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In what was an epic men’s race at today’s SPAR European Cross Country Championships Alemayehu Bezabeh showed why he is one of the continents leading XC exponents by actually toying with big pre-race favourite Mo Farah. Read more…
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Yesterday I reported that the run of Hayley Yelling at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships should go down as one of the most gutsy performances in the last 20 years of international cross country racing, certainly that I have seen… Read more…
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It is a rare day indeed to get cross country on the box these days, especially terrestrial telly. Sunday sees a day of Euro XC live racing across BBC2 and BBC Red button. Crammy and Bren will be on hand to give their views and observations on all of the action from Santry Park, Dublin… Read more…
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Just two days away now for the biggest athletics event to hit the shores of Ireland in recent years. The SPAR European Cross Country Championships will bring a host of colour to the emerald isle and some hot racing to boot… Read more…
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UKA look at the hopes for Team GB & NI this weekend in Dublin. In the younger age groups there are genuine contenders in the form of Ricky Stevenson and Steph Twell. In the seniors Mo Farah must be in with a shout… Read more…
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Known in the cycling fraternity as the ‘espoirs’. An odd category in my opinion as many U23’s are already well established seniors in their own right. Still, the younger guys and girls race should make for some hot racing at this weekend’s Euro XC. Read more…
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The SPAR European Cross Country Championships seems to be the stage on which European Athletics Rising Star of the Year award winners want to shine. Stephanie Twell, the 2008 Rising Star, took her third successive gold medal last year in Brussels… Read more…
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As we enter the the last few days before Sunday’s SPAR European Cross Country Championships today we have the first of the previews. European Athletics supply us with the goods, as they hold all of the aces when it comes to championship insight… Read more…
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On the 13th December Ireland will host its first major European athletics event, the SPAR European Cross Country Championships. For a country with such a proud tradition in cross country running, including John Treacy, Sonia O’Sullivan and Catherina McKiernan… Read more…
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Entries are in, the teams are picked, and it’s now or never for the 2009 European Cross Country Championships hopefuls as they enter the final week of preparation before Dublin becomes a sea of international colour next weekend… Read more…
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The world of cross country running is certainly taking centre-stage these days with the AK (Athletics Kenya) league in full swing, European Athletics and IAAF Permit races and top domestic action in the UK, plus all of the build up to the highlight of the European season in Dublin on December 13… Read more…
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With just over three weeks to go the Irish organising team behind next month’s SPAR European Cross Country Champs are pulling out all of the stops to get the media hyped and get the fans along to watch, with a stream of stories and press releases this last 2-3 weeks… Read more…
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The British and Irish Masters Cross Country took place on Saturday in, Birmingham, African XC from Ethiopia, the Torres Vedras XC took place in Lisbon on Sunday, and Mary Cullen calls on Ireland to get behind the Euro XC champs in December… Read more…
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With just over 30 days to go before this year’s SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Dublin, UK Athletics preparations are well under way for the event. The conditions in Santry will be very similar to that in Britain… Read more…
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Britain’s Mo Farah has indicated his intention to compete at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Dublin on 13 December. After winning Sunday’s Great South Run in Portsmouth, Farah spoke of his desire to compete in Ireland. Read more…
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Preparations for Ireland’s first SPAR European Cross Country Championship are now in full swing, with just 50 days left until the event, which is taking place on the 13th of December. Read more…
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“I’m definitely aiming to defend my title in Dublin. Not only that, as many people know and it’s almost as important for me, I’m the only person to have run in all 15 of the previous SPAR European Cross Country Championships” Read more…
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Let’s face it any international XC event worth their salt in this day and age needs to get social. Media that is, and this December’s European Cross Country Championships, to be held in Dublin, are getting their act together on Facebook and Twitter. Read more…
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“A delegation from European Athletics recently visited the Local Organising Committee of the SPAR European Cross Country Championships over two days in September.” Media and TV plans are full-steam in Dublin in readiness for December’s Euro XC Read more…
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Events survive on volunteers. The 2009 European XC Champs, to be held in Dublin in December, are no different. Given the fact that the event is charging an entry fee it is likely that they will need every pair of helping hands free-of-charge… Read more…
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Kenyan newspaper The Standard reports that the World Cross Country Championships could go biennial due to a lack of sponsors. As yet this is not fully confirmed, however this may be no bad thing in our view. Read more…
