2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
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The 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
were held at Myślęcinek Park in Bydgoszcz, Poland
on 28 March 2010. It was the first time in over twenty years that Poland hosted the annual championships, having previously held them in Warsaw
in 1987
. Kenya
n runners dominated the competition, taking all four individual titles and all four team titles at the competition. Kenyans took the top four spots in both junior men's and junior women's races to finish with a perfect team score.
In the absence of Zersenay Tadese and Kenenisa Bekele
, the senior men's race was an opportunity for less-established runners. Joseph Ebuya
won the gold
(his first major medal), becoming the first Kenyan to win the men's race since Paul Tergat
in 1999
. Teklemariam Medhin
of Eritrea
took second place (also his first major medal) while Moses Ndiema Kipsiro of Uganda
was third. Kenya won the senior men's team gold with ease and Eritrea won the team silver medal
. Defending champion Gebregziabher Gebremariam only just made the top ten but led Ethiopia
to the team bronze
.
Florence Kiplagat
was not present to defend the women's senior title, leaving Linet Masai
and Tirunesh Dibaba
as the favourites. However, a sprint
finish by little-known runner Emily Chebet
rendered Masai the silver medallist for a second year running. Meselech Melkamu
of Ethiopia
won the fourth World Cross Country bronze of her career as Dibaba finished outside of the medals. Kenya and Ethiopia won the team gold and silver, respectively, while Shalane Flanagan
led the United States
women's team to a bronze medal.
The top four in both the junior men and women's races were all Kenyan, with Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku
and Mercy Cherono
the gold medallists. The dominance of the competition by Kenyan and East Africa
n runners was accompanied by a decline in the number of Europe
an teams that were entered for the tournament, with some historically strong countries sending no athletes at all.
and Marika Popowicz
were among those who took to the course to compete alongside professional and amateur runners alike.
The Polish Cross Country Championships were held at the venue, acting as a pre-championship tester for the Myślęcinek Park course two weeks prior to the main event. Katarzyna Kowalska
won the women's 8 km race while Marcin Chabowski won the men's 12 km event. The organising committee introduced an event mascot
– a large grey squirrel called "Crossby".
, who had won six long and five short course gold medals in the previous decade, was ruled out due to an injury and his nearest competitor, 2007
winner Zersenay Tadese, missed the championships to focus on road running
instead.
Their absence suggested that a Kenya
n runner might top the men's podium for the first time in over ten years. The largely untested Paul Tanui had established himself by summarily beating his more experienced counterparts by over half a minute at the Kenyan championships. Leonard Komon
and Joseph Ebuya
were other Kenyan men in strong form. Many of Ethiopia
's top athletes were absent, although the defending champion Gebregziabher Gebremariam was a key medal contender and former junior champion Ayele Abshero
was making his first try at the senior ranks. Outside of the traditionally successful Ethiopian and Kenya teams, Samuel Tsegay
of Eritrea
and 2009 silver medallist Moses Ndiema Kipsiro of Uganda
were medal possibilities, while the 2009 European Champion
Alemayehu Bezabeh
headed an improved Spanish
team.
In the women's race, Linet Masai
(2009 silver medallist) and Tirunesh Dibaba
(the 2008 champion) were strong favourites for the women's medals. The defending champion, Florence Kiplagat
, was not in attendance but 2009 fourth placer Lineth Chepkurui
was another Kenyan contender for the medals. Ethiopia entered a strong team, including Dibaba, 2003 champion Werknesh Kidane
and multiple past medallist Meselech Melkamu
. Non-African runners in good form were 2004 champion Benita Willis of Australia
and 2009 European champion Hayley Yelling
. The United States
and Portugal
had entered strong women's teams, led by national champions Shalane Flanagan
and Ana Dulce Félix
respectively, which were given good medalling possibilities.
, who commented that the course "seems to be some kind of children’s play park, runners also have to run past a bizarre-looking wooden crocodile." A mix of unseasonably warm weather, followed by a cold, overcast day prior to the championships, suggested the event would be held in less than ideal conditions. However, the race day itself was sunny and (at 10° Celsius) the temperature was well-suited to the runners.
of Eritrea began to increase the pace at the beginning of the fourth lap. This disrupted the pack and by the end of the lap Medhin was leading, shortly followed by Joseph Ebuya and Moses Kipsiro, who was a little further behind. Ebuya took the lead and he continued the quicker pace for the fifth and final lap. Medhin stayed close to Ebuya, however, while Leonard Komon and Kipsiro were battling for the bronze medal
position.
