2011 European Cross Country Championships
2011 European Cross Country Championships | |
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Organisers | EAA |
Edition | 18th |
Date | 11 December |
Host city | Velenje, Slovenia |
Events | 6 |
Distances | 9870 m – Men 8170 m – Women 8170 m – U23 men 6070 m – U23 women 6070 m – Junior men 3970 m – Junior women |
Official website | Velenje 2011 |
The 2011 European Cross Country Championships was the 18th edition of the cross country running competition for European athletes which was held in Velenje, Slovenia on 11 December.
Atelaw Yeshetela of Belgium won the men's title to become the country's first ever champion at the competition. The French men's team retained their title from 2010.[1] Fionnuala Britton was the winner in the senior women's race, becoming Ireland's second champion in the history of the event after Catherina McKiernan (who won the inaugural race in 1994).[2][3] The senior women's team race was won by Great Britain.[4]
Preparation
[edit]The city won the rights to the event at the 120th meeting of the European Athletics Council in 2007. It was the second time that Velenje hosted the event, following its hosting of the 1999 edition.[5] The event mascot, Ligi (an anthropomorphic black mole), returned after its introduction in 1999. In the intervening years, the mascot was used for a number of events in the city and represents the importance of lignite (brown coal) in the city's economy.[6]
Alongside international television broadcasts, European Athletics broadcast the event live on the governing body's official website.[7]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/J%C3%A9ssica_Augusto_Barcelona_2010.jpg/220px-J%C3%A9ssica_Augusto_Barcelona_2010.jpg)
The championships featured six races: there were senior, under-23, and under-20 junior categories for each of the sexes. The men's senior race had a 9870-metre distance, while the women's senior and men's under-23 races were held over 8040 m. The men's junior race and women's under-23 contests were over 6070 m. The junior women had a 3970 m distance to cover.[8] The course for the competition was based near the grounds of the Atletski Klub Velenje (Velenje Athletics Club). It had a relatively flat race profile with no significant inclines and comprises two loops (a 1500 m loop and a shorter 300 m circuit).[9]
Five European Athletics permit meetings preceded the championships on the weekend of 26–27 November: the Skanzen meeting in Budapest, the Cross de l'Acier in Leffrinckoucke, the Warandecross in Tilburg, the Lotto CrossCup van West-Vlaanderen in Roeselare, and the Cross Internacional Valle de Llodio in Llodio.[10] These races and national-level trial events were the primary means of athletes gaining selection for the championships.
Ukraine's Serhiy Lebid returned to defend his 2010 title and the nine-time champion was the pre-race favourite. The 2010 women's champion, Jéssica Augusto, did not enter the competition as she was still recovering from her outing at the 2011 New York City Marathon.[11] The other leading finishers from 2010 – Binnaz Uslu, Ana Dulce Félix and Fionnuala Britton – were among the favourites for the women's race.[12]
Race results
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Atelaw_Bekele_Velenje_2011.jpg/220px-Atelaw_Bekele_Velenje_2011.jpg)
Senior men
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Country | Time (m:s) |
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![]() | Atelaw Yeshetela | ![]() | 29:15 |
![]() | Ayad Lamdassem | ![]() | 29:20 |
![]() | José Rocha | ![]() | 29:21 |
4 | Hassan Chahdi | ![]() | 29:22 |
5 | Joseph Sweeney | ![]() | 29:23 |
6 | Javier Guerra | ![]() | 29:24 |
7 | Morhad Amdouni | ![]() | 29:26 |
8 | Khalid Choukoud | ![]() | 29:27 |
9 | Andy Vernon | ![]() | 29:39 |
10 | Morten Toft Munkholm | ![]() | 29:42 |
11 | Mohktar Benhari | ![]() | 29:43 |
12 | Benjamin Malaty | ![]() | 29:44 |
Rank | Team | Points |
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![]() | ![]() Chahdi Amdouni Mokhtari Malaty | 34 |
![]() | ![]() Vernon Ryan McLeod James Walsh Mark Draper | 59 |
![]() | ![]() Lamdassem Guerra Ricardo Serrano Yousseff Aakaou | 67 |
4 | ![]() | 76 |
5 | ![]() | 84 |
6 | ![]() | 116 |
7 | ![]() | 135 |
8 | ![]() | 160 |
- Totals: 76 entrants, 76 starters, 73 finishers, 10 teams.[13]
