He even took the time to grab a tricolor flag before crossing the finish line! Yann Schrub, 27, won this Sunday in the main event of the European Cross-Country Championships, organized in Brussels (Belgium).
The native of Thionville (Moselle), specialist in the 10,000 m on the track and notably bronze medalist at the European Championships in Munich (Germany) in 2022, gradually put down his opponents to cross the finish line alone, very moved by his victory. Before him, no Frenchman had ever managed to win this event.
CE XC – ????♂️ 9KM :
???? Yann Schrub ???????? 30:17
???? Magnus Tuv Myhre ???????? 30:20
???? Robin Hendrix ???????? 30:22IT’S HISTORICAL WHAT HE JUST DID!
First French individual European cross country champion. #Athletics #Brussels2023 pic.twitter.com/L3MtzxBmvP
— MR.CARTER (@NelsonCarterJr) December 10, 2023
At the end of the 9,000 m race, completed in just over 30 minutes, he beat the Norwegian Magnus Tuv Myhre and the Belgian Robin Hendrix. The French team, defending champion, is satisfied with the silver medal in the team classification, with Fabien Palcau’s 10th place and Hugo Hay’s 15th place. Among the women, it was Cécile Jarousseau who had the best race of the day with a 7th place.
The titled mixed relay
The second title of the day for the French team went to a mixed quartet, superbly concluded by Alexis Miellet. After the passages of Bérénice Cleyet-Merle, Antoine Sénard and Sarah Madeleine, the Dijonnais demonstrated a profitable race strategy and waited to enter the final straight to drop off the Netherlands and Great Britain.
Earlier in the day, other Blues had shone in the youth categories, starting with Jade Le Corre in the junior girls. The member athlete of the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines club (Yvelines) took third place in her race to become the first French woman in history to medal in this event in this age category. Finally, Valentin Bresc won a silver medal for the Espoirs and allowed his teammates to climb to the second step of the podium as a team.
