Ilona Mononen was close to bronze in the under-20s series. Nathalie Blomqvist was 14th, and Eemil Helander was ranked 27th in the under-23 series.
Tight the letter winged Ilona Monosen fourth in the four-mile race for under-20s at the European Cross-Country Championships in Dublin.
The placement was confirmed only after reviewing the paint camera image. There was three seconds left in the EM bronze.
“There was a good feeling about the race, although of course the fourth place is a bit annoying. The competition was really tough. Everyone left hard right away from the gun. I knew that there was every chance to be in the top ten, and the goal was just to leave everyone there on the grass, ”Mononen said in a press release from the Finnish Sports Confederation.
Mononen was tenth after the first kilometer run and included in the top group. After that, the journey continued with two 1,500-meter runs, the last of which Mononen took seventh place in a two-second run from Germany. Emma from Heckel.
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“I followed the top and tried not to let them run away.”
Running began to settle when the British Megan Keith escaped the downhill after the last ascent and ran champion three seconds ahead of Norway Ingeborg Østgårdia. Heckel tightened third, five seconds away from winner Keith.
“I followed the top and tried not to let them run away,” Mononen described the solution to the competition.
Germany was fifth in the battle Anneke Vortmeier at the same time with Mononen.
In the summer, 17-year-old Mononen won the European Championship for under-20s in the 3,000-meter race and was Fifth in the World Championships for the same age group. In November, Mononen was third in the cross-country PM competitions in Sweden.
Denmark was the champion for men under the age of 20 Axel Vang Christensen.
Under In the 23-year-old series in Finland Nathalie Blomqvist ran fourteen and missed the 59-second lead in the six-kilometer women’s under-23 race in Dublin in the European Cross-Country Championships.
“The idea was to get moving fast, not too hard. I knew the tip of the run was very hard. I saved so much energy at the end of the run that I got everything out of it and didn’t hit the wall, ”Blomqvist said in a press release from the Finnish Sports Federation.
Italy won the European Championship Nadia Battocletti, who was seventh at the 5,000m Tokyo Olympics. Slovene Klara Lukan was another four seconds lost to the winner.
Blomqvist prepared for the European Championships at a four-week camp in Portugal, followed by a very wet and challenging grassy and sandy route.
“I’m in a good stroke after the camp and I got everything given up in the run. I am happy about that. Now a little flute, and then we continue training. ”
Under 23-year-old men in the 8-kilometer race in Finland Eemil Helander dropped to 27th at the end. Helander was 1.02 minutes behind.
“A really drastic journey. Now it was noticed that autumn was a bit felt in that performance. There was a good readiness to run at that beginning. I kept up well with the top group, but the last two laps seemed unreasonably long. The condition ran out, ”Helander admitted.
The British won the competition Charles Hicks four seconds ahead of Ireland Darragh McElhinney.
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