Can anyone stop Lebid? – European Cross Country Championships PREVIEW

San Giorgio su Legnano, Italy – As Europe turns its attention to this weekend’s 13th edition of the SPAR European Cross Country Championships, the primary question to be answered on Sunday (10) is this: Can anyone end Sergey Lebid’s reign as the continent’s undisputed King of Cross Country?
While a record 509 athletes – 275 men and 243 women – from 30 countries will compete this weekend, it will be the 31-year-old Ukrainian’s bid for a sixth consecutive title – and seventh overall – that will captivate the attention of the large crowd expected to attend the six races at the Sports Centre Angelo Alberti in this small town in west Lombardy, about 20 kilometres from Milan.