Samir Mousaoui (ALG) (© Z.K.Yazid)
Following the results of the national trials which were held in Biskra earlier this month, the Algerian team for the 34th IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Fukuoka, Japan (1 – 2 April) was chosen.
At the last edition of the World Cross in 2005, Algerian teams took fifth places in both the men’s senior races, and 10th place in the junior division.
Leading the team of 18 for Japan will be Samir Mousaoui, 30, who is the most experienced member of the national champion having first taken part in the World Cross Country as a 19-year-old in 1994. In Fukuoka he will be competing in his tenth World Cross Country Championships, a national record.
Tahar Righi for the IAAF
Men - Short race
Khodir Aggoune
Antar Zerguelaine
Rabah Aboud
Tarek Boukensa
Noureddine Bourfaâ
Ali Saïdi-Sief
Men - Long race
Ahmed Naili
Samir Mousaoui
Saïd Belhout
Abdelkrim Maäzouz
Nabil Benkrama
Fethi Meftah
Women - Junior
Aïcha Rezig
Amina Bettiche
Chahrazed Bouaoudène
Yamina Meskari
Yamina Belmedoiuni
Men - Junior
Abdelghani Bensaâdi