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Fionnuala McCormack faces up to Turkish nemesis again

Fionnuala McCormack will have to overcome her Turkish nemesis at the European Cross Country Championships in Chia, Italy, tomorrow.

Fionnuala McCormack faces up to Turkish nemesis again

Sun, 11 Dec, 2016 - 00:00

Feidhlim Kelly

The proliferation of Kenyan athletes representing Turkey in recent years has made a mockery of the European Championships both on the track and cross country.

It brought McCormack (Kilcoole) to the end of her tether last July when Turkey’s Yasemin Can, formerly Vivian Jemutai, left her fourth over 10,000m on the track at the Europeans in Amsterdam.

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Courts Athletics Sport Place: Chia, Italy Place: Turkey Place: Amsterdam Place: Hyères Place: Netherlands’Place: Ethiopia Place: Chia Person: Fionnuala McCormack Person: McCormack Person: Kilcoole Person: Yasemin Can Person: Vivian Jemutai Person: Can Person: Ali Kaya Person: Polat Arikan Kemboi Person: Kaya Person: Sifan Hassan Person: Hassan Person: Meryem Akda Person: Karoline Grovdal Person: Shona Heaslip Person: Kerry O’Flaherty Person: Ciara Mageean Person: Laura Crowe Person: Michelle Finn Person: Leevale Person: Mageean Person: Chia Person: O’Flaherty Person: Finn Person: Mark Christie Person: Christie Person: Mick Clohisey Person: Raheny Shamrock Person: Mark Hanrahan Person: Liam Brady Person: Paul Pollock Person: Kevin Dooney Person: Bethanie Murray Person: Amy O’Donoghue Person: Karl Fitzmaurice Person: Mitchell Byrne Person: Jack O’Leary Person: Peter Lynch Person: Darragh McElhinney Person: Barry Keane Person: Charlie O’Donovan Person: Sophie Murphy Person: Amy Rose Farrell Person: Emma O’Brien Person: Cualann Person: Carla Sweeney Person: Jodie McCann Person: Aisling Joyce Event: European Cross Country Championships Event: European Championships Event: 3,000m steeplechase Event: European Event: Olympics Event: Irish Life Health National Cross Country Championships Event: European Cross Organisation: An Riocht Organisation: Newcastle Organisation: UCD Organisation: Mullingar Harriers Organisation: Tullamore Harriers Organisation: Annadale Striders Organisation: DSD Organisation: Emerald Organisation: Mullingar Harriers AC Organisation: Kilkenny City Harriers AC Organisation: Bantry AC Organisation: Fearghal Curtin Organisation: Youghal AC Organisation: Waterford AC Organisation: Leevale AC Organisation: Dundrum South Dublin AC Organisation: Blackrock AC Organisation: Inbhear Dee AC/Sli Organisation: WSAFAC Organisation: Claremorris AC

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