On the hilly track in Turin, Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal took the lead from the start. At the halfway mark, it was only Yasemin Can and Konstanze Klosterhalfen who were together with Bjerkeli Grøvdal. Can had to drop early on the steepest hill on the fourth of six rounds, and thus it became a battle against Klosterhalfen for the gold. The German won gold in the 5,000 meters on the track earlier this year, a race Bjerkeli Grøvdal had to abandon due to a back injury. This time nothing could stop her, and with a pull just before the finish line, Bjerkeli won Grøvdal. – It was heavy on the last round. I dropped a meter here and there all the time, says Bjerkeli Grøvdal. – It responded well when I inserted that jerk, she says. Medal wholesaler in cross-country running Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal took her first medal in EC cross-country running as early as 16 years old, when she ran to silver in the junior class in 2006. Three years later she won the junior class, and after bronze in the senior class in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 and silver in 2019, she went all the way to the top last year. She thus had a gold to defend in Turin on Sunday afternoon. In advance, the plan was clear: save energy until the end. – Basically, I think I will run as I usually do. In any case, don’t burn too much at the start, and then bet that you have some gunpowder up that hill. However, it was downhill that she decided and thus defended the EC gold from last year. Ingebrigtsen reigning champion for the men Jakob Ingebrigtsen has also been a medal wholesaler in the EC cross-country race. The Sandnes runner has taken gold individually in the last five championships, four in the junior class and then in the senior class last year. The Ingebrigtsen family has another two golds from before, with Henrik’s gold in the U23 class in 2012 and Filip’s gold in the senior class in 2018. All three will start in the men’s senior class on Sunday afternoon. – I’ve seen a couple of races already and it looks like a tough course. It will be a challenge. I think it will be a tough but exciting race, Ingebrigtsen told news before the start. The men’s race starts on 13.10, and you can follow it in the video player below: Three brothers Ingebrigtsen and Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal are on the hunt for medals in Turin, Italy. Silver to Østgård – Rabi transported out by ambulance In the age-specific classes it was dramatic for the juniors on the men’s side. Abdullahi Dahir Rabi passed out around six and a half minutes into the race and was eventually carried out by medical personnel. He was later taken to hospital to carry out more tests. Esten Hansen-Møllerud Hauen was the best Norwegian men’s junior in seventh place. On the women’s side, Ingeborg Østgård – like last year – ran to silver after a strong finish. In the U23 class, Magnus Tuv Myhre finished in tenth place for the men, while Andrea Modin Engesæth finished in twelfth place in the women’s U23 class.
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