World XC trials - Kenya and Ethiopia

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Mon 23 Feb '09

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Kiplagat - won by inches

The Kenyan and Ethiopian teams for the World XC in Amman in March are one step closer after their respective national championships (the trials races) took place this weekend. With athletes absent at both events the racing was wide open…

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Ayalew’s surprise, Gebremariam’s comeback highlight Ethiopia’s World Cross Country trials

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – African 10,000m bronze medallist Wude Ayalew’s shock defeat of cross country specialists Gelete Burka and Meselech Melkamu in the senior women’s 8km was the highlight of the 26th Jan Meda International Cross Country- Ethiopia’s trials for the World Cross Country Championships- held at the Jan Meda race course in Addis Ababa this morning (22).

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Gebremariam - supreme

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Ayalew - sprinted in

Veterans Mosop and Kiplagat prevail in Nairobi – Kenyan World Cross Country Championships Trials

Nairobi, Kenya – In a battle between youth and experience, the latter came out tops at the Kenyan trials for the 37th IAAF World Cross Country Championships with Moses Mosop winning the senior men’s 12-kilometre race and Florence Kiplagat prevailing in the women’s eight-kilometre competition at the Ngong Race Course in Nairobi Saturday.

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