GB team named for European Mountain Running Championships

British Athletics has announced a 16-strong team for the European (Up and Down) Mountain Running Championships on Saturday July 2 in Arco, Italy.

Trials winners Andrew Douglas and Rebecca Hilland (pictured) will headline the senior men’s and women’s teams respectively after convincing displays at the trials in Whinlatter Forest last weekend.

Hilland earns her first GB international call-up after only taking up the discipline last year. The Bath athlete will fly out to Arco alongside a very strong senior women’s team which contains 2015 world (up and down) silver medallist Emmie Collinge. She was additionally part of the gold medal-winning team in Wales alongside Sarah Tunstall, who is also selected after a third place finish at the trials. Heidi Dent completes the quartet which will …

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