Punta Umbria, Spain - During his remarks at the opening ceremony of the 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Punta Umbria, IAAF President Lamine Diack called for a minute’s silence in remembrance of the victims of the earthquake and t...
Mar 21st 2011, 3:36pm
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Punta Umbría, Spain - The IAAF World Cross Country Championships traditionally heralds the climax, and the end of the cross country season, but Ethiopia’s 2011 senior men’s champion Imana Merga cannot relax and hang up his spikes ...
Mar 20th 2011, 7:47pm
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Punta Umbria - Alessandra Aguilar, Meselech Melkamu and Lineth Chepkurui – three women with different expectations coming into the 39th IAAF World Cross Country Championships – but each with the common goal of self-improvement.
Ethiopia&...
Mar 20th 2011, 7:07pm
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Punta Umbría - Spain plays host to the IAAF World Cross Country Championships for the third time on Sunday (20) and so it’s appropriate then that Ayad Lamdassem will be on hand to give the local crowd plenty to cheer.
He leads a Spani...
Mar 20th 2011, 7:07pm
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Punta Umbria - Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon sprinted to victory in the IAAF World Cross Country Championships opening race, the junior women’s event, at Punta Umbria 2011, a sparkling sprint under a brilliant sun.
A year ago, the barefoot Ki...
Mar 20th 2011, 7:07pm
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Punta Umbria - Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor was nobody’s favourite to win the IAAF World Cross Country Championships Junior race, after finishing fourth at his own national trials last month, but the 18-year-old Kenyan showed what a difference a ...
Mar 20th 2011, 7:07pm
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In the end, it was a battle between two World champions for a World Championship neither had won at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Punta Umbria, Spain.
Vivian Cheruiyot is reigning World champion at 5000 metres. She won the World Juni...
Mar 20th 2011, 7:07pm
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Punta Umbria - Imana Merga doesn’t win too many races, in fact he only won two of his 10 outings on the track in 2010 and a handful of road races but he chose the right moment to grab his first victory of this year.
With a turn of speed over...
Mar 20th 2011, 7:07pm
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