TURIN, Italy (11-December) —— The 2022 European Cross Country Championships were held on Sunday, December 11th in La Mandria Park in Piemonte, which is just outside the Italian city of Turin. The event featured some of the top distance runners in Europe, including the reigning champions Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway and his compatriot Karoline Bjerkli Grovdal who successfully defended their respective senior race crowns.
The men’s senior race was won by Ingebrigtsen, who was in total control all the way in completing the 10K course in a time of 29 minutes and 33 seconds. Ingebrigtsen ran with a small group of runners before pulling away in the latter stages of the race and crossed the finish line to defend his crown with a comfortable margin of victory.
He was easily ahead of Emile Cairess of Great Britain who ran 29:42 for second place, while Isaac Kimeli of Belgium finished third at 29:45 and Italy’s Yemaneberhan Crippa (29:47) and Germany’s Filimon Abraham (29:49) rounded out the top five finishers.
In the women’s senior race, meanwhile, defending champion Karoline Bjerkli Grovdal took home the title with a time of 26 minutes and 25 seconds. Grovdal trailed Germany’s European 5000m champion Konstanze Klosterhalfen in the latter part of the race, but went around her in the closing meters to retain the gold medal she won 12 months ago in Dublin.
Elsewhere, Nadia Battocletti of Italy won the U23 title for the women, while Stanford’s 2022 NCAA champion Charles Hicks of Great Britain successfully retained his men’s U23 title comfortably as well.
2022 European Cross Country Championships Top 10 Results
Men’s Cross Country Senior Race
- Jakob INGEBRIGTSEN NOR 29:33:00
- Emile CAIRESS GBR 29:42:00
- Isaac KIMELI BEL 29:45:00
- Yemaneberhan CRIPPA ITA 29:47:00
- Filimon ABRAHAM GER 29:49:00
- Bastien AUGUSTO FRA 29:52:00
- Yann SCHRUB FRA 29:52:00
- Yohanes CHIAPPINELLI ITA 30:03:00
- Mohamed KATIR ESP 30:06:00
- Abdessamad OUKHELFEN ESP 30:08:00
Women’s Cross Country Senior Race
- Karoline Bjerkeli GRØVDAL NOR 26:25:00
- Konstanze KLOSTERHALFEN GER 26:29:00
- Alina REH GER 27:19:00
- Hanna KLEIN GER 27:19:00
- Selamawit TEFERI ISR 27:20:00
- Miriam DATTKE GER 27:22:00
- Samrawit MENGSTEAB SWE 27:27:00
- Jessica WARNER-JUDD GBR 27:27:00
- Abbie DONNELLY GBR 27:28:00
- Veerle BAKKER NED 27:34:00
Women’s Cross Country U23 Race
- Nadia BATTOCLETTI ITA 19:55
- Megan KEITH GBR 20:08
- Alexandra MILLARD GBR 20:27
- Amina MAATOUG NED 20:33
- Grace CARSON GBR 20:35
- Manon TRAPP FRA 20:42
- Carmen RIAÑO ESP 20:43
- Nathalie BLOMQVIST FIN 20:53
- Mariana MACHADO POR 20:56
- Andrea ROMERO ESP 20:58
Men’s Cross Country U23 Race
- Charles HICKS GBR 23:40
- Zakariya MAHAMED GBR 23:48
- Valentin BRESC FRA 23:58
- Etienne DAGUINOS FRA 24:04:00
- Efrem GIDEY IRL 24:05:00
- Adisu GUADIA ISR 24:06:00
- Antoine SENARD FRA 24:10:00
- Matthew STONIER GBR 24:11:00
- Keelan KILREHILL IRL 24:13:00
- Magnus Tuv MYHRE NOR 24:14:00
Women’s Cross Country U20 Race
- Maria FORERO ESP 13:04
- Ingeborg ØSTGÅRD NOR 13:07
- Ilona MONONEN FIN 13:08
- Innes FITZGERALD GBR 13:15
- Jane BUCKLEY IRL 13:22
- Kira WEIS GER 13:32
- Ayça FIDANOĞLU TUR 13:37
- Edibe YAĞIZ TUR 13:38
- Iraia MENDIA ESP 13:38
- Pelinsu ŞAHIN TUR 13:43
Men’s Cross Country U20 Race
- Will BARNICOAT GBR 17:40
- Nicholas GRIGGS IRL 17:41
- Dean CASEY IRL 17:46
- Sam MILLS GBR 17:54
- Luke BIRDSEYE GBR 17:56
- Jaime MIGALLON ESP 18:06
- Esten Hansen-Møllerud HAUEN NOR 18:07
- Mario MONREAL ESP 18:09
- Edward BIRD GBR 18:09
- Ismail TAŞYÜREK TUR 18:10
