With two U23 nominations from the German Athletics Association (DLV), SSC Hanavu-Rodenbach won the European Cross Country Championship on December 12 in Dublin / Ireland. The lineup from the third-place European Championships at the 10,000-meter European Championships, Lisa O’Donoghue, was not surprising in terms of controlling women’s competition in the DLV, but Julius Hild crossed the line for the juniors.

Pforzheim – Because in mid – November, shortly after the strongest cross race to date, an infection paralyzed him for a week, so he could not win the decisive qualifying match at Pforzheim.

That’s why the 22-year-old SSC athlete approached the “cross-EM” project with great concentration, testing briefly the expected speed limit on a well-heated August-Shortener-Hall while recovering, or focusing on the revitalization of the 8.8-kilometer-day turf race course. “I wanted to run as smoothly and efficiently as possible to make the most of it.

The competition was fierce and I had to wait for the nomination of a complete DLV team of five participants, ”says Hild. At Forsheim, he led the chasing group of German cross-country champion Nick Jagger (TSV Pensberg) and other favorites, finishing fifth with his consistency in almost every race, as he was still German half marathon champion Tobias Ulbrich. (LG Landscape Shot) in four seconds.

Julius Hild, along with Nick Jagger, Florian Brem (TV Luttershausen), Maximilian Pingpank (Hanover), and Malte Prop (Rostock), now faces the eight-kilometer race, while Niederodenbacher loses the U23 unhappy course at the Euro23.

Lisa Ode, who experienced her personal highlight in August with a bronze at the European Championships over 10,000 meters, certainly could not build her best summer performance. In Pforzheim, a medical student who will be moving to Königsteiner LV next season after leaving SSC Hanau-Rodenbach, after a long hiatus, will be in the DLV team of at least the national top five after trailing 6.6 km behind Sarah. Selma Benferres (Rehlingan) and Eva Dieterich (Castle) finished fourth. Further improvements are now indicated in Dublin. os