by ttreurope | Dec 3, 2014 | Belgium, Cross Country, Featured
A series of European Athletics Cross Country Permit meetings were held at the weekend, the results of which will be important in choosing the final names for the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Samokov. Hannes and Belete in form with Samokov approaching...
by ttreurope | Nov 27, 2012 | Cross Country, Featured, News
The word legend is used too often in sport but when the name of Serhiy Lebid is mentioned alongside the SPAR European Cross Country Championships then there is no doubt it is the correct description. Lebid is now 37 and he has won the European cross country title on a...
by ttreurope | Nov 12, 2012 | Cross Country, Featured, News, Norway, Pre-event
The 2012 SPAR European Cross Country Championships – which take place in Szentendre, near Budapest, on 9 December – is likely to be graced by a familiar face after a two-year absence from the event: Norway’s Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal. “Yes, my plan...
by ttreurope | Dec 13, 2011 | Cross Country, Featured, News
Velenje 2011 confirms good health of cross country in Europe European Athletics President Hansjörg Wirz paid tribute to the organisation of the Velenje 2011 SPAR European Cross Country Championships and hailed the record number of runners who competed in the Slovenian...
by ttreurope | Nov 16, 2011 | Cross Country, Featured, News
Ukraine’s Serhiy Lebid, arguably Europe’s greatest ever cross country runner, has announced that he will defend his SPAR European Cross Country Championships title at this year’s event in the Slovenian city of Velenje on 11 December. Lebid, now 36,...
