Hosts Türkiye have announced their team for the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Antalya on 8 December.
The star name on their team is 2022 European 10,000m champion Yasemin Can who won an unprecedented four successive senior women’s titles between 2016-2019.
This will be Can’s first significant race since the Istanbul 2023 European Athletics Indoor Championships where she was a DNF in the 3000m final.
The best known name in the senior men’s team is arguably Ayetullah Aslanhan who has been on a podium at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships, winning silver in the U20 race behind Jakob Ingebrigtsen in 2019.
Aslanhan also won silver in the senior race at the recent Balkan Cross Country Championships where Türkiye won the team titles in both the senior men’s and women’s races.
The team will also have medal prospects in the women’s U20 race. Their team includes Edibe Yagiz who finished sixth in 2022 and helped Türkiye to silver in the team race.
The full Turkish team can be found here.