Norway's Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal got her country's first ever gold medal in the history of the SPAR European Cross Country Championships when she romped to victory in the Irish capital, covering the 4039m course in 14:10.
Grøvdal, the 2008 European Athletics Rising Star of the Year Award winner after achieving an outstanding 3000m steeplechase and 5000m double triumph at the European Athletics Junior Championships this summer, took little more than a kilometre to impose her authority.
Dressed in a long sleeved running vest, tights and a head warmer, she had Russia's Gulshat Fazlitdinova for company over the opening stages of the race as the pair moved away from the rest of the field.
However, Fazlitdinova dug deep and never slipped more than 30 metres behind Grøvdal, causing the Norwegian to keep looking over her shoulder to check on her position, and the 17-year-old hung on to take her country's first individual medal in the category since 2002.
With Grøvdal easing up down the 400m-long finish straight, and generally looking very comfortable throughout the race, Fazlitdinova just finished two seconds behind.
Great Britain's Kate Avery, who also got the European Athletics Junior Championships 3000m silver medal, came out of the pack in the middle stages of the race and was on her own over the final 1500m to secure the bronze medal in 14:27, finishing 100m further back.
Russia ended Britain's four-year domination of the team title by getting back to the top of the podium they last occupied in 2001 by getting their four scorers into the top 21 women home and scoring 47 points.
Britain had to be content with the silver medals on this occasion with 51 points.
However, some British disappointment will be assuaged by the fact that Lauren Howarth, who finished third in Brussels 12 months ago, and was the leading European finisher at this year's World Cross Country Championships, showed a good return to form after losing the entire track season due to a stress fracture and finished sixth.
Germany notched up a slightly surprising set of bronze medals, their first in the junior women's team competition since 2003, with 73 points. They were helped by Corinna Harrer, a former German Youth champion over 400m, having a terrific run over the second half of the race and coming through to finish fourth.
1 1159 GRØVDAL, Karoline Bjerkeli NOR 14:10
2 1186 FAZLITDINOVA, Gulshat RUS 14:12
3 1075 AVERY, Kate GBR 14:27
4 1098 HARRER, Corinna GER 14:33
5 1141 BEVILACQUA, Federica ITA 14:33
6 1077 HOWARTH, Lauren GBR 14:35
7 1034 MOSQUERA, Sandra ESP 14:38
8 1188 LEBEDEVA, Lyudmila RUS 14:38
9 1122 MAGEEAN, Ciara IRL 14:40
10 1172 RIBIERO, Cataryna POR 14:40
11 1177 ROCHA, Carla Salomé POR 14:41
12 1203 TERZIC, Amela SRB 14:42
13 1103 SUSSMANN, Jana GER 14:42
14 1012 VAN WABEKE, Jana BEL 14:43
15 1057 MEUNIER, Laetitia FRA 14:44
16 1190 SEDOVA, Yelena RUS 14:45
17 1082 WIMSHURST, Eleanor GBR 14:45
18 1014 VANGANSBEKE, Zenobie BEL 14:46
19 1229 SKRYPAK, Olha UKR 14:47
20 1227 POHORYELSKA, Viktoriya UKR 14:50
21 1189 PROROKOVA, Tatyana RUS 14:52
22 1162 BRONIATOWSKA, Katarzyna POL 14:53
23 1054 CHARAYRON, Emmie FRA 14:54
24 1059 TAVERNIER, Clemence FRA 14:55
25 1081 POTTER, Beth GBR 14:55
26 1100 KRAUSE, Gesa-Felicitas GER 14:59
27 1019 BARINOVÁ, Martina CZE 15:01
28 1143 COLÌ, Lucia ITA 15:02
29 1078 KNOWLES, Katie GBR 15:02
30 1101 PLATT, Stephanie GER 15:03
