country Championships silver medallist Tim Hutchings and 2011 World Athletics Championships 1500m silver medallist Hannah England.</p>
<p dir="ltr">There will also be extensive race day coverage of the championships on the European Athletics website and social media channels.</p>
<p dir="ltr">For those visiting Antalya, there are no ticket sales for this event. It is free to enter the venue and watch the competitions and medal ceremonies.</p>
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Preview | Battocletti on the cusp of creating history in Antalya

<p><strong>It has been a rollercoaster year for Jakob Ingebrigtsen and the Norwegian middle distance supremo will be determined to end it on a high at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Antalya, T&uuml;rkiye on 8 December.</strong></p>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://european-athletics.directus.app/assets/825c2b08-81f1-421a-b9d6-7a59177e23e4/EXCH%202024%20-%20Final%20Entries%20Athletes%20List%20By%20Event%20-%20v2.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Final entries</a></li>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://eurovisionsport.com/explore/federation?id=LandingPage-EA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Live Stream</a></li>
</ul>
<p>An Achilles injury caused him to miss last year&rsquo;s championships in Brussels and rehabilitation killed off any hopes of competing at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow in March.&nbsp;</p>
<p>It was the first time since breaking through as a senior athlete at the Berlin 2018 European Athletics Championships with 1500m and 5000m gold that he had foregone the indoor season, notwithstanding the pandemic.&nbsp;</p>
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<p>Ingebrigtsen returned in time to defend his 1500m and 5000m titles at the Roma 2024 European Athletics Championships where he became the most successful male athlete in championship history with a burgeoning total of six gold medals at the age of 23.</p>
<p>His fortunes at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games were slightly more mixed&nbsp;with Ingebrigtsen fading to an unforeseeable and disconsolate fourth in the 1500m final but&nbsp;he bounced back like an athlete of unique talents can, winning the 5000m four days later, his second Olympic gold medal to go with his 1500m victory from Tokyo 2020.&nbsp;</p>
<p>In the post-Olympic period the pattern of ups-and-downs continued, most notably with a brilliant 3000m world record of 7:17.55 at the Silesia Diamond League, defeat to Yared Nuguse in the 1500m in Zurich, back to winning ways in Brussels before an ill-fated attempt at the half marathon less than two days later in Copenhagen where he ground to a halt just after the 10km mark before finishing 34th.&nbsp;</p>
<h2>Third title bid</h2>
<p>Always watchable, Ingebrigtsen now has another opportunity for another highlight in an eventful year. In Antalya, he will be going for his third men&rsquo;s senior title having triumphed in Dublin 2021 and Turin 2022. He has an enviable record at the event having also won the men&rsquo;s U20 race four years in a row between 2016-2019.</p>
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<p>Additionally, his elder brothers have also enjoyed significant success, with Filip winning the men&rsquo;s senior race in Tilburg 2018 and Henrik winning the men&rsquo;s U23 race in Szentendre 2012. Inevitably, the highly decorated youngest brother will start as favourite in Antalya.</p>
<p>But it is by no means expected to be a procession.</p>
<h2>Brussels medallists return in force</h2>
<p>All of last year&rsquo;s medallists in Brussels will be on start-line again. Defending champion Yann Schrub from France is sure to be one of the best supported athletes at the championships.&nbsp;He also won 10,000m silver at the 2024 European Athletics Championships so will be keen to grab another European medal this year.</p>
<p>Schrub is joined on the French team by European 3000m steeplechase champion Alexis Miellet who anchored France to team gold in the mixed relay at the 2023 SPAR European Cross Country Championships.</p>
<p>However, one notable absentee from the French team is Jimmy Gressier who declined selection despite winning the trial race in Allonnes last month. Gressier is choosing to focus on the roads this winter and has pencilled in the 10km at the inaugural European Running Championships in Brussels-Leuven next April into his itinerary&nbsp;</p>
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<p>2023 silver medallist Magnus Tuv Myhre also returns, and alongside Jakob and Filip Ingebrigtsen, forms a potent spearhead for Norway&rsquo;s attempt on the team title. Filip will be looking to rekindle some form having failed to finish in his last two SPAR European Cross Country Championship appearances in 2021 and 2022.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The team title went to an inspired collective performance from home nation Belgium last time round and individual bronze medallist Robin Hendrix heads up their title defence, alongside John Heymans and&nbsp;<br>Isaac Kimeli, who also contributed to team gold in 2023.</p>
