In-form Ledwith eyeing European glory

ANDREW LEDWITH wants to reproduce the form he showed when winning the national inter-counties cross-country title in Kilbeggan three weeks ago when he lines up for the SPAR European championships at Santry.

A huge following trundled through the mud to cheer the Meathman to his first ever national title – he was a bronze medallist in the NCAA’s a year earlier – and he expects even more will turn up on Sunday.

“Everyone is coming – people who never went to a cross-country race before in their life will be there,” he said. “I would not have missed this for anything.