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European Athletics will be streaming at least six cross-country races live in the build-up to the SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, on 13 December.
All races will stream live on the European Athletics YouTube channel and include English-language commentary.
The streamed schedule begins on 8 November with the Cross Internacional de Italica in Seville and the Cardiff Cross Challenge, featuring three of the six individual gold medals from the 2025 SPAR European Cross Country Championships in Lagoa.
Reigning champion Thierry Ndikumwenayo is due to race in Seville, an event which he won twice in the past, against a field including training partner Rodrigue Kwizera and world cross-country silver medallist Berihu Aregawi, while European U23 cross-country champion Maria Forero is among the key entrants in the senior women’s race along with world 5km champion Likina Amebaw from Ethiopia.
At the Cardiff Cross Challenge, two-time European 1500m champion and 2020 Olympic bronze medallist Laura Muir is making a rare cross-country appearance in the senior women’s 6.4km while Matt Ramdsen, who finished sixth in the U23 race at the SPAR European Cross Country Championships, is among the leading entrants in the senior men’s 9.6km.
In addition to extensive cross-country coverage, European Athletics is also streaming the Seven Hills Run in Nijmegen on 15 November.
Brits Eilish McColgan and Megan Keith have been confirmed for this year’s 15km, along with home favorite and European 10,000m silver medallist Maureen Koster and 2020 Olympic 3000m steeplechase champion Peruth Chemutai from Uganda.
European marathon silver medallist Pietro Riva from Italy drops down in distance for the men’s race. The line-up also features reigning champion Victor Kipruto and fellow Kenyan Alex Matata.
November 2026 schedule
Cross country
8 November – Cross Internacional de Italica (Gold) Click for Full Replay!
8 November – Cardiff Cross Challenge (Silver), Click for Cardiff highlights Replay!
15 November – Cross Internacional de Soria (Gold)
22 November – Cross Internacional de Atapuerca (Gold)
28 November – Liverpool Cross Challenge (British Trial Race for Belgrade)
29 November – Warandecross Tilburg (Silver)
Road
15 November – Seven Hills Run, Nijmegen
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