Nice Britain and Northern Eire’s Megan Keith claimed silver behind Italy’s Nadia Battocletti within the ladies’s race on the European Cross Nation Championships in Portugal.

Battocletti, who turned the primary girl in championship historical past final yr to win particular person titles at Beneath-20, U23 and senior degree, gained in 24 minutes 52 seconds.

Keith, who’s from Inverness, crossed the road in 25:07 and Turkey’s Yasemin Can was third in 25:13, whereas Nice Britain had been second behind Belgium within the staff standings for the ladies’s race.

Within the males’s race, Briton Scott Beattie needed to accept fourth, regardless of throwing himself throughout the end line in a good end with Switzerland’s Dominic Lobalu.

They had been each given a time of twenty-two:23 behind Spanish winner Thierry Ndikumwenayo, who clocked 22:05, and France’s Jimmy Gressier, who was second in 22:08.

Britain’s Innes Fitzgerald had earlier put in a formidable efficiency to win a 3rd successive gold within the ladies’s U20 race.

She gained in 14:35, with France’s Lucie Paturel second in 15:07 and Emma Hickey, 16, of Eire third in 15:10 as Britain gained the staff occasion within the class.

A combined relay staff of Holly Dixon, Ava Lloyd, Callum Elson and Jack Higgins additionally gained a medal as they claimed bronze behind winners Italy and second-placed Portugal.

Eire’s Nick Griggs gained the U23 males’s title.