European Mountain Racing Championship 2010

European Mountain Racing Championship 2010
European Mountain Racing Championship 2010
Host city	Sapareva Banya , Bulgaria
Member countries	24
Of the participants	238
Medals	eight
Opening	July 4, 2010
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The 2010 European Mountain Racing Championship was held on July 4 in the resort town of Sapareva Banya ( Bulgaria ). Participants competed in the discipline of mountain running "up and down." 8 sets of awards were played: 4 in individual and team events. Competitions were held among adult athletes and juniors (under 20 years old).

The start and finish lines were in the city center near the mineral spring. The main circle 3 km long was laid along the mountain: the participants got to the area called Valyavitsa, where the highest point of the route (1025 meters above sea level) was located, after which they went down (to the level of 845 meters above sea level) ^[1] .

Competitions were held in warm and sunny weather. 238 runners (137 men and 101 women) from 24 European countries took to the start. Each country could put up to 4 people in the races of men, women and juniors, as well as up to 3 people - in the race of juniors. Team championship was summed up by the sum of the places of the three best participants in men, women and juniors and the two best participants in juniors.

The Frenchwoman Marie-Lor Dümerges lived up to the pre-start predictions, which called her one of the favorites of the race, and won the European Championship for the first time in her career.

For the fourth time in a row, Ahmet Arslan from Turkey finished first in the men's race and, thus, became the most titled runner in the history of competitions. Prior to this championship, he had three individual victories for him and the Italian Antonio Molinari .

Italy won the team event for the 14th time in a row ^[2] ^[3] .

Content

Schedule

date	Time	Race
July 4, 2010	08:00	Juniors
July 4, 2010	08:45	Juniors
July 4, 2010	10 a.m.	Women
July 4, 2010	11:15	Men

Local time (UTC + 3)

Winners

Participants whose result did not count towards the team are shown in italics.

Men and Juniors

Discipline	Gold		Silver		Bronze
12.2 km height difference: +685 m −685 m	Ahmet Arslan Turkey	46.14	Martin Dematteis Italy	46.40	Marco De Gasperi Italy	47.19
12.2 km (teams)	Italy Martin Dematteis Marco De Gasperi Gabriele Abate Bernard Dematteis	10 points	France Julien Rankon Emmanuel Mass Raymond Fontaine Said Gendari	30 points	Spain Javier Crespo Christofol Castanier Vicente Captain	38 points
Juniors 9 km height difference: +495 m −495 m	Hussein Pak Turkey	35.16	Sebahattin Yıldırımgy Turkey	35.43	Yente Yoli Belgium	36.10
Juniors 9 km (teams)	Turkey Hussein Pak Sebahattin Yıldırımgy Syunmez Dag Mehmet Shirin	11 points	Italy Paolo Ruatti Andrea Debazi Marco Barbushio Federico Valha	34 points	Great Britain Robbie simpson Michael Callenberg Alex Hendry	35 points

Women and Juniors

Discipline	Gold		Silver		Bronze
9 km height difference: +495 m −495 m	Marie-Lor Dümerges France	39.13	Valentina Belotti Italy	39.29	Elena Nagovitsyna Russia	39.44
9 km (teams)	Italy Valentina Belotti Antonella Confortola Christina Scolari Maria Grazia Roberti	12 points	France Marie-Lor Dümerges Letizia Roux Fiona Port Constance Deviere	37 points	Russia Elena Nagovitsyna Zhanna Vokueva Elena Marsova Julia Khazova	39 points
Junior Women 4.6 km height difference: +235 m −235 m	Denis Dragomir Romania	18.28	Yagmur Tarkhan Turkey	19.13	Anastasia Mikhailova Russia	19.25
Junior Women 4.6 km (teams)	Turkey Yagmur Tarkhan Burju dag Sevilay Eitemish	6 points	Russia Anastasia Mikhailova Faina Ovsyannikova	10 points	Romania Denis Dragomir Christina Negru Laura Popescu	12 points

Medal standings

Medals were won by representatives of 8 participating countries.

Host country

A place	A country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
one	Turkey	four	2	0	6
2	Italy	2	3	one	6
3	France	one	2	0	3
four	Romania	one	0	one	2
five	Russia	0	one	3	four
6	Belgium	0	0	one	one
	Great Britain	0	0	one	one
	Spain	0	0	one	one
Total		eight	eight	eight	24

Notes

↑ European Mountain Running Championships - Sapareva Banya 2010 Team Manual (English) (PDF). EA . Date of treatment April 13, 2018. Archived on April 13, 2018.
↑ Eight Nations on the podium at the 9th European Mountain Running Championships: report , International Mountain Racing Association (4 July 2010). Archived on April 13, 2018. Date of appeal April 13, 2018.
↑ Turkey's Arslan is Europe's best mountain runner for the fourth time (English) , EA (4 July 2010). Archived on April 13, 2018. Date of appeal April 13, 2018.

Links

European Mountain Running Championships - Sapareva Banya 2010 Results . EA (July 4, 2010). - Results of the 2010 European Mountain Racing Championship. Date of treatment April 13, 2018. Archived on April 13, 2018.
Sapareva Banya - 2010: Report (Neopr.) . VFLA Mountain Running Committee (July 4, 2010). Date of treatment April 13, 2018. Archived on April 13, 2018.

[1] European Mountain Running Championships - Sapareva Banya 2010 Team Manual (English) (PDF). EA . Date of treatment April 13, 2018. Archived on April 13, 2018.

[2] Eight Nations on the podium at the 9th European Mountain Running Championships: report , International Mountain Racing Association (4 July 2010). Archived on April 13, 2018. Date of appeal April 13, 2018.

[3] Turkey's Arslan is Europe's best mountain runner for the fourth time (English) , EA (4 July 2010). Archived on April 13, 2018. Date of appeal April 13, 2018.