The Swiss win three titles at the U19 and U23 European Championships
Switzerland leads the final medal table with three gold, three silver and three bronze medals, followed by Italy (2, 2 and 1) and the Netherlands (2 gold and 2 silver).
The Anadia European Championships will see titles awarded in short track for the first time. Simona Spesná (Czech Republic) and Yanick Binz (Switzerland) win the junior category. Behind Spesná, Switzerland's Lea Huber and Monique Halter take the silver and bronze medals, while Loris Hättenschwiler finishes second behind Binz. Ronja Blöchlinger (Switzerland) and Charlie Aldridge (Great Britain) won the titles in the elite category, where Alexandre Balmer (SUI) was delighted to take bronze behind Charlie Aldridge and David Campos (ESP).
Italy's Gaia Tormena confirmed her position as the best specialist in the Eliminator and won her fourth title in this discipline. Jacob Klemencic from Slovenia won the gold medal in the men's race, beating Portugal's Ricardo Marinheiro and Romania's Ede Karoly Molnar in a thrilling sprint final. No Swiss athletes competed in the eliminator races.
The relay race also ended without a result for the Swiss. After Jan Christen's chain broke, the Swiss Cycling sextet abandoned the race. The winner of the team relay was Holland with Tom Schellekens, Rens Manen, Fem Empel, Lauren Molengraaf, Puck Pieterse and David Haverdings. Silver and bronze went to Italy and Germany.In cross-country, the junior titles were won by two of the biggest talents on the international scene. In the women's race, Switzerland's Monique Halter crossed the finish line alone, 53 seconds ahead of her compatriot Lea Huber and 1:40 minutes ahead of Natalia Grzegorzewska from Poland. The men's race was extremely entertaining with an exciting duel between Dutchman Rens Manen and Dane Gustav Pedersen, who immediately took the lead. In the final phase, Pedersen managed to save himself with a sprint to the finish. The silver medal went to Manen, bronze to the German Paul Schehl.
The program ended on Sunday with the U23 cross-country races, which were won by Simone Avondetto (Italy) and Puck Pieterse (Netherlands). Avondetto won ahead of Britain's Charlie Aldridge and Switzerland's Janis Baumann. Behind Pieterse, Fem Empel (NED) and Giada Specia (ITA) won silver and bronze. Noëlle Buri (SUI) took fifth place.
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