European Cross Nation Championships: Jakob Ingebrigtsen wins third title

Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen cruised to victory on the European Cross Nation Championships in Turkey to say the boys’s senior title for the third time in 4 years.

The 24-year-old Olympic 5,000m champion selected to not compete within the occasion final 12 months however reclaimed his crown with a dominant efficiency at Dokuma Park in Antalya.

He pulled away from the sector within the closing lap to win in a time of twenty-two minutes 16 seconds, eight seconds forward of Italian Yemaneberhan Crippa in second place, whereas Spain’s Thierry Ndikumwenayo was third.

Rory Leonard was the primary Briton throughout the road in ninth place, which helped to clinch bronze within the males’s staff standings.

Kate Axford was tenth to assist the British staff declare silver within the ladies’s senior race, which was gained by Italy’s Nadia Battocletti, whereas the GB staff claimed bronze within the inaugural blended relay.

Will Barnicoat defended his title within the males’s under-23s, ending forward of Northern Eire’s Nicholas Griggs, with team-mate David Stone third.

GB’s Phoebe Anderson claimed the ladies’s U23s title, whereas Innes Fitzgerald and Jess Bailey took gold and silver respectively within the ladies’s U20s and George Couttie completed second within the males’s U20s race.

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