Stars set to collide at Antrim International
Thursday, 19 January 2012
European Cross Country champion Fionnuala Britton pictured in Antrim two years ago. This year she is back - and she intends to make the running against a talented international field.
Antrim is bracing itself for star wars this weekend, as some of the brightest names in UK sport converge on the Borough.
Athletics NI was in celebratory mood this week after European Cross Country champion Fionnuala Britton confirmed that she will be racing in the Antrim IAAF International Cross Country at Greenmount on Saturday, January 21.
The event is shaping up to have quite a line-up with European bronze medallist Gemma Steel also confirmed.
The annual race is part of the McCain UK Cross Challenge series - and is one of only 11 IAAF permitted cross country races in the world.
The Antrim event is organised by Athletics Northern Ireland and sponsored by Antrim Borough Council.
This is a tremendous coup as the Irish Olympic steeplechaser underpinned her current world class form in the recent BUPA Edinburgh Cross Country International.
In the televised 6k event she followed her emphatic pre-Christmas European win by destroying top GB internationals in a superb display of aggressive racing.
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