Uneven terrain, a 50-metre-long water and mud section, tough competition and a new winner in the men’s race all characterised the Kenyan Cross Country Championships in Nairobi on Saturday (13).

Uneven terrain, a 50-metre-long water and mud section, tough competition and a new winner in the men’s race all characterised the Kenyan Cross Country Championships in Nairobi on Saturday (13).

Konrad Bukowiecki lived up to his role as championships poster boy flawlessly, breaking the world U20 record in the shot put* to highlight the opening day of the IAAF World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz 2016 on Tuesday (19).

From the outset, Kenya’s Rodgers Chumo Kwemoi stamped his authority on this race, charging to the front and pulling the field through the opening kilometre in 2:52.67.

Some of the world’s top young distance-running talents were in action at the two-day Kenyan Junior Championships, which concluded in Nairobi on Wednesday (22).