Cross country running should move towards a more extreme, edgier style to attract new audiences as well as a new breed of cross country runner to the discipline. [Read more…]
Africa dominates Atrim
January 5, 2014 By Leave a Comment
mimi belete at world cross
Ethiopian-born athlete, Mimi Belete, takes the women’s event at the Antrim International Cross Country in Northern Ireland [Read more…]
Global Seminar on Cross Country
November 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Cross Country Running
Monaco – The IAAF Global Seminar on Cross Country Running will take place on 9 December 2013 in the Serbian capital Belgrade and will discuss the major issues facing Cross Country participation, and Cross Country running in general. [Read more…]
Belete wins in Roeselare
November 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Almensch Belete
Almensch Belete cruised to victory on home soil at the European Athletics Cross Country Permit race in the Belgian town of Roeselare on Sunday.
Belete, 23, pulled away midway through the 6.25km race to cross the line in 21:26 ahead of Kenya’s Cynthia Kosgei and the fellow country woman Veerle Dejaeghere. [Read more…]
Balkan Cross Champs 2012
April 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Acunta Bobocel 2012
Local runners dominated the 57th Balkan Cross Country Championships, staged in the Turkish seaside town of Kocaeli on Saturday, winning three of the six individual titles and four team titles. [Read more…]
Kenya dominate 2nd CAA
March 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
CAA Africa Cross Country Championships 2012
18 March 2012 – The second edition of the CAA Africa Cross Country Championships took place in Cape Town at Keurboom Park with Kenya once again dominating, taking gold in most of the categories.
The senior men’s race was arguably the most fiercely contested on the day. The first 3 laps saw a bunch of around 40 athletes packed in the front group. As the athletes settled in the subsequent laps the group broke up, showcasing a thinning front pack consisting of athletes mainly Kenya, Eritrea and Ethiopia. [Read more…]
Edinburgh 2008 Champs
August 25, 2008 By Leave a Comment
It was with much anticipation that I arrived at Edinburgh by train from London to watch, what was to become, one of the most awesome and memorable cross country races ever run.
I had gone to Edinburgh with a few other avid runners, Wayne Smith, a top ex-SA and now GB duathlete and triathlete, His girlfriend, Jess Petersson, a world class Ironman, triathlete and 2.42 marathoner, Richard Xerri, a British athlete and triathlete, his girlfriend, Naomi Warner, a top Australian runner and Allen Barrie, an enthusiastic and very strong fell runner. [Read more…]
New Zealand women sixth at world cross country champs
April 4, 2006 By Leave a Comment
Nina Rillstone in 15th and Kate McIlroy 16th led New Zealand to sixth place in the senior women’s long course cross country teams title at the world cross country championships in Fukuoka, Japan yesterday. [Read more…]
The 2003 World XCountry Championships Report Back
March 26, 2003 By Leave a Comment
Kenenisa Bekele Lausanne 2003
The World Cross Country Championships, Lausanne, Switzerland will be again remembered for the simply breathtaking performances of one athlete, Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia. [Read more…]
The 2002 Dublin World Cross Country Championships
March 26, 2002 By Leave a Comment
The World Cross Country Championships, Dublin, Ireland was certainly a great place to be for one athlete. And that athlete was 19-year-old Kenenisa Bekele of Ethiopia.
The last really great Bikila, was the barefoot wonder who won the Olympic Games marathon on 2 occasions. Bekele the marathon runner was followed by Haile Gebrselassie and now we believe that following in their footsteps is the exceptional talent Kenenisa Bekele. At the staggeringly young age of 19, he has already made history by becoming the first athlete to do the ‘double’ at the World Cross Country Champs. [Read more…]