As the race drew to a close, Ebuya pulled away from Medhin to beat the Eritrean by six seconds, becoming the first Kenyan senior men's champion since Paul Tergat
in 1999
. Komon and Kipsiro engaged in a sprint
finish in the final straight
and, although they recorded the same time, it was Kipsiro who took the honours. Tsegay and Hasan Mahboob
took fifth and sixth places and a Kenyan trio of Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong, Paul Tanui, and Hosea Mwok Macharinyang ensured that Kenya took the team gold as well. Eritrea took the team silver medal, pushing Ethiopian into third place on the team podium. Chakir Boujattaoui
(in 12th place) helped Morocco
to fourth in the rankings while Saudi-Arabian-born runner Simon Bairu
, representing Canada
, was the first non-African to cross the line.
Later that year, Boujattaoui's performance was erased from the record as he failed a pre-race drug test for MIRCERA
(an EPO
variant). This meant that Bairu was elevated into the top twelve while Uganda moved ahead of Morocco by one place in the final team rankings.
and Meselech Melkamu.
In the final lap, Masai made her move and began to forge a lead over the other two runners. However, Chebet began to chase Masai, leaving Melkamu behind her. Masai was ahead at the final straight towards the finish but Chebet's sprint quickly reduced the gap between the two. The little-known Chebet won at the line, defeating the pre-race favourite Masai, who had to content herself with another silver having lost another sprint finish at the competition. Melkamu took third uncontested while Dibaba was fourth some twelve seconds behind the bronze medallist. Kenyans Lineth Chepkurui
and Margaret Wangari Muriuki took fifth and sixth to confirm their team gold and the Ethiopian women took the team silver. American runner Shalane Flanagan was twelfth and top-20 finishes from Molly Huddle
and Magdalena Lewy-Boulet
helped the United States to a team bronze.
The junior women's race marked a resounding defeat for the defending Ethiopian team and its defending champion Genzebe Dibaba
. The leading pack remained large during the first two laps, but on the third and final lap the Kenyan women asserted themselves. By the halfway point, Mercy Cherono
was at the front of a group of four Kenyans comprising Purity Rionoripo, Esther Chemtai and Faith Chepngetich. Cherono pulled ahead of her compatriots and won with ease. Rionoripo just pipped Chemtai for second place in a sprint finish, shortly followed by Chepndetich in fourth place. Dibaba finished in eleventh, helping Ethiopia to the team silver. Uganda took the team bronze while the first non-African-born runner home was Gulshat Fazlitdinova of Russia.
, this dominance came with a fall in both interest and participation from Western countries
. Nations with distinguished histories in long distance running, such as Russia
, Germany
and Finland
, sent no senior athletes to the championships at all, while the sole runners for Belgium
and the Netherlands (Atelaw Yeshetela and Hilda Kibet
) were both born in East Africa.
The secretary general of the IAAF, Pierre Weiss
, acknowledged the lack of European teams present at the competition, but said that problem was solely with world championships participation and not the sport of cross country running
as a whole as the 2009 European Cross Country Championships
had been successful. IAAF president Lamine Diack
stated that European runners needed to learn from the East Africans to improve their performances. However, the decline in European interest had a direct effect on the scheduling of the world championships event, which had been changed from an annual to a biennial format by a large majority of votes at the 2009 IAAF Congress.
IAAF World Cross Country Championships
IAAF World Cross Country Championships is the most important competition in international cross country running. Held annually and organised by International Association of Athletics Federations , it was inaugurated in 1973, when it replaced the International Cross Country Championships...
were held at Myślęcinek Park in Bydgoszcz, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
on 28 March 2010. It was the first time in over twenty years that Poland hosted the annual championships, having previously held them in Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
in 1987
1987 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
The 15th IAAF World Cross Country Championships were held on March 22, 1987 in Warsaw, Poland. There were a total number of 576 participating athletes from 47 countries.- Individual :- Team :- Individual :- Team :- Individual :- Team :...
. Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
n runners dominated the competition, taking all four individual titles and all four team titles at the competition. Kenyans took the top four spots in both junior men's and junior women's races to finish with a perfect team score.
In the absence of Zersenay Tadese and Kenenisa Bekele
Kenenisa Bekele
Kenenisa Bekele is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, who holds the world record and Olympic record in both the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres events...
, the senior men's race was an opportunity for less-established runners. Joseph Ebuya
Joseph Ebuya
Joseph Ebuya is a Kenyan runner who specializes in the 5000 metres and was the 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships champion.-Early life and career:...
won the gold
Gold medal
A gold medal is typically the medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture...
(his first major medal), becoming the first Kenyan to win the men's race since Paul Tergat
Paul Tergat
Paul Kibii Tergat is a Kenyan professional long distance runner. He held the world record in the marathon from 2003 to 2007, with a time of 2:04:55, and is regarded as one of the most accomplished long-distance runners of all time.Now concentrating exclusively on the marathon, Tergat won many...
in 1999
1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
The 27th IAAF World Cross Country Championships were held 27-28 March 1999 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.- Individual :- Team :- Individual :- Team :- Individual :- Team :- Individual :- Team :- Individual :- Team :- Individual :...