Senior women
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Rank | Athlete | Country | Time (m:s) |
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![]() | Fionnuala Britton | ![]() | 25:55 |
![]() | Ana Dulce Félix | ![]() | 26:02 |
![]() | Gemma Steel | ![]() | 26:04 |
4 | Nadia Ejjafini | ![]() | 26:13 |
5 | Adriënne Herzog | ![]() | 26:34 |
6 | Sophie Duarte | ![]() | 26:36 |
7 | Roxana Bârcă | ![]() | 26:39 |
8 | Leonor Carneiro | ![]() | 26:39 |
9 | Simret Restle | ![]() | 26:40 |
10 | Valeria Straneo | ![]() | 26:42 |
11 | Christine Bardelle | ![]() | 26:50 |
12 | Freya Murray | ![]() | 26:51 |
Rank | Team | Points |
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![]() | ![]() Steel Murray Julia Bleasdale Elle Baker | 42 |
![]() | ![]() Félix Carneiro Anália Rosa Ana Dias | 51 |
![]() | ![]() Restle Sabrina Mockenhaupt Verena Dreier Susanne Hahn | 83 |
4 | ![]() | 83 |
5 | ![]() | 88 |
6 | ![]() | 101 |
7 | ![]() | 116 |
8 | ![]() | 133 |
- Totals: 54 entrants, 54 starters, 49 finishers, 8 teams.[14]
Under-23 men
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Country | Time (m:s) |
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![]() | Florian Carvalho | ![]() | 23:44 |
![]() | James Wilkinson | ![]() | 23:47 |
![]() | Sondre Nordstad Moen | ![]() | 23:48 |
4 | Richard Ringer | ![]() | 23:48 |
5 | Siarhei Platonau | ![]() | 23:51 |
6 | Abdi Nageeye | ![]() | 23:54 |
7 | Simon Denissel | ![]() | 23:56 |
8 | Mitch Goose | ![]() | 23:57 |
9 | Sindre Buraas | ![]() | 24:02 |
10 | Cihat Ulus | ![]() | 24:03 |
11 | Patrick Nasti | ![]() | 24:04 |
12 | Jesper Van Der Wielen | ![]() | 24:04 |
Rank | Team | Points |
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![]() | ![]() Moen Buraas Henrik Ingebrigtsen Hans Kristian Fløystad | 58 |
![]() | ![]() Wilkinson Goose Derek Hawkins Phillip Berntsen | 76 |
![]() | ![]() Carvalho Denissel Mattheiu Garel Bryan Cantero | 94 |
4 | ![]() | 97 |
5 | ![]() | 107 |
6 | ![]() | 128 |
7 | ![]() | 131 |
8 | ![]() | 141 |
- Totals: 99 entrants, 98 starters, 97 finishers, 15 teams.[15]
Under-23 women
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Country | Time (m:s) |
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![]() | Emma Pallant | ![]() | 19:57 |
![]() | Naomi Taschimowitz | ![]() | 20:02 |
![]() | Corrina Harrer | ![]() | 20:03 |
4 | Stephanie Twell | ![]() | 20:03 |
5 | Anna Hahner | ![]() | 20:05 |
6 | Viktoriya Pohoryelska | ![]() | 20:08 |
7 | Hannah Walker | ![]() | 20:12 |
8 | Clémence Calvin | ![]() | 20:16 |
9 | Carla Salomé Rocha | ![]() | 20:20 |
10 | Jennifer Wenth | ![]() | 20:26 |
11 | Laura Suur | ![]() | 20:28 |
12 | Lisa Hahner | ![]() | 20:31 |
Rank | Team | Points |
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![]() | ![]() Pallant Taschimowitz Twell Walker | 14 |
![]() | ![]() Harrer A. Hanher L. Hahner Jana Soethout | 41 |
![]() | ![]() Rocha Catarina Ribeiro Daniela Cunha Sónia Catarina Lima | 77 |
4 | ![]() | 99 |
5 | ![]() | 101 |
6 | ![]() | 102 |
- Totals: 43 entrants, 43 starters, 42 finishers, 6 teams.[16]
Junior men
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Country | Time (m:s) |
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![]() | Ilgizar Safiullin | ![]() | 17:49 |
![]() | Richard Goodman | ![]() | 17:51 |
![]() | Vladimir Nikitin | ![]() | 17:51 |
4 | Roman Collenot-Spiret | ![]() | 17:53 |
5 | Pieter-Jan Hannes | ![]() | 17:58 |
6 | Rui Pinto | ![]() | 18:01 |
7 | Andrey Rusakov | ![]() | 18:07 |
8 | Jonathan Hay | ![]() | 18:09 |
9 | Kieren Clements | ![]() | 18:10 |
10 | Yehor Zhukov | ![]() | 18:10 |
11 | Niall Fleming | ![]() | 18:18 |
12 | Daniel Arce | ![]() | 18:20 |
Rank | Team | Points |
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![]() | ![]() Goodman Hay Clements Fleming | 30 |
![]() | ![]() Safiulin Nikitin Rusakov Mikhail Strelkov | 60 |
![]() | ![]() Collenot-Spiret Djilali Bedrani Julien Detre Francois Barrer | 103 |
4 | ![]() | 109 |
5 | ![]() | 118 |
6 | ![]() | 120 |
7 | ![]() | 127 |
8 | ![]() | 134 |
- Totals: 114 entrants, 112 starters, 109 finishers, 19 teams.[17]
Junior women
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Country | Time (m:s) |
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![]() | Emelia Gorecka | ![]() | 13:13 |
![]() | Ioana Doaga | ![]() | 13:14 |
