The European European Running championship came to an end on Sunday morning with marathons and races of 10 km, with many British interests in the four competitions.
George James (Rob Russell) impressed in his debut in Britain and Northern Ireland with an excellent fifth place after a brave exhibition in the male marathon.
James was phenomenal on the way to a better personal way, marking 2:10:10 for a final between the top 10 in the continental stage.
The athlete Dorking and Mole Valley, who had trained in Colombia at altitude for seven weeks on the right track, hitting the front of the field over the initial kilometers. The LED went through 15 km at 45:51 and half there is where the medalists set their foot down to place the field.
James, who is better was at 2:11:19 of Frankfurt last year, did not start thinking and maintained his consistency to produce an excellent performance in the championship marathon, maintaining his shape through the head and choosing to the right funtile funtile funtile funtile funtile to fifth place in the end.
James only ran his first marathon of the championship begins in London last year, with a time of 2:14:59, and here it ended among the top five, with the Italian Iliass Aouani winning at 2:09:05.
In the female marathon, Georgina Schwieening was 13 years oldTh After a solid screen.
After passing through half at 1:18:06, he maintained his composure to maintain his position in the field while inherited 13Th Or 14Th Place through each control point of the race.
The Athlete of the Cambridge runners, which ended 11Th In the Commonwealth Marathon for England in Birmingham 2022, he offered a sensible performance to arrive in a time of 2:40:17.
Early in the day, Great Britain and Northern Ireland lost a team medal in the 10 km male despite the solid performances of the four team.
Ellis Cross (Andrew Hobdell, Aldershot, Farnham & District) was the best GB & nor in the end, but it was Charles Wheeler (MK Driancence Project) who established the rhythm of the British contingent in the early stages of the first Hading in the continental stage. The European U23 champion of 10000m 2023 Rory Leonard (Andrew Hobdell, Morph) was also in the leading group as the race was heated.
As the races developed, an acceleration of rhythm of any winner Yoann Schrub (FR) and other finalists of the Etienne Daguinos (FRA) and Isaac Kimeli (Bel) stage before half of the half hung the field, changing the complexion of the second half of the race.
As the holes appeared, the British trio of Cross, Wheeler and Leonard remained in a second chase group, sometimes the most important score tool when he reached the general team of the team.
Cross pushed to finish in 12Th Position in a time or 28:30, with Leonard three seconds in 14Th. Wheeler arrived in 21stem 2:40 p.m. place. His combined times were 21 seconds from Belgium, who take the bronze of the team. Alfie Manthorpe (John Wood, Hallalashire), the fourth counter of Great Britain, was 33 years oldRD at 29:09.
The female breed saw the European European bronze medalist, Verity Okenden (Chris Thompson, Swansea) at 2021 to be the best ending of GB & nor in 11 in 11Thcrossing the finish line at 32:11.
In a wet morning in Brussels, the British contingent faced a difficult course of 10 km, and in a quick and furious opening, the field was divided early with the dominant Nadia Battocletti (Ita) establishing the rhythm along Slovakia Lukan. The duo opened a great margin in the rest of the field, with the old and the medalist of the Olympic Triathlon Beth Potter (Shaftesbury Barnet) the closest challengers for the British team in a second persecution group.
Potter went through 5 km in 12Th Position in general with the Welsh athlete ockenden firmly on his shoulder, the duo working with each other during the undulating course. However, it would be the Swansea athlete who would take first place for the British contingent with Scot arriving in 14Th In a time or 32:16.
Phoebe Anderson (Wayne Vinton, Herne Hill) was the next GB & ni in 31 athletestem In 32:52, quickly followed by Amelia Quirk (Mick Woods, Bracknell AC) a place further back at 32:55. Sarah Astin (Andrew Hobdell, Belgrave) was 36Th In 33:02, while Jenny Nesbitt (Dave Long, Pontypridd) was 47Th In 33:30.
Results: https://www.acn-timing.com/?lng=en#/events/2157860289051328/ctx/20250412_EK/cms/10km
