Ethiopia and Kenya sweep World Cross Country Championships

28Mar09

Long respected for their proven skill in distance running, Ethiopian and Kenyan athletes swept the World Cross Country Championships in Amman, Jordan, today.   Ethiopian Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam (top) won the 12km men’s world cross-country title in 35min 02sec with a 2-second lead. The defending champion, Kenenisa Bekele, who didn’t run in the race, is also Ethiopian. Kenyan Florence Kiplagat (bottom) took […]

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Tags: Florence Kiplagat, Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam, Kenenisa Bekele, Linet Masai, Meselech Melkamu, Tirunesh Dibaba, world cross-country championships 2009