<h2>Strong Italian and Spanish challengers&nbsp;</h2>
<p>One athlete who could potentially upset the Ingebrigtsen dominance in Antalya is Spain's Thierry Ndikumwenayo, the 10,000m bronze medallist at the 2024 European Athletics Championships and a recent winner of the prestigious Cross Internacional de Italica in Seville, a World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold meeting.</p>
<p>Ndikumwenayo also has the distinction of being the top European finisher at the World Cross Country Championships in Belgrade in late March when he finished ninth. He occupied the same position in the 10,000m final at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, clocking 26:49.49 to move to second on the European all-time list behind Mo Farah, who won this title in 2006.</p>
<p>Ndikumwenayo is at the forefront of a strong Spanish team which also includes the experienced Adel Mechaal, the bronze medallist in 2015 and the silver medallist in 2017, and Abdessamad Oukhelfen, the highest Spanish finisher in the senior men's race in seventh last year.&nbsp;</p>
<p><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/european-athletics/image/upload/v1731523325/Website/GettyImages-1844999048_lixyhh.jpg"></p>
<p>The Italian challenge will be led by reigning European half marathon champion Yemaneberhan Crippa, a two-time European U20 cross country in 2014-15. Crippa is making his 12th successive appearance at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships although his last individual medal dates back to 2019 when he won silver on an undulating course in Lisbon.</p>
<p>By contrast, Sweden's Andreas Almgren will be making his debut at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships. The former 800m prospect, who won a bronze medal over two laps at the 2014 World Athletics U20 Championships, has excelled at the longer distances in recent years, clocking 26:52.87 for 10,000m and 59:23 for the half marathon this year.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Almgren might have scant cross country experience but the 29-year-old has the talent and endurance to be a factor individually on a different surface in Antalya on Sunday.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Chris Broadbent for European Athletics</strong></p>
<p>The championships will be streamed in their entirety <a href="https://www.european-athletics.com/home/live-stream/spar-european-cross-country-championships" target="_blank" rel="noopener">through the European Athletics website</a> from 11:00 local time (09:00 CET/08:00 GMT) and will be accompanied by expert English-language commentary from two-time World Cross Country Championships silver medallist Tim Hutchings and 2011 World Athletics Championships 1500m silver medallist Hannah England.</p>
<p>There will also be extensive race day coverage of the championships on the European Athletics website and social media channels.</p>
<p>For those visiting Antalya, there are no ticket sales for this event. It is free to enter the venue and watch the competitions and medal ceremonies.</p>

Preview | Ingebrigtsen seeking glorious end to adventurous year at Antalya 2024

<p><strong>It has almost become <em>de rigueur</em> to put together back-to-back wins in the men&rsquo;s U23 race at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in recent years and Great Britain&rsquo;s Will Barnicoat will be hoping to continue the trend on Sunday (8).</strong></p>
<ul>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://european-athletics.directus.app/assets/825c2b08-81f1-421a-b9d6-7a59177e23e4/EXCH%202024%20-%20Final%20Entries%20Athletes%20List%20By%20Event%20-%20v2.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Final entries</a></li>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://eurovisionsport.com/explore/federation?id=LandingPage-EA" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Live Stream</a></li>
</ul>
<p>France&rsquo;s Jimmy Gressier put together three consecutive wins between 2017-19, post-pandemic Great Britain&rsquo;s Charlie Hicks then triumphed in 2021 and 2022 while the latter&rsquo;s compatriot Barnicoat was the first man home last year, just outsprinting France&rsquo;s Valentin Bresc with both men being given the same time after 7km of racing.</p>
<p><iframe title="YouTube video player" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YHNVT0eI04U?si=LZRMRA42J_iUwf7t" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin"></iframe>Barnicoat has since improved his 5000m best to 13:19.66 in the summer, the second fastest time by a European U23 runner in 2024, but a few alarm bells rang as he was beaten in the British trials for Antalya in Liverpool last month by the unheralded David Stone, who will also be in the British team.</p>
<p>Among an impressive array of rivals facing Barnicoat, in addition to his teammate Stone, is the man who also showed an impressive turn of speed when winning in Brussels 12 months ago, Denmark&rsquo;s 2021 and 2023 U20 winner Axel Vang Christensen.</p>
<p>Christensen will be accompanied by Joel Ibler Lilles&oslash; in the Danish team and with three to score, Denmark also have a chance of taking their first ever men&rsquo;s team medal in any category at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships.</p>
