2016 European Cross Country Championships 2016 European Cross Country Championships The 2016 European Cross Country Championships was the 23rd edition of the cross country running competition for European athletes. It was hosted in Chia, Italy. Aras Kaya won the men's senior title, making it three straight victories for Turkey in that event, following in the footsteps of fellow Kenyan-Turkish runners Polat Kemboi Arıkan and Ali Kaya. Yasemin Can, became Turkey's first senior women's winner and also led her nation to the team title. Great Britain were the most successful in the team races, claiming the senior men's, under-23 women's and junior women's titles; the country
Mount Narodnaya Mount Narodnaya Mount Narodnaya (also known as Naroda and Poenurr; ; "People's Mountain") is the highest peak of the Urals in Russia. Its elevation is . It is in Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug in Tyumen Oblast, 0.5 km to east from the border of Komi Republic. The name refers to , which originates from the mount, located in the Research Range. It is the highest point in European Russia outside the Caucasus. This leads to its large topographic prominence of . Narodnaya is located in the Ural mountains water divide, and therefore on the border between Europe and Asia: the Naroda