. Teklemariam Medhin
Teklemariam Medhin
Teklemariam Medhin Weldeslassie is an Eritrean long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres....
of Eritrea
Eritrea
Eritrea , officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa. Eritrea derives it's name from the Greek word Erethria, meaning 'red land'. The capital is Asmara. It is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast...
took second place (also his first major medal) while Moses Ndiema Kipsiro of Uganda
Uganda
Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...
was third. Kenya won the senior men's team gold with ease and Eritrea won the team silver medal
Silver medal
A silver medal is a medal awarded to the second place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, and contests with similar formats....
. Defending champion Gebregziabher Gebremariam only just made the top ten but led Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
to the team bronze
Bronze medal
A bronze medal is a medal awarded to the third place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The practice of awarding bronze third place medals began at the 1904 Olympic Games in St...
.
Florence Kiplagat
Florence Kiplagat
Florence Jebet Kiplagat is a Kenyan long-distance runner. She is a two-time world champion having won at the 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and the 2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships....
was not present to defend the women's senior title, leaving Linet Masai
Linet Masai
Linet Chepkwemoi Masai is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in track and cross country running events...
and Tirunesh Dibaba
Tirunesh Dibaba
Tirunesh Dibaba also known as Tirunesh Dibaba Kenene is an Ethiopian long distance track athlete and the outdoor 5000 metres world record holder. She is the current Olympic 5000 metres and 10,000 metres champion...
as the favourites. However, a sprint
Sprint (race)
Sprints are short running events in athletics and track and field. Races over short distances are among the oldest running competitions. The first 13 editions of the Ancient Olympic Games featured only one event—the stadion race, which was a race from one end of the stadium to the other...
finish by little-known runner Emily Chebet
Emily Chebet
Emily Chebet is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres and cross country running...
rendered Masai the silver medallist for a second year running. Meselech Melkamu
Meselech Melkamu
Meselech Melkamu is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, who specializes in the 5000 metres, 10,000 metres and cross-country events...
of Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
won the fourth World Cross Country bronze of her career as Dibaba finished outside of the medals. Kenya and Ethiopia won the team gold and silver, respectively, while Shalane Flanagan
Shalane Flanagan
Shalane Flanagan is an American distance runner. She currently holds the American record times in the 3000 m , 5000 m , and 10,000 m...
led the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
women's team to a bronze medal.
The top four in both the junior men and women's races were all Kenyan, with Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku
Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku
Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku is a Kenyan middle- and long-distance runner.Born in Machakos, he was the son of a javelin thrower, David Ndiku, but he decided not to follow his father and focused on running instead...
and Mercy Cherono
Mercy Cherono
Mercy Cherono is a Kenyan middle distance runner. She is a two-time world junior champion in the 3000 metres and has also won gold medals at the 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics and 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games...
the gold medallists. The dominance of the competition by Kenyan and East Africa
East Africa
East Africa or Eastern Africa is the easterly region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. In the UN scheme of geographic regions, 19 territories constitute Eastern Africa:...
n runners was accompanied by a decline in the number of Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an teams that were entered for the tournament, with some historically strong countries sending no athletes at all.
Bidding
The Bydgoszcz bid for the World Cross Country Championships was approved on 22 March 2009 at the spring IAAF Council meeting.Qualification
Athletes could gain qualification into the World Championships through performances at either their national championships or through the following IAAF Permit Meetings:- Oeiras International Cross CountryOeiras International Cross CountryThe Oeiras International Cross Country is an annual cross country running competition that takes place in Oeiras, Portugal...
- Cross Internacional de SoriaCross Internacional de SoriaThe Cross Internacional de Soria, also known as the Campo a Través Internacional de Soria, is an annual cross country running competition that takes place in Soria, Spain. First held in 1994, it usually takes place in late November and gained IAAF cross country permit meeting status in 2007...
- Lotto Cross Cup BrusselsLotto Cross Cup BrusselsThe Lotto Cross Cup Brussels, also known as the IRIS Lotto Cross Cup, is an annual cross country running competition that takes place in mid-December in Brussels, Belgium...
- Great Edinburgh International Cross CountryGreat Edinburgh International Cross CountryThe Great Edinburgh International Cross Country is an annual cross country running competition that takes place every January in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is one of the competitions in the Great Run series of athletics events and is held alongside the Great Winter Run 5 kilometres mass...
