2014 European Cross Country Championships Explained

2014 European Cross Country Championships
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Organisers:	EAA
Edition:	21st
Date:	14 December
Host City:	Samokov, Bulgaria
Location:	Borovets
Races:	6
Distances:	9.880 km – Men 8.050 km – Women 8.050 km – U23 men 6.025 km – U23 women 6.025 km – Junior men 4.000 km – Junior women
Website:	http://www.samokov2014.eu/
Previous:	2013 Belgrade
Next:	2015 Hyères

The 2014 European Cross Country Championships was the 21st edition of the cross country running competition for European athletes which was held in Samokov, Bulgaria, on 14 December 2014. The events were hosted at Borovets – a winter sports and ski resort in the Rila mountains.^[1]

Race results

Senior men

+Individual race
width=5%	Rank	width=30%	Athlete	width=15%	Country	width=10%	Time (m:s)
	Polat Kemboi Arikan		32:19
	Ali Kaya		32:19
	Alemayehu Bezabeh		32:30
4	Florian Carvalho		32:59
5	Ross Millington		33:00
6	Mohamed Marhum		33:04
7	Khalid Choukoud		33:04
8	Stefano La Rosa		33:17
9	Adam Hickey		33:19
10	Timothée Bommier		33:21

+Teams
width=10%	Rank	width=30%	Team	width=10%	Points
	Arikan Kaya Cihat Ulus Ramazan Özdemir	33
	Bezabeh Marhum Antonio Abadía Roberto Alaiz	36
	Stefano La Rosa Marouan Razine Patrick Nasti Ahmed El Mazoury	59

• Totals: 75 entrants, 75 starters, 70 finishers, 9 finishing teams.^[2]

Senior women

+Individual race
width=5%	Rank	width=30%	Athlete	width=25%	Country	width=10%	Time (m:s)
	Gemma Steel		28:27
	Kate Avery		28:27
	Meraf Bahta		28:52
4	Almensch Belete		28:52
5	Sophie Duarte		28:58
6	Fionnuala Britton		28:59
7	Steph Twell		29:07
8	Iwona Lewandowska		29:09
9	Iris María Fuentes-Pila		29:19
10	Carla Salomé Rocha		29:20

+Teams
width=10%	Rank	width=30%	Team	width=10%	Points
	Steel Avery Twell Lily Partridge	21
	Fuentes-Pila Trihas Gebre Diana Martín Lidia Rodríguez	70
	Britton Sara Treacy Michelle Finn Annmarie McGlynn	87

• Totals: 62 entrants, 62 starters, 58 finishers, 7 finishing teams.^[3]

Under-23 men

+Individual race
width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Athlete	width=15%	Country	width=10%	Time (m:s)
	Ilgizar Safiulin		25:31
	Igor Maksimov		25:33
	Vladimir Nikitin		25:37
4	Jonathan Hay		25:46
5	Callum Hawkins		25:49
6	Elmar Engholm		25:52
7	Marc Scott		25:54
8	Francois Barrer		25:56
9	Alexander Palm		26:00
10	Mikhail Strelkov		26:03

+Teams
width=10%	Rank	width=30%	Team	width=10%	Points
	Safiulin Maksimov Nikitin Strelkov	16
	Hay Hawkins Scott Charlie Hulson	31
	Engholm Palm Napoleon Solomon John Kingstedt	62

• Totals: 75 entrants, 74 starters, 66 finishers, 10 finishing teams.^[4]

Under-23 women

+Individual race
width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Athlete	width=20%	Country	width=15%	Time (m:s)
	Rhona Auckland		22:23
	Militsa Mircheva		22:25
	Gulshat Fazlitdinova		22:28
4	Yekaterina Sokolenko		22:32
5	Maureen Koster		22:37
6	Sevilay Eytemis		22:44
7	Louise Carton		22:49
8	Svetlana Aplachkina		22:56
9	Alice Wright		22:59
10	Amela Terzić		23:04

+Teams
width=10%	Rank	width=30%	Team	width=10%	Points
	Fazlitdinova Sokolenko Aplachkina Luiza Litvinova	–
	Auckland Wright Emelia Gorecka Maryse Haines	–
	Eytemis Seyran Adanir Sabahat Akpinar Esma Aydemir	–

• Totals: 60 entrants, 60 starters, 59 finishers, 9 finishing teams.^[5]

Junior men

+Individual race
width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Athlete	width=15%	Country	width=10%	Time (m:s)
	Yemaneberhan Crippa		20:07
	Carlos Mayo		20:22
	Said Ettaqy		20:28
4	Ayoub Mokhtar		20:30
5	Yohanes Chiappinelli		20:33
6	Emmanuel Roudolff Levisse		20:37
7	Jordi Torrents		20:40
8	William Levay		20:40
9	Alessandro Giacobazzi		20:41
10	Emil Danielsson		20:42

+Teams
width=10%	Rank	width=30%	Team	width=10%	Points
	Yemaneberhan Crippa Said Ettaqy Yohanes Chiappinelli Alessandro Giacobazzi	18
	Mayo Mokhtar Torrents Raul Celada	41
	Saffet Elkatmis Ferhat Bozkurt Suleyman Bekmezci Ramazan Barbaros	70

• Totals: 105 entrants, 104 starters, 94 finishers, 17 finishing teams.^[6]

Junior women

+Individual race
width=5%	Rank	width=20%	Athlete	width=20%	Country	width=15%	Time (m:s)
	Emine Hatun Tuna		14:13
	Jessica Judd		14:18
	Lydia Turner		14:25
4	Alina Reh		14:34
5	Amy Griffiths		14:38
6	Anna Emilie Møller		14:42
7	Cassandre Beaugrand		14:44
8	Rebecca Straw		14:48
9	Célia Antón		14:49
10	Weronika Pyzik		14:55

+Teams
width=10%	Rank	width=30%	Team	width=10%	Points
	Judd Turner Griffiths Straw	18
	Beaugrand Célia Bremond Charlotte Mouchet Cecile Lejeune	64
	Reh Sarah Kistner Anna Gehring Konstanze Klosterhalfen	74

• Totals: 76 entrants, 76 starters, 74 finishers, 10 finishing teams.^[7]

External links

• Results at European Athletics

Notes and References

1. http://www.european-athletics.org/mm/Document/EventsMeetings/General/01/27/46/04/EXCH2014-MediaGuide_Final_Neutral.pdf Media Guide 2014 European Cross Country Championships
2. http://www.european-athletics.org/competitions/european-cross-country-championships/2014/athletics/event/mens-senior/phase=atm080100/index.html Senior Men Final – Sun, Dec 14 11:58
3. http://www.european-athletics.org/competitions/european-cross-country-championships/2014/athletics/event/womens-senior/phase=atw080100/index.html Senior Women Final – Sun, Dec 14 11:06
4. http://www.european-athletics.org/competitions/european-cross-country-championships/2014/athletics/event/mens-u23/phase=atm082100/index.html U23 Men Final – Sun, Dec 14 10:16
5. http://www.european-athletics.org/competitions/european-cross-country-championships/2014/athletics/event/womens-u23/phase=atw082100/index.html U23 Women Final – Sun, Dec 14 9:32
6. http://www.european-athletics.org/competitions/european-cross-country-championships/2014/athletics/event/mens-junior/phase=atm081100/index.html Junior Men Final – Sun, Dec 14 8:48
7. http://www.european-athletics.org/competitions/european-cross-country-championships/2014/athletics/event/womens-junior/phase=atw081100/index.html Junior Women Results Final – Sun, Dec 14 8:30