Fionnuala McCormack will spearhead a strong Irish team at the European Cross Country Championships in Sardinia, with the main action from Chia set to be broadcast on RTÉ2 from 11am.
McCormack, who won gold in Velenje in 2011 and in Budapest in 2012, finished fourth at last year’s European Cross Country Championships.
The 32-year-old will face stiff competition from Norway’s Karoline Grovdal and the Turkish pair of Yasemin Can and Meryem Akda.
'It's not going to be easy but it's not meant to be.' Team captain Fionnuala McCormack talking to the team pic.twitter.com/ykGkqwRE4v
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Shona Heaslip, Kerry O’Flaherty, Ciara Mageean, Laura Crowe and Michelle Finn also contest the women’s race.
An experienced Irish men’s team will be led by Mark Christie, who won the Irish Life Health National Cross Country Championships impressively.
Christie will be joined in Sardinia by Mick Clohisey, Mark Hanrahan, Liam Brady, Paul Pollock and Kevin Dooney.
