Posts tagged with: world xc

Hayley and Mo head British charge at Bydgoszcz

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Thu 25 Mar '10

Going into a major championship race on the world stage always concentrates the mind of the UK’s endurance runners, this this weekend will be no different as the cream of British XC head for Poland, and the World XC… Read more…
World XC, 2010 - women's preview

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Wed 24 Mar '10

The senior women’s race at this year’s World Cross Country champs should be one of the most exciting in whole of the programme as one of world endurance running’s rising stars meets one of the greatest women’s distance runner of the current era… Read more…
World XC course looks interesting!

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Fri 19 Mar '10

After the dust-bowl of Jordan in 2009 the 2010 world cross country returns to something like a purist sport as the annual circus hits Poland in a week or so. One of the most debated aspects of any world cross is the course… Read more…
UK's best head for Birmingham

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Thu 11 Mar '10

For many of the UK’s elite endurance athletes who like a bit of XC in their programme, it’s the big one this weekend. Many can only hope of making a dent in the front half of the World XC results sheet come late March… Read more…
Kigen blows away class field in San Sebastian

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Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Tue 02 Feb '10

After winning in Antrim just over a week ago Kenya’s Mike Kigen underlined why he is being hailed as one of the contenders for this years World XC champs, with a demolition job on some top class African and European opposition at the Cross Internacional de San Sebastián on Sunday (31). Read more…
Bezabeh now has World XC in sights

Posted in Dishing the Dirt by Matt Ward on Fri 18 Dec '09

Alemayehu Bezabeh was still full of running at the end of the SPAR European Cross Country Championships, after becoming Spain’s first ever senior men’s champion in the 16 years of the event, and he has hardly stopped moving since crossing the line in Dublin on Sunday. Read more…
Bydgoszcz ready for World cross

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Fri 06 Nov '09

As the world’s finest cross country runners prepare for the beginning of the upcoming season, so too is the northwestern Polish city of Bydgoszcz as it prepares to host the 38th IAAF World Cross Country Championships on 28 March 2010. Read more…
Kiplagat not happy with XC demise

Posted in Dishing the Dirt by Matt Ward on Fri 28 Aug '09

Athletics Kenya (Isaiah Kiplagat) and cross-country legend Paul Tergat have not taken the recent decision to make World Cross Country Championships a biennial event kindly. Read more…
Has the World XC had its day?

Posted in Dishing the Dirt by Matt Ward on Fri 17 Apr '09

A report in this week’s Athletics Weekly says that the IAAF will create a bi-annual staging of the World Cross-Country Championships due to the of dominance from east Africa, coupled with a fall in sponsorship revenues and dropping European TV audiences. Read more…
Former XC great lambasts UK performances in Amman

Posted in The Sweat by Matt Ward on Sat 11 Apr '09

Tim Hutchings says that until UK athletes approach something like ‘competitive’ against the African and Eastern nations they should not be sent to events such as the World Cross Country championships. Read more…
World's threatened, Dublin gets ready!

Posted in Dishing the Dirt by Matt Ward on Wed 08 Apr '09

Kenyan newspaper The Standard reports that the World Cross Country Championships could go biennial due to a lack of sponsors. As yet this is not fully confirmed, however this may be no bad thing in our view. Read more…
Letsrun.com bring you Amman in photos

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Mon 30 Mar '09

The super-site’s guys on the ground have delivered a superb set of images, detailing the spoils of the race day. With coverage of all 4 races, and some apres-run shots too, we think that this is the most comprehensive photo-chronicle of the 2009 World XC you will see on the net. Read more…
Gebremariam supreme in World XC

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Sat 28 Mar '09

Gebre Gebremariam secretly picked his way to this title, not showing his hand until 100m from the finish when his devastating finishing kick left Moses Kipsoro in his wake. Kenya’s losing streak is now ten years, dating back to Paul Tergat’s win in 1999. Read more…
Abshero wins juniors, Fernandez 11th

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Sat 28 Mar '09

The 8km junior men’s race was an affair dominated by the Africans. USA athletes tried hard to stay in contention, but had to relent when the speed really picked up around the 6km mark. The pace was the fiercest of the day and young American German Fernandez can leave Jordan happy. Read more…
2009 World XC - the course

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Fri 27 Mar '09

Those kindred spirits at Letsrun.com have recce’d the Amman course ahead of tomorrow’s championships. Having had a good look at these photos, the course profile and the weather, all should suit the African contingent. It’s cross-country Jim, but not as we know it. Read more…
“It’s as if I’ve never run before" - Ejigu targets Amman XC 'comeback'

Posted in Dishing the Dirt by Matt Ward on Wed 11 Mar '09

After hitting the world scene hard as a junior Sentayehu Ejigu has spent some hard years in the running wilderness. However, after a superb win at the Boston Games last month she has now set her sights firmly on a medal the World Cross Country Championships. Read more…
Southern Region XC - RSA dominate

Posted in At the Races by Matt Ward on Sun 01 Mar '09

The Southern Region XC held in Mauritius (beats Parliament Hill for a venue!) saw South Africa dominate proceedings – winning all four major titles on offer. The races also act as a kind of selection race for the World XC champs in Amman later this month… Read more…
When is running a team sport?

Posted in The Sweat by Matt Ward on Tue 24 Feb '09

You may say, relay running, Cup events, but cross country? Well this how Kenyan World XC coach Julius Kirwa sees it. Following Moses Mosop’s convincing win at the weekend he wants more ‘team drill’ come the World Cross Country Championships in Amman next month. Read more…