McCormack gets long-awaited victory in Brussels

Fionnuala McCormack got a long-awaited victory over 6km at the Iris Lotto CrossCup in Brussels on Sunday.

McCormack continued on her from her fourth place finish at the European Cross Country Championships in Hyeres last week with an impressive victory in Brussels having four times finished second or third in this race.

The two-time former European cross country champion who has recently made the move up to the marathon but McCormack made her strength show in the women’s senior race stopping the clock at 20:07, finishing seven seconds ahead of Maureen Koster from the Netherlands, who enjoyed a breakthrough on the track this summer climaxing with a 3:59.79 PB for 1500m at the IAAF Diamond League in Monaco.

Ethiopian Derartu Debela Delesa finished third in 20:23, while recently crowned European under 23 cross country champion Louise Carton was the leading Belgian finisher in fourth in 20:27.

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