2013 European XC Champs Are In The Books *Full Results *Photo Gallery

• Spain’s Alemayehu Bezabeh And France’s Sophie Duarte Claim European Cross-Country Titles GB’s Gemma Steel was 2nd woman while  Ireland’s two-time reigning champion Fionnuala Britton was only 4th. Spain won the men’s team competition while Great Britain won for the women. In the Under-23 race Iona’s NCAA 3rd placer Kate Avery was 4th. Oklahoma State’s Tom Farrell was 12th in the men’s senior race.

• InsideTheGames Headline: Spanish Drug Cheat Alemayehu Bezabeh Wins European Cross-Country Title By Biggest Margin In 9 Years (21 Seconds) Bezabeh recently returned from a drug suspension after being implicated in Operación Galgo.
• BBC: Gemma Steel Helps GB Win Team Golds; Andy Vernon Gets Individual Bronze In Men’s Race
• BBC: Ireland’s 2-Time Defending Champ Fionnuala Britton Only Fourth In Belgrade
• UK’s Emelia Gorecka Defends Individual Title In Junior Euro XC Race
• European-Athletics Recaps: *Senior Men *Senior Women *U-23 Men *U-23 Women *Junior Men *Junior Women
• IAAF Recap 
• Stats From The 2013 European Cross-Country Championships

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Other Weekend Action: Honolulu And CIM

• Ehitu Kiros, Gilbert Chepkwony Win Steamy Honolulu Marathon

  Kiros won in 2:36:02 and Chepkwony 2:18:47 in the very humid conditions. Martin Lel made it to 30K with the lead pack, but then struggled, finishing in 2:21,and said, "There is something wrong" while rubbing his lower back and hip on his left side.

• 7-Year-Old Japanese Girl Finishes Honolulu Marathon In 7:41:45, Saying "That Was Fun"

• Results: 2013 California International Marathon

  Weldon Kirui won the men's race in 2:14:34 as Scott Smith was the first American in 4th (2:16:04). Becky Wade won the women's race in 2:30:41.

• Nicholas Togom And Philies Ongori Win Safaricom Imenti 15K Race In Kenya

  Togom is the younger son of Kenya's first World Cross-Country medalist, the late Some Muge, and Ongori is the 2009 World Half silver medalist.

• IAAF Recap Of Aussie All School Championships: 17-Year-Old Eleanor Patterson Equals HJ World Youth Best With 1.96m

Other Pro News

• Mo Farah Is Resigned To Most Likely Finishing Runner-Up In British Sports Personality Of The Year Award To Wimbledon Champ Andy Murray
• Yuki Kawauchi Spends Day Attending Events Supporting Reconstruction Of Kawauchi Village From The 2011 Fukushima Disaster
• Even After An Olympic And 2 Worlds Gold Medals, UK 400m Sprinter Christine Ohuruogu Says She’s Still Motivated She says, “I have my goals and push on with those. Sometimes you stop and celebrate too much then get passed and I don’t want to do that … Take Moscow. I don’t really think about it that much. Maybe I should think about it more. It’s not that I didn’t, that I don’t enjoy it but I can think more about it when I retire.”