<p>Lilles&oslash;, the 2021 European U20 5000m champion who won the Nordic senior cross country title last month, will also aspire to an individual medal to add to his 2021 U20 bronze, after finishing sixth behind Barnicoat last year.</p>
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<p>Barnicoat, Lilles&oslash; and Christensen occupy second, fourth and sixth places on the 2024 European U23 5000m list, which might provide a good guide to who the main protagonists in Antalya could be.</p>
<p>The course for the U23 races is 6324m in distance and relatively flat, although the expected rain around the region in the coming days could make the going softer than originally anticipated.</p>
<p>Topping the 5000m list is Ireland&rsquo;s Nick Griggs, the 2021 European U20 3000m gold medallist who finished second and third in these championships' U20 race in 2022 and 2023 respectively.</p>
<p>Griggs, still only 19 as he doesn&rsquo;t celebrate his birthday until later in December, improved his 1500m and 5000m personal bests to Irish U23 records of 3:35.04 and 13:13.07 respectively in the summer and having won U20 team gold with Ireland last year, has the pedigree to get Ireland's first ever men's individual win in any category at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships.&nbsp;<br><br>Austria&rsquo;s Sebastian Frey finished a modest 58th in Piemonte-La Mandria Park two years ago and missed last year&rsquo;s race in Brussels but might also have chance of a rare medal for his country &ndash; which has never won a European cross country title of any description &ndash; after a summer of impressive performances on the track which culminated in a national U23 5000m record of 13:20.65.</p>
<p>Another man who could enter medal consideration is Norway&rsquo;s Abdullahi Dahir Rabi as the 2021 European cross country U20 silver medallist &ndash; finishing between the Danes Christensen and his training partner Lilles&oslash; on that occasion &ndash; who improved to 13:29.26 this year.</p>
<p>As far as the team medals are concerned, the last two years have seen Great Britain and France &ndash; who have European U23 3000m steeplechase list leader Luc Le Baron in their team &ndash; take gold and silver respectively.</p>
<p>It would be no surprise to see these two nations once again occupy two of the places on the podium but the remaining slot could be up for grabs.</p>
<h2>Can Mononen find her Midas touch?&nbsp;&nbsp;</h2>
<p>Ilona Mononen finished a distant second in Brussels 12 months ago behind Great Britain&rsquo;s Megan Keith, who won by a staggering one minute and 23 seconds but with the Briton missing as she recovers from injury, the Finn might fancy her chances of gold in Antalya.</p>
<p>Mononen, the 2021 European U20 3000m champion, pressed her credentials to be consider the favourite with a strong run to win the Nordic senior title on home soil in Vantaa last month.</p>
<p><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/european-athletics/image/upload/v1733223747/GettyImages-1845702302.jpg">She also showed her appetite for rising to the big occasion on the track this summer with a Finnish 3000m steeplechase record of 9:23.28 when finishing sixth at the European Athletics Championships before improving further to 9:22.77 in her heat at the Olympic Games.<br><br>If Mononen was to win, it would be just the second gold for Finland in the history of the championships, with the only other occasion the Finnish national anthem having been played after Annimari Sandell won the 1995 senior women's title at the age of 18.</p>
<p>However, the Spanish pair of Angela Viciosa and 2022 U20 gold medallist Maria Forero might well offer a stern challenge on the type of course which traditionally seems to favour southern European runners.</p>
<p>Viciosa, the daughter of 1998 European 5000m champion Issac Viciosa, finished fourth in Brussels last year while Forero was only two places behind her.<br><br>Forero notably improved her own Spanish U23 5000m record to 15:19.69 at the European Athletics Championships and is the fastest woman over that distance out of the 73 runners entered.</p>
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<p>Other top ten finishers from 2023 to return are the Netherlands&rsquo; Emmy van den Berg and Bulgaria&rsquo;s Yasna Petrova.<br><br>On paper, the battle for team gold could be between last year&rsquo;s gold and bronze medallists Great Britain &ndash; who have won on 12 of the 17 occasions since U23 races came onto the championship programme in 2006 &ndash; and Spain.<br><br>However, T&uuml;rkiye have an outside chance of a team medal having last got on the podium in this category back in 2017.&nbsp;</p>
<p>The host nation can boast of recently-minted Balkan U23 champion Urkus Isik in their team as well as Pelinsu Şahin, who just missed out on a medal at the World University Games cross country earlier this year when finishing fourth in the short race.</p>
<p><strong>Phil Minshull for European Athletics</strong></p>
