Grøvdal was the first to complete more than eight kilometers. With the win, he emulated the feat from Dublin last year.

The 32-year-old took the lead in Sunday’s competition and looked to be in control up front. Finally a trio appeared with Grøvdal, Turki Yasemin Can and German Konstanze Klosterhalfen.

Can was considered one of Grøvdal’s biggest competitors in the battle for gold, but the Turkish girl ran into trouble after just over half the race. So Grøvdal and Klosterhalfen moved on. Klosterhalfen gave Grøvdal a good fight and also tried to pull away, but Grøvdal held on.

Towards the end, Grøvdal slipped past Klosterhalfen.

EC cross country race in Turin, Italy on Sunday:

Men (10km):

1) Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Norway 29.33, 2) Emile Cairess, United Kingdom 29.42, 3) Isaac Kimeli, Belgium 29.45, 4) Yemaneberhan Crippa, Italy 29.47, 5) Filmon Abraham, Germany 29.49, 6) Bastien Augusto, France 29.52, 7 ) Yann Schrub, France 29.52, 8) Yohanes Chiappinelli, Italy 30.03, 9) Mohamed Katir, Spain 30.06, 10) Abdessamad Oukhelfen, Spain 30.08.

Other Norwegians: 21) Narve Gilje Nordås 30.40, 23) Henrik Ingebrigtsen 30.44, 60) Per Svela 32.15. Split: Filip Ingebrigtsen.

U23 (8km):

1) Charles Hicks, United Kingdom 23.40, 2) Zakarija Mahamed, United Kingdom 23.48, 3) Valentin Bresc, France 23.58.

Norwegian: 10) Magnus Tuv Myhre 24.14.

U20 (6km):

1) Will Barnicoat, United Kingdom 5:40 PM, 2) Nicholas Griggs, Ireland 5:41 PM, 3) Dean Casey, Ireland 5:46 PM.

Norwegian: 7) Esten Hansen-Møllerud Hauen 18.07, 27) Simen Gløgård Stensrud 18.27, 30) Vebjørn Hovdejord 18.29, 67) Andreas Fjeld Halvorsen 19.12. Broke: Abdullahi Dahir Rabi.

Women (8km):

1) Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal, Norway 26.25, 2) Konstanze Klosterhalfen, Germany 26.29, 3) Aline Reh, Germany 27.19, 4) Hanna Klein, Germany 27.19, 5) Selawit Teferi, Israel 27.20, 6) Miriam Dattke, Germany 27.22, 7 ) Samrawit Mengsteab, Sweden 27.27, 8) Jessica Warner-Judd, United Kingdom 27.27, 9) Abbie Donnelly, United Kingdom 27.28, 10) Veerle Bakker, Netherlands 27.34

U23 (6km):

1) Nadia Battocletti, Italy 19.55, 2) Megan Keith, United Kingdom 20.08, Alexandra Millard, United Kingdom 20.27.

Norwegian: 12) Andrea Modin Engesæth 21.00.

U20 (4km):

1) Maria Forero, Spain 13.04, 2) Ingeborg Østgård, Norway 13.07, 3) Ilona Mononen, Finland 13.08.

Other Norwegians: 15) Maren Halle Haugen 13.48, 36) Anna Marie Nordengen Sirevåg 14.07, 49) Ina Halle Haugen 14.20.

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