It was a demanding course of more than ten kilometers, but Ingebrigtsen had little trouble keeping up. Towards the end, he made up his mind and was able to celebrate his second straight EC title. He finished in 29.31.

He also won in Dublin last year in his first senior cross country competition.

He took the time to wave to the TV cameras along the way.

– It’s a tough course so you build up acid quickly. Everyone is running with a knife to their throat these days and when you run into a wall you have to give up. It’s tiring. You don’t know where the wall is until you run into it, Ingebrigtsen told NRK.

The Norwegian star was the clear favorite in Sunday’s competition outside of Turin and led the entire race. It developed into a tight trio after five rounds, but neither Emile Cairess (Great Britain) nor Belgian Isaac Kimeli could challenge the Norwegian for victory.

– I realized that they were tired, said Ingebrigtsen about competitors.

Caires won silver, while Kimeli won bronze. Ingebrigtsen has had a stellar year and crowned the season with another gold medal on Sunday.

Narve Gilje Nordås is number 21, while Henrik Ingebrigtsen follows two places behind. Per Svela is 60th, while Filip Ingebrigtsen did not finish the competition.

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.