The SPAR European Athletics Cross-Nation Championships was held in Lagao, Portugal on December 14, 2025. The 2025 EA XC Championships set a document for various members and variety of groups competing on the championships. That is the thirty-first European Athletics Cross-Nation Championships that has been held. Whereas a number of the outcomes weren’t surprises, a number of the races had been completely surprises. The published, hosted by Hannah England and Tim Hutchings, was streamed all around the globe! This viewer loved EA XC 2025 from Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, and loved the seven races, beginning at 3 AM Central US time (9 AM CET).
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European Cross Nation Championships in Portugal
There have been six medals for workforce GB on the European Cross Nation Championships in Portugal. Innes FitzGerald received the U20 for a 3rd consecutive yr in a time of 14:35. She commented afterwards: “I wished to course of it because the laps went on, as a result of I knew {that a} little bit of a hilly course was going to make it a bit robust, and particularly being fairly mushy underneath the ft. However the begin was quicker than I believed it was going to be. I labored my manner as much as the entrance after which simply laid it on, tried to progress it from there. This medal is unimaginable. It’s so good to return again yearly. The ambiance at this occasion is wonderful and that’s what I really like in regards to the cross nation. There may be that workforce aspect as nicely, so there may be all the time women behind you supporting you, and that’s what brings me again yearly”. With 16-year-old Beth Lewis ending in twelfth place, Isabel Holt 20th and Eliza Nicholson 37th, it was sufficient verify U20 workforce gold for workforce GB as nicely.
It was no shock that Nadia Battocletti received the senior race in 24:52. A fantastic run by Megan Keith noticed her end simply 15 seconds behind. It was an eventful race for Keith as she describes: “The race was a really huge psychological check for me as a result of the technique we (British workforce) had been following was to be aggressive however affected person. After ten seconds I felt flat on my face, I bought off on final place so I used to be making an attempt to be affected person nevertheless it was laborious, I didn’t need to be on the again, however throughout the entire time I used to be making an attempt to measure my effort, and it paid off as a result of I might have simply tried too laborious. Additionally, I used to be capable of management my thought and the nerves throughout the race”. With Pheobe Anderson 16th, Verity Ockenden 21st and Poppy Tank 22nd, GB took workforce silver.
GB additionally took bronze within the blended relay with Ava Lloyd, Jack Higgins, Holly Dixon and Callum Elson. Within the males’s U20 race, the Novuna GB & NI workforce received a silver medal by a single level with the workforce of Alex Lennon. Will Rabjohns. Michael Clark and Quinn Miell-Ingram.