31 1173 CUNHA, Daniela POR 15:03
32 1146 RUBINO, Marica ITA 15:10
33 1226 OLIYNYK, Oleksandra UKR 15:12
34 1187 KUDRYASHOVA, Aleksandra RUS 15:12
35 1144 INGLESE, Veronica ITA 15:13
36 1055 JOLY TESTAULT, Marion FRA 15:14
37 1013 VANDE RIVIERE, Katrijn BEL 15:17
38 1053 CALVIN, Clémence FRA 15:18
39 1080 PARTRIDGE, Lily GBR 15:19
40 1099 HEINRICH, Maria GER 15:21
41 1003 WENTH, Jennifer AUT 15:22
42 1120 FFRENCH-O'CARROLL, Charlotte IRL 15:23
43 1058 PALANDRE, Berenice FRA 15:24
44 1145 RENSO, Chiara ITA 15:24
45 1183 FLOREA, Monica Madalina ROU 15:27
46 1198 BERCIC, Tina SLO 15:27
47 1142 BOTTINI, Laura ITA 15:29
48 1208 SCHLÄPFER, Andrina SUI 15:30
49 1011 GALLEIN, Sofie BEL 15:31
50 1228 SHMIDT, Svitlana UKR 15:32
51 1176 MARTINS, Marta POR 15:35
52 1206 AUF DER MAUR, Priska SUI 15:38
53 1175 LIMA, Sónia Catarina POR 15:39
54 1031 ESTEBAN, Beatriz ESP 15:39
55 1125 SHAUGHNESSY, Laura IRL 15:40
56 1207 FORMAZ, Cléa SUI 15:45
57 1221 KAYA, Ozlem TUR 15:45
58 1124 MULHARE, Mary IRL 15:47
59 1219 KARABULUT, Elif TUR 15:48
60 1199 GOLENAC, Mateja SLO 15:48
61 1036 TUR, Atteneri ESP 15:49
62 1225 KUTAH, Yuliya UKR 15:51
63 1102 STÖCKER, Nina GER 15:52
64 1161 BENEDYK, Alicja POL 15:52
65 1123 MITCHELL, Emma IRL 15:55
66 1220 KARAKAYA, Tugba TUR 15:56
67 1033 MORENO, Karina ESP 16:17
68 1174 GODINHO, Susana POR 16:21
69 1035 TOBAL, Estefanía ESP 16:22
70 1010 DALEMANS, Eline BEL 16:22
71 1118 BLACK, Eimear IRL 16:29
72 1202 SIMOVIC, Teodora SRB 16:33
73 1032 MARTIN, Diana ESP 16:37
74 1002 LEUTNER, Lisa-Maria AUT 16:40
75 1218 CAN, Yasemin TUR 16:54
76 1152 BISSEGGER, Olivia LIE 18:41
Team Result
Rank BIB Athlete Nation Result
1 Russia RUS 47
1186 FAZLITDINOVA, Gulshat 2
1188 LEBEDEVA, Lyudmila 8
1190 SEDOVA, Yelena 16
1189 PROROKOVA, Tatyana 21
1187 KUDRYASHOVA, Aleksandra (34)
2 Great Britain & NI GBR 51
1075 AVERY, Kate 3
1077 HOWARTH, Lauren 6
1082 WIMSHURST, Eleanor 17
1081 POTTER, Beth 25
1078 KNOWLES, Katie (29)
1080 PARTRIDGE, Lily (39)
3 Germany GER 73
1098 HARRER, Corinna 4
1103 SUSSMANN, Jana 13
1100 KRAUSE, Gesa-Felicitas 26
1101 PLATT, Stephanie 30
1099 HEINRICH, Maria (40)
1102 STÖCKER, Nina (63)
4 France FRA 98
1057 MEUNIER, Laetitia 15
1054 CHARAYRON, Emmie 23
1059 TAVERNIER, Clemence 24
1055 JOLY TESTAULT, Marion 36
1053 CALVIN, Clémence (38)
1058 PALANDRE, Berenice (43)
5 Italy ITA 100
1141 BEVILACQUA, Federica 5
1143 COLÌ, Lucia 28
1146 RUBINO, Marica 32
1144 INGLESE, Veronica 35
1145 RENSO, Chiara (44)
1142 BOTTINI, Laura (47)
6 Portugal POR 103
1172 RIBIERO, Cataryna 10
1177 ROCHA, Carla Salomé 11
1173 CUNHA, Daniela 31
1176 MARTINS, Marta 51
1175 LIMA, Sónia Catarina (53)
1174 GODINHO, Susana (68)
7 Belgium BEL 118
1012 VAN WABEKE, Jana 14
1014 VANGANSBEKE, Zenobie 18
1013 VANDE RIVIERE, Katrijn 37
1011 GALLEIN, Sofie 49
1010 DALEMANS, Eline (70)
8 Ukraine UKR 122
1229 SKRYPAK, Olha 19
1227 POHORYELSKA, Viktoriya 20
1226 OLIYNYK, Oleksandra 33
1228 SHMIDT, Svitlana 50
1225 KUTAH, Yuliya (62)
9 Ireland IRL 164
1122 MAGEEAN, Ciara 9
1120 FFRENCH-O'CARROLL, Charlotte 42
1125 SHAUGHNESSY, Laura 55
1124 MULHARE, Mary 58
1123 MITCHELL, Emma (65)
1118 BLACK, Eimear (71)
10 Spain ESP 189
1034 MOSQUERA, Sandra 7
1031 ESTEBAN, Beatriz 54
1036 TUR, Atteneri 61
1033 MORENO, Karina 67
1035 TOBAL, Estefanía (69)
1032 MARTIN, Diana (73)
11 Turkey TUR 257
1221 KAYA, Ozlem 57
1219 KARABULUT, Elif 59
1220 KARAKAYA, Tugba 66
1218 CAN, Yasemin 75
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