This is a behind-the-scenes flashback of the SPAR European Athletics Cross-Country held on 14 December 2025. This comes from our partner EME News.
LAGOA FLASHBACKS
LAGOA (BY). Nadia Battocletti upcoming goals are to finish his studies (engineering and architecture) and then focus on the indoor season. “Now the expectations are high and I want to be ready for the close season. Christmas is around the corner, but all I want is to pass my university exams. I have my last one on December 30, so my desire is to finish my university career … the last five years have been crazy, juggling university and athletics,” he said.
LAGOA (BY). Spain Thierry I’m with you Recovered from flu during the week and crashed early in the race to win the senior men’s title in Lagoa. “I didn’t come here in good shape, I’m not one hundred percent, I knew Gresier could win, but I wasn’t going to let him win the title easily,” he said.
LAGOA (BY). Jimmy Gresier Her focus will be on the World Championships in Tallahassee on January 10, when she hopes to compete for a team medal with France, reports L’Equipe. “I think running the Escalade (last Sunday) and then training this week didn’t help me recover better. The European Championship was not the main goal of the season. I don’t have the necessary level to play tired like Thierry. But my goal is to help the team win a medal at the World Championships, although I don’t rule out that I’m behind on something now. the front in a few weeks,” he said.
LAGOA (BY). After winning European Under-23 gold, Nick Griggs Targeting sub-13 minutes at 5000m during the indoor season in Boston. “Now we’re going to be in (training) camp for a couple of weeks and then we’re going to Boston for the 5,000m. It will be very difficult, but I believe I can break the 13-minute barrier. That’s my main goal for the indoor season,” he said.
LAGOA (BY). Haakon Mo Berg explained why he DNF’d in the men’s U20 race despite being in contention for a medal, NRK reports. “I’m quite angry with myself. That’s where it gets difficult, I can’t mobilize. I’m nervous because I know the shape is there. By the time we’re halfway through, I feel like I can’t mobilize. I think it’s a mental thing. It’s very strange because I felt good on the road,” he said. Moe Berg also said he was sick before the race, but didn’t use that as an excuse.
LAGOA (BY). With 560 athletes, this year’s European Cross Country Championships was the biggest yet, surpassing the previous record of 559 athletes at Šamorín 2017. EA President Dobromir Karamarinov described the championships as “one of the best ever”.
LAGOA (BY). Two record wins have also been set at the 2025 European Khachkar Championship. Nick GriggsThe winning margin of 12 seconds was the largest in the men’s under-23 race, while Innes Fitzgerald’s 32-second victory in the women’s under-20 race was the largest in championship history.
LAGOA (BY). 1500 m world champion Isaac Nader Ran the fastest anchor leg at the European Championships by four seconds in the medley relay, lifting Portugal from fifth to second. He ran the final leg in 4:16, four seconds faster than Andrew Coscoran, who clocked 4:20 for Ireland. Pietro Arese and Calum Elson, who anchored Italy and Great Britain to the gold and bronze medals respectively, clocked 4:25 and 4:26.
