“I’m buzzing,” he said afterwards. “Everybody wants to go out and win gold, I’m the nearly man at these championships — two silvers and a bronze individually now in three years.
“I’m happy. At the end of the day, I’m not going to complain about silver. I put the best race together on the day that I could. On the home straight I saw both of them go for it and I just thought, ‘Let’s go.’ I just left it all out there.
“The best man won on the day. Next year or the year after, or one of these years, I will win at these championships.”
Meanwhile, Laura Mooney finished seventh in the women’s U23 race, with Emma McEvoy home in 13th as the team came fifth.
Niamh Allen was 11th in the senior women’s race on her European Cross Country debut, three months on from giving birth to her daughter Lily. The Irish team were 10th overall, with the senior men’s trio finishing eighth.
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Ireland's Nick Griggs secures silver at European Cross Country Championships
IRELAND’S NICK GRIGGS has secured U23 silver at the European Cross Country Championships in Turkey.
Griggs, 19, produced a strong finish to medal and add to his U20 bronze from last year.
The Tyrone youngster clocked 18:28 to take second between Great Britain duo Will Barnicoat and David Stone.
Griggs, who recently set the all-time record for Parkrun, passed Stone down the home straight, but couldn’t catch Barnicoat, who landed his third successive European Cross Country gold.
It was a superb run from Irish teenage star Griggs as his team finished fourth in Antalya.
“I’m buzzing,” he said afterwards. “Everybody wants to go out and win gold, I’m the nearly man at these championships — two silvers and a bronze individually now in three years.
“I’m happy. At the end of the day, I’m not going to complain about silver. I put the best race together on the day that I could. On the home straight I saw both of them go for it and I just thought, ‘Let’s go.’ I just left it all out there.
“The best man won on the day. Next year or the year after, or one of these years, I will win at these championships.”
Meanwhile, Laura Mooney finished seventh in the women’s U23 race, with Emma McEvoy home in 13th as the team came fifth.
Niamh Allen was 11th in the senior women’s race on her European Cross Country debut, three months on from giving birth to her daughter Lily. The Irish team were 10th overall, with the senior men’s trio finishing eighth.
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