Britton takes gold in Slovenia
Ireland's Fionnuala Britton has taken gold in the women's senior race at the European Cross Country Championships in Slovenia.
After finishing fourth in this race last year, the 27-year-old ran away with the race from the half-way mark and was never seriously threatened, clinching Ireland’s second senior women’s gold medal in the history of these championships.
The Kilcoole AC athlete opened up a commanding lead from the off, attacking from the start and powering home to win in a time of 25 minutes and 55 seconds.
Portugal’s Dulce Felix was second with Britain’s Gemma Steel securing bronze.
The team race was won by Great Britain with 42 points, nine ahead of Portugal with Germany third on the same number of points as France with 83.
