The full women’s event of the Piedmont-La Mandria Cross Country European Championship was a show of power by Norwegian Karoline Grovdal and the German Konstanze ‘Koko’ Klosterhalfen. Both athletes made the race one-on-one and the other rivals had no choice.
The Piedmont-La Mandria Cross Country Championship, located outside Turin, presented a difficult circuit, with a very hard surface conditioned by low temperatures and with a complex profile with a long climb of 300 meters and a dangerous descent that caused many falls.
The final victory went to the Norwegian, who put down another gear on the last lap to let go of the Germanwho just won the Valencia Half Marathon with the third best European time in history (1h05’15).
Exactly, Germany is the best of the countries and in a unique way, with four athletes in the first six classified, Koko Klosterhalfen (2), Alina Reh (3), Hanna Klein (4) and Miriam Dattke (6).
Spain came close to making it onto the podium, but were only five points behind Ireland. None of the national runners made it into the top ten, with veteran Irene Sánchez-Escribano best classified in 15th position.
European champion Karoline Grovdal’s next goal is the Cursa dels Nassos in Barcelona on December 31, where she will participate with her compatriot Jakob Ingebrigtsen in search of the 5 km road world record.
Absolute female classification
1) Karoline Grovdal (NOR) 26’25
2) Konstanze Klosterhalfen (GER) 26’29
3) Alina Reh (GER) 27’19
4) Hanna Klein (GER) 27’19
5) Selamawit Teferi (ISR) 27’20
6) Miriam Dattke (GER) 27’22
7) Samrawit Mengsteab (SWE) 27’27
8) Jessica Warner-Judd (GBR) 27’27
9) Abbie Donnelly (GBR) 27’28
10) Veerle Bakker (NED) 27’34
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15) Irene Sánchez-Escribano (ESP) 27’46
17) Ágeda Marqués (ESP) 27’56
23) Naima Ait Alibou (ESP) 28’16
24) Isabel Barreiro (ESP) 28’28
28) Carolina Robles (ESP) 28’32
41) Marta Garcia (ESP) 29’05
group classification
1) Germany 9
2) Great Britain 30
3) Ireland 50
4) Spain 55
5) France 71
Source: La Verdad
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