{"id":12843,"date":"2025-12-14T22:03:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T22:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rahenyshamrock.ie\/?p=12843"},"modified":"2025-12-14T22:05:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T22:05:04","slug":"brian-fays-ireland-claim-euro-cross-silver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rahenyshamrock.ie\/?p=12843","title":{"rendered":"Brian Fay&#8217;s Ireland Claim Euro Cross Silver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brian Fay starred as Ireland claimed a brilliant European Cross Country Championship men\u2019s silver medal in Lagoa.<\/p>\n<p>Fay produced an inspirational run as the lead Irish man for the majority finishing in 11th place, the best ever finish by a Raheny athlete in this championship.<\/p>\n<p>Combining with Mullingar Harriers pair Jack O\u2019Leary, who came through the field to finish sixth and Cormac Dalton in 11<sup>th<\/sup> place. Giving Ireland 26 points and silver behind champions Spain with 10 points.<\/p>\n<p>It was Ireland\u2019s first senior men\u2019s European cross country medal since team bronze at the 2000 European Cross Country championship.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udde3\ufe0f\u201cIt\u2019s an unbelievable result especially for Jack to come 5th in that field\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The senior men react to Ireland first senior men\u2019s medal in 25 years! \ud83e\udd48<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/irishatletics?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#irishatletics<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/EuroCross?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#EuroCross<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lagoa2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Lagoa2025<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ask123ie?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Ask123ie<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V1vrnim8RY\">pic.twitter.com\/V1vrnim8RY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Athletics Ireland (@irishathletics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/irishathletics\/status\/2000207632569683982?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The race was won outright by Thierry Ndikumwenayo of Spain ahead of French showman Jimmy Gressier. Switzerland\u2019s Dominic Lokinyomo took bronze.<\/p>\n<p>It was a brilliant tournament for Ireland with Emma Hickey taking bronze in the women\u2019s U20 race.<\/p>\n<p>Nick Criggs blew the U23 field away to take gold and led the team including Callum Morgan in eighth place and Niall Murphy 10<sup>th<\/sup> to gold.<\/p>\n<p>The first time Ireland have won Men\u2019s U23 gold since 2010. 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