Euro XC Champs

[AthleticsInBritain]

That is just ridiculous!! :lol:

Gutted I missed it though - I flicked over just as they were showing the last page of results from the race :x

I'm sure they'll repeat the highlights again when it switches to BBC2 at 1 o'clock Jon.

[AthleticsInBritain]

U20 Men

1. Carvalho FRA
2. Moen NOR
3. Chahdi FRA
4. Hahn GER
5. Forrester GBR

[nevetsllim]

It's good to see that guy from Norway doing well - but recent youngsters don't really have a good track record of long careers.

Norway have had some good runners recently but they have all vanished off the scene - Engeset, Grovdal, Bakken, Wigene, Larsen etc.

[AthleticsInBritain]

I still don't understand how Norway managed to snatch the silver. There weren't that many Norwegians up in the lead! We missed the U20 team gold by 2 points! Still, I I didn't actually expect us to get a team medal. I'm disappointed for Dave Forrester, but Chahdi was too strong.

[nevetsllim]

They actually had four others in the top 25. I guess the Brits faded a bit in the final 1km. Still, a bronze is better than fourth but Forrester didn't look too happy.

[nevetsllim]

Britain silver and bronze in the under-23 race. I don't really understand why Crammy was saying that we didn't have any individual chances - it's always looked a strong team to me :?

Kuijken is dominating this one.

[nevetsllim]

Kuijken wins the under-23 race. Bobocel was down in sixth or seven place.

Great performance by Tunstall in second but what a shame for McLarty, who was just pipped on the line by the Russian for fourth.

[AthleticsInBritain]

Well, those FSU folks on here can celebrate a gold medal. Hannah England didn't have too bad a run really either.

What a shame for Morag McClarty - but it seemed she almost went sideways during the sprint down the home straight.

I didn't think we had individual medal chances, but I thought we had a chance at a team medal. I would've thought Haydar and/or a Russian/Frenchwoman, Bobocel and Kuijken would carry off the individual medals.

[AthleticsInBritain]

U23 Men

1. Lalli ITA
2. Vernon GBR
3. Bayrak TUR

Very happy that Andy Vernon beat a 27:29 guy for the silver medal, although I'm not sure the Ethiopian, sorry Turkish guy was in that kind of form. GB definitely got the team gold as well!

[nevetsllim]

Kibet won that pretty easily, defeating Augusto and Monteiro.

The British team performance was solid, but not our best.

[AthleticsInBritain]

I can't be the only one here who'd like to see a Twell -v- Radcliffe XC match can I?

Pretty good from Hatti Dean I thought. Still, a silver medal for the team can't be bad. Kibet did look good but Samitova really didn't look like she was having fun! :lol:

Is that team medals in every age group and gender so far?

PS I knew Kuijken reminded me of someone! She looks like a blonde Alanis Morrisette!

[nevetsllim]

I can't be the only one here who'd like to see a Twell -v- Radcliffe XC match can I?

Pretty good from Hatti Dean I thought. Still, a silver medal for the team can't be bad. Kibet did look good but Samitova really didn't look like she was having fun! :lol:

Is that team medals in every age group and gender so far?

Somehow I don't thihkn Samitova will be running many more XC races :wink:

That's right
-Women's junior team gold
-Men's junior team bronze
-Women's u23 team gold
-Men's u23 team gold
-Women's team silver

I thought Hayley Yelling wasn't very good today - she was 2nd in the trials and I thought she would enjoy this course because it's a test of strength but she was only 19th and I thought she would be in the top five or six.

Good to see Dean running well. Normally she's a slow starter to the year so hopefully come the track season, she can challenge the British steeplechase record.

[nevetsllim]

I'm interested to see Farah in the men's race - I've a feeling he might not do so well :?

[Atanvarno]

I'm interested to see Farah in the men's race - I've a feeling he might not do so well :?

Well - he tried his best to spoil Sergej's party .

[gabyandersen]

Junior women video

http://www.mundorunning.com/multimedia