<p>The championships will be streamed in their entirety <a href="https://www.european-athletics.com/home/live-stream/spar-european-cross-country-championships" target="_blank" rel="noopener">through the European Athletics website</a>&nbsp;from 11:00 local time (09:00 CET/08:00 GMT) and will be accompanied by expert English-language commentary from two-time World Cross Country Championships silver medallist Tim Hutchings and 2011 World Athletics Championships 1500m silver medallist Hannah England.</p>
<p>There will also be extensive race day coverage of the championships on the European Athletics website and social media channels.</p>
<p>For those visiting Antalya, there are no ticket sales for this event. It is free to enter the venue and watch the competitions and medal ceremonies.</p>

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<p><strong>First introduced at the 2017 SPAR European Cross Country Championships in &Scaron;amor&iacute;n, Slovakia, the mixed relay race has provided some of the most exciting moments in the recent history of the event and the 2024 edition, is likely to be another thriller.</strong></p>
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<p>Nations have deployed some of their finest middle distance talents and it has generated some hard-fought blanket finishes.</p>
<p>None more so than last year when France and the Netherlands hunted down Great Britain in the closing straight, resulting in European 3000m steeplechase champion Alexis Miellet kicking away to grab France&rsquo;s first ever victory in this event.</p>
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<p>One year prior to that, Gaia Sabbatini launched a devastating sprint finish off the final downhill section to overhaul the Spaniards, who might begin as the favourites in Antalya, to anchor Italy to a memorable and emotional gold medal on home soil in Turin</p>
<h2>Britain seeking more medals</h2>
<p>Great Britain is the most successful nation in this discipline with three victories (&Scaron;amor&iacute;n 2017, Lisbon 2019, Dublin 2021) in the six stagings and will no doubt me in the mix again this time.</p>
<p>Joshua Lay, a bronze medallist over 1500m from the 2019 European Athletics U20 Championships has been named in their line up. Lay ran the opening leg in Brussels last year when Britain settled for bronze.</p>
<p><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/european-athletics/image/upload/v1733136333/GettyImages-1845194270.jpg"></p>
<p>The French team includes Antoine Senard, the only returning member of their gold medal-winning team last year, but their strongest runner based on track performances is Agathe Guillemot who finished ninth in the 1500m final on home soil at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games where she broke the 4:00-barrier in all three rounds.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Miellet, who anchored France to gold last year, makes his debut in the senior men's race this year.&nbsp;</p>
<h2>Spanish experience could be key</h2>
<p>Perhaps the most experienced and credentialed quartet in the field is Spain who include current men&rsquo;s 800m gold medallist from Istanbul 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships Adrian Ben, seeking more precious metal in T&uuml;rkiye.&nbsp;</p>
<p>He will be joined by two-time European indoor 1500m bronze medallist Jesus Gomez; multiple continental and global 1500m finalist Marta Perez; and Esther Guerrero, the only remaining member of their gold medal-winning team from Tilburg 2018.</p>
<p><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/european-athletics/image/upload/v1733135072/GettyImages-1305684016.jpg"></p>
<p>Former champions Italy will be spearheaded by 1500m national record-holders Sintayehu Vissa and Pietro Arese, the latter a bronze medallist at the Roma 2024 European Athletics Championships. Arese also ran the opening leg for the victorious Italians two years ago.</p>
<p>Eleven nations will toe the start-line in Antalya. In addition to the above, Andorra, Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Ukraine and the hosts T&uuml;rkiye will compete.<br><br><strong>Chris Broadbent for European Athletics<br></strong></p>
<p>A complete entry list for the Antalya 2024 SPAR European Cross Country Championships is available <a href="https://european-athletics.directus.app/assets/6b87e25d-dab1-4f3f-b624-c10ff45640fd/EXCH2024 - FE - Athletes List By Event.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>.</p>
<p>The championships will be streamed in their entirety <a href="https://www.european-athletics.com/home/live-stream/spar-european-cross-country-championships" target="_blank" rel="noopener">through the European Athletics website</a>&nbsp;from 11:00 local time (09:00 CET/08:00 GMT) and will be accompanied by expert English-language commentary from two-time World Cross Country Championships silver medallist Tim Hutchings and 2011 World Athletics Championships 1500m silver medallist Hannah England.</p>
<p>There will also be extensive race day coverage of the championships on the European Athletics website and social media channels.</p>
<p>For those visiting Antalya, there are no ticket sales for this event. It is free to enter the venue and watch the competitions and medal ceremonies.</p>

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