The 2010 European Mountain Running Championships

European Mountain Running Championships

The European Mountain Running Championships is an annual international mountain running race. Inaugurated in 2002, it is organised by the European Athletic Association in July each year. The venue for the championships is changed each year....

were held on 4 July in Sapareva Banya

Sapareva Banya

Sapareva Banya is a town in southwestern Bulgaria, part of Kyustendil Province. It is located at the north foot of the Rila mountain 15 km east of Dupnitsa...

, Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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. They were that year's area championships for mountain running, held by the European Athletic Association

European Athletic Association

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 in conjunction with the Bulgarian Athletic Federation. The competition featured four races, with senior and junior races for both men and women. The 2010 competition featured an uphill–downhill course format. A total of 237 runners from 24 nations started the competition and two further nations (Norway

Norway

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 and Greece

Greece

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) were present as observers.Eight Nations on the podium at the 9th European Mountain Running Championships: report. World Mountain Running Association. Retrieved on 2010-07-06.

The men's race was 12.2 km long and featured an ascent and descent of 685 m on each of its three laps. The women's and junior men's races were 9 km long comprising two laps with a rise and fall of 495 m. The junior women's race was one lap of 4.6 km over a hill of 235 m.

Ahmet Arslan

Ahmet Arslan

Ahmet Arslan is a long-distance runner from Turkey competing in mountain running. He is five time consecutive champion of European Mountain Running Championships....

 took his fourth consecutive men's title by some distance, while Italians Martin Dematteis and Marco De Gasperi completed the podium and helped Italy

Italy

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 retain its undefeated streak in the men's team competition. The 2010 Grand Ballon

Grand Ballon

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 race winner Marie Laure Dumergues took the women's title continuing her good form in a breakthrough year. Valentina Belotti was the women's runner-up for a second year running and Elena Nagovitsyna was the bronze medallist. Hüseyin Pak won the junior men's race while Denisa Dragomir was the women's junior champion.

Men

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (m Minute A minute is a unit of measurement of time or of angle. The minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour or 60 seconds. In the UTC time scale, a minute on rare occasions has 59 or 61 seconds; see leap second. The minute is not an SI unit; however, it is accepted for use with SI units... :s Second The second is a unit of measurement of time, and is the International System of Units base unit of time. It may be measured using a clock.... )
	Ahmet Arslan Ahmet Arslan Ahmet Arslan is a long-distance runner from Turkey competing in mountain running. He is five time consecutive champion of European Mountain Running Championships....		46:14
	Martin Dematteis		46:40
	Marco De Gasperi		47:19
4	Julien Rancon		47:22
5	Gabriele Abate		47:42
6	Bernard Dematteis		47:57
7	Abdülkadir Türk		48:10
8	Emmanuel Meyssat		48:29

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
		10
		30
		38
4		41
5		42

• Totals: 80 starters, 78 finishers, 19 national teams.

Women

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (m Minute A minute is a unit of measurement of time or of angle. The minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour or 60 seconds. In the UTC time scale, a minute on rare occasions has 59 or 61 seconds; see leap second. The minute is not an SI unit; however, it is accepted for use with SI units... :s Second The second is a unit of measurement of time, and is the International System of Units base unit of time. It may be measured using a clock.... )
	Marie Laure Dumergues		39:13
	Valentina Belotti		39:29
	Yelena Nagovichina		39:44
4	Antonella Confortola Antonella Confortola Antonella Confortola is an Italian cross-country skier who has competed since 1994. She earned a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 km at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin...		40:11
5	Lucija Krkoc		40:17
6	Cristina Scolari		40:33
7	Milka Mihaylova		40:36
8	Carla Martinho		40:56

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
		12
		37
		39
4		41
5		47

• Totals: 64 starters, 60 finishers, 13 national teams.

Junior men

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (m Minute A minute is a unit of measurement of time or of angle. The minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour or 60 seconds. In the UTC time scale, a minute on rare occasions has 59 or 61 seconds; see leap second. The minute is not an SI unit; however, it is accepted for use with SI units... :s Second The second is a unit of measurement of time, and is the International System of Units base unit of time. It may be measured using a clock.... )
	Hüseyin Pak		33:15
	Sebahattin Yildirimci		33:43
	Jente Joly		34:09
4	Paolo Ruatti		34:18
5	Andrea Debiasi		34:22

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
		11
		34
		35

• Totals: 59 starters, 58 finishers, 15 national teams.

Junior women

Rank	Athlete	Country	Time (m Minute A minute is a unit of measurement of time or of angle. The minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour or 60 seconds. In the UTC time scale, a minute on rare occasions has 59 or 61 seconds; see leap second. The minute is not an SI unit; however, it is accepted for use with SI units... :s Second The second is a unit of measurement of time, and is the International System of Units base unit of time. It may be measured using a clock.... )
	Denisa Ionela Dragomir		18:28
	Yagmur Tarhan		19:13
	Anastasiya Mikhaylova		19:25
4	Burcu Dag		19:35
5	Letizia Titon		19:36

Teams

Rank	Team	Points
		6
		10
		12

• Totals: 39 starters, 38 finishers, 12 national teams.

Participation

A total of 24 nations had athletes which took part in the 2010 Championships. On top of this, Norway and Greece had observers present.

External links

• Official website
• European Athletics competition page