Smith heads New Zealand’s first selections for 2010 World Cross Country Champs
22 October 2009 - Ten athletes have been pre-selected by Athletics New Zealand for 38th IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland which takes place on 28 March 2010
View ArticleBydgoszcz ready to add to its rich athletics legacy – IAAF World Cross...
5 November 2009 – 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...
View ArticleWith Bydgoszcz on the horizon, a look back at Poland's distance tradition -...
7 November 2009 – When Bydgoszcz hosts the 38th IAAF World Cross Country Championships on 28 March 2010, it will mark the second time that Poland plays host to the world’s finest middle and long...
View ArticleDanish men, Swedish women take Nordic Cross Country team titles
7 November 2009 - Perniö, Finland - Denmark took a clean sweep in the men's 9km race at the Nordic Cross Country Championships in the southwestern city of Perniö, Finland on Saturday (7).
View ArticleLocal runners dominate Kenyan cross country opener in Machakos
8 November 2009 – Nairobi, Kenya - It could be, perhaps, a little bit premature, but there is no denying the fact that the first Athletics Kenya Cross Country Series meeting in Machakos belonged to the...
View ArticleGebremariam and G. Dibaba secure Ethiopian double in Atapuerca
8 November 2009 - Atapuerca (Burgos), Spain – Reigning World Cross Country champion Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam of Ethiopia captured a thrilling sprint victory ahead of Spain’s Alemayehu Bezabeh as the...
View ArticleRocha and Felix secure European XC team spots with victories at Torres Vedras
16 November 2009 - The well-known Torres Vedras International Cross is far away now from the era in which the race attracted the presence of great international athletes, including the likes of former...
View ArticleChane and Jelila grab shock victories in Sendafa XC
16 November 2009 - Sendafa, Ethiopia - Marathon runners Abera Chane and Koreni Jelila took surprising, but deserved victories over the pre-race favourites in the 2nd Sendafa Cross Country meeting on...
View ArticleIAAF Cross Country season 2009 / 2010 begins and ends in Portugal
17 November 2009 - Monte-Carlo - The series of 12 individual meetings which make up the calendar of IAAF Cross Country Permit Series 2009/10 begin next weekend in Oeiras, Portugal, on Saturday 21...
View ArticleGebremariam tops the field in Oeiras - preview
19 November 2009 - Lisbon, Portugal – The IAAF Cross Country Permit Series 2009/10 kicks off this Saturday (21) with the Finibanco Oeiras Cross Country in Oeiras, Portugal.
View ArticleGebremariam and Augusto the victors in Oeiras
21 November 2009 - Lisbon, Portugal – Reigning World Cross Country champion Gebregziabher Gebremariam opened the IAAF Cross Country Permit season with a victory at the Oeiras Cross Country on Saturday.
View ArticleHome girl Cherono does hosts proud as Jelimo launches comeback - AK Weekend...
22 November 2009 - World Cross Country Championships junior silver medallist Mercy Cherono restored some much needed pride to her home race by winning the junior women’s title at the second Kenya...
View ArticleMasai and Medhin unstoppable in Llodio
23 November 2009 - Llodio, Spain - Eritrea’s Teklemariam Medhin and Kenya’s Linet Masai captured top spots in style at the 26th ‘Cross Internacional Valle de Llodio’ held yesterday (22) on a windy but...
View ArticleWorld champion Gebremariam lines-up for Edinburgh XC fixture
24 November 2009 - Edinburgh, UK - World Cross Country champion Gebre Gebremariam will attempt to add the Bupa Great Edinburgh International Cross Country - IAAF Permit - to his list of top honours in...
View ArticleChelanga and Bizzarri take NCAA XC titles
24 November 2009 - Terre Haute, Indiana, USA - Samuel Chelanga of Liberty University and Angela Bizzarri of the University of Illinois won the NCAA Cross Country Championships on Monday (23) in very...
View ArticleSpotlight on Gebremariam and Masai - Soria Cross Country, PREVIEW
27 November 2009 - Soria, Spain - The 16th ‘Cross Internacional de Soria’ - the second leg of the IAAF Cross Country Permit Series 2009/10- will take place on Sunday (29).
View ArticleMacharinyang back to fitness
29 November 2009 - Eldoret, Kenya - Former national cross country champion Hosea Macharinyang returned to competition limelight by winning the fourth edition of the Wareng Turskys Cross Country (28)...
View ArticleCherono dominates - AK 3rd weekend XC fixture
29 November 2009 - Nairobi, Kenya--Shadrack Kosgei, who was 10th in the 2005 World XC short course race, posted 35:56.2 after a thrilling final sprint to win the men's senior 12km race of the 3rd KCB...
View ArticleKenyans dominate Amora XC
29 November 2009 - Lisbon, Portugal - Today’s Amora International Cross Country meeting, one of the European Athletics XC Permit races, took place today (29) and was dominated by Kenyan guest runners...
View ArticleComfortable victories for Gebremariam and Masai in Soria
29 November 2009 - Soria, Spain - Ethiopia’s Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam and Kenya’s Linet Masai confirmed their roles as overwhelming favourites to capture victories in convincing fashion at the 16th...
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