![]() | Amela Terzić | ![]() | 13:22 |
4 | Gulshat Fazlitdinova | ![]() | 13:24 |
5 | Zenobie Vangansbeke | ![]() | 13:32 |
6 | Annabel Gummow | ![]() | 13:34 |
7 | Svetlana Ryazantseva | ![]() | 13:37 |
8 | Esma Aydemir | ![]() | 13:41 |
9 | Gesa-Felicitas Krause | ![]() | 13:42 |
10 | Maya Rehberg | ![]() | 13:47 |
11 | Elena Burkard | ![]() | 13:50 |
12 | Mariya Hodakyvska | ![]() | 13:51 |
Rank | Team | Points |
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![]() | ![]() Gorecka Gummow Gemma Kersey Katie Holt | 40 |
![]() | ![]() Fazlitdinova Ryazantseva Alexandra Gulyaeva Vera Vasilyeva | 43 |
![]() | ![]() Krause Rehberg Burkard Jannika John | 50 |
4 | ![]() | 75 |
5 | ![]() | 117 |
6 | ![]() | 122 |
7 | ![]() | 126 |
8 | ![]() | 132 |
- Totals: 93 entrants, 93 starters, 92 finishers, 16 teams.[18]
Total medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 6 | 5 | 1 | 12 |
2 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
3 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
4 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
7 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
11 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (11 entries) | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
- Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.[19]
References
[edit]- ^ SENIOR MEN’S FINAL: Bekele from gun to tape Archived 11 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (11 December 2011). Retrieved 11 December 2011.
- ^ "Britton breezes to gold in Slovenia". RTÉ Sport. 11 December 2011. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
- ^ "Fionnuala Britton wins gold in European cross-country championship". Irish Independent. 11 December 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
- ^ SENIOR WOMEN'S FINAL: Fabulous Fionnuala Archived 8 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (11 December 2011). Retrieved 11 December 2011.
- ^ Albufeira (POR) & Velenje (SLO) to host the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in 2010 & 2011. European Athletics (2007). Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- ^ Ligi the mole unveiled as SPAR European Cross Country Championships mascot Archived 1 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (10 July 2011). Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- ^ European Athletics to stream live SPAR European Cross Country Championships Archived 10 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (5 December 2011). Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- ^ Timetable EXCCH Velenje 2011. Velenje 2011 (21 November 2011). Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- ^ Competition Venue. Velenje 2011. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- ^ Calendar 2012 – Cross Country Archived 23 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (2011). Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- ^ Ramsak, Bob (9 December 2011). Lebid looking to add to his continental legend in Velenje – European XC champs preview. IAAF. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
- ^ Senior women's preview: Who will succeed Augusto in Velenje? Archived 6 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (7 December 2011). Retrieved 8 December 2011.
- ^ 2011 European XC Championships – Senior Men's Final[dead link]. European Athletics (2011). Retrieved 11 December 2011.
- ^ 2011 European XC Championships – Senior Women's Final Archived 21 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (2011). Retrieved 11 December 2011.
- ^ 2011 European XC Championships – Under-23 Men's Final[dead link]. European Athletics (2011). Retrieved 11 December 2011.
- ^ 2011 European XC Championships – Under-23 women's Final[dead link]. European Athletics (2011). Retrieved 11 December 2011.
- ^ 2011 European XC Championships – Junior men's Final Archived 17 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (2011). Retrieved 11 December 2011.
- ^ 2011 European XC Championships – Junior women's Final Archived 27 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (2011). Retrieved 11 December 2011.
- ^ Medal Table Archived 30 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (2011). Retrieved 11 December 2011.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Competition site on European Athletics