While most runners were relieved when they could finally stop at the finish of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships Kampala 2017, Kenya’s Geoffrey Kamworor crossed the line and continued running until he reached his coach.... Read more
Arriving in the Ugandan capital with a team where world and Olympic medallists figured prominently, that Kenya would dominate the women’s senior race at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships Kampala 2017 wasn’t an especially major surprise.... Read more
It is the material fairytales are made of: exactly one year to the day after taking the world half marathon title in Cardiff, Geoffrey Kamworor successfully defended his cross country crown from 2015 in 28:24 at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships Kampala 2017. His back-to-back wins mean he is the first senior man in 11 years to retain his title.... Read more
Capping an unprecedented display of team dominance, Irene Chepet Cheptai led a mighty Kenyan senior women’s squad to the first-ever top-six sweep at a World Cross Country Championships.... Read more
Ethiopia’s Letesenbet Gidey became the fourth woman to win back-to-back U20 titles at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships.... Read more