- Cross Internacional de ItálicaCross Internacional de ItálicaThe Cross Internacional de Itálica is an annual cross country running competition that is held every January in Santiponce, near Seville, Spain. Inaugurated in 1982, the race course is set in the ruins of the ancient Roman city of Itálica...
- Antrim International Cross CountryAntrim International Cross CountryThe Antrim International Cross Country, formerly the Belfast International Cross Country, is an annual cross country running meeting which takes place every January in Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is one of the IAAF's cross country permit meetings, as well as being part of the UK Cross Challenge tour...
- Cinque MuliniCinque MuliniThe Cinque Mulini is an annual cross country running race in San Vittore Olona, Italy. First held in 1933, the course is unusual in that it revolves around a number of water mills, which lend the competition its name – meaning Five Mills in Italian. It is one of the IAAF cross country permit...
- Chiba International Cross CountryChiba International Cross CountryThe Chiba International Cross Country is an annual cross country running competition which takes place in Chiba, Japan in mid-February. It is one of the IAAF permit meetings which serve as qualifying events for the IAAF World Cross Country Championships....
- KCB Nairobi Cross
- Fukuoka International Cross Country Meet
- EurocrossEurocrossEurocross is an annual international cross country running competition which takes place in Diekirch, Luxembourg in February. It is one of the IAAF permit meetings which serve as qualifying events for the IAAF World Cross Country Championships....
- Almond Blossom Cross
Pre-championship events
In order to raise awareness prior to the championships, the city and Polish athletics association organised a weekly cross country run (the Cross Bydgoski) every Sunday on the race course from 25 October onwards. Renowned Polish athletes were invited and Artur KohutekArtur Kohutek
Artur Kohutek is a Polish hurdler and soldier of the Polish Army.He won the bronze medal at the 2002 European Championships in Munich in a time of 13.32 seconds....
and Marika Popowicz
Marika Popowicz
Marika Popowicz is a Polish track and field athlete who specialises in sprinting.She made her first major appearances in 2005, finishing in sixth place in the 200 metres at the 2005 World Youth Championships in Athletics and helping the Polish women's 4×100 metres relay team to a gold medal at the...
were among those who took to the course to compete alongside professional and amateur runners alike.
The Polish Cross Country Championships were held at the venue, acting as a pre-championship tester for the Myślęcinek Park course two weeks prior to the main event. Katarzyna Kowalska
Katarzyna Kowalska
Katarzyna Kowalska is a Polish long-distance runner who specialises in the 3000 metres steeplechase. She represented Poland at the 2008 Olympic Games and reached the final of the 2009 World Championships in Athletics...
won the women's 8 km race while Marcin Chabowski won the men's 12 km event. The organising committee introduced an event mascot
Mascot
The term mascot – defined as a term for any person, animal, or object thought to bring luck – colloquially includes anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, professional sports team, society, military unit, or brand name...
– a large grey squirrel called "Crossby".
Pre-race form
Before the event, the possible medallists of men's race were less predictable than in previous years – Kenenisa BekeleKenenisa Bekele
Kenenisa Bekele is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, who holds the world record and Olympic record in both the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres events...
, who had won six long and five short course gold medals in the previous decade, was ruled out due to an injury and his nearest competitor, 2007
2007 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
The 35th IAAF World Cross Country Championships were held in Mombasa, Kenya on 24 March, 2007. Four races took place, one for men, women, junior men and junior women respectively. All races encompassed both individual and team competition...
winner Zersenay Tadese, missed the championships to focus on road running
Road running
Road running is the sport of running on a measured course over an established road . These events would be classified as long distance according to athletics terminology, with distances typically ranging from 5 kilometers to 42.2 kilometers in the marathon. They may involve large numbers of runners...
instead.
Their absence suggested that a Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
n runner might top the men's podium for the first time in over ten years. The largely untested Paul Tanui had established himself by summarily beating his more experienced counterparts by over half a minute at the Kenyan championships. Leonard Komon
Leonard Komon
Leonard Patrick Komon is a Kenyan long-distance runner and the current world record holder in the 10 kilometres and 15 km road races....
and Joseph Ebuya
Joseph Ebuya
Joseph Ebuya is a Kenyan runner who specializes in the 5000 metres and was the 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships champion.-Early life and career:...
were other Kenyan men in strong form. Many of Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
's top athletes were absent, although the defending champion Gebregziabher Gebremariam was a key medal contender and former junior champion Ayele Abshero
Ayele Abshero
Ayele Abshero is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who mainly competes in cross country and road races....
was making his first try at the senior ranks. Outside of the traditionally successful Ethiopian and Kenya teams, Samuel Tsegay
Samuel Tsegay
Samuel Tsegay is an Eritrean long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres. He was born in Kudofelasi. As a junior he competed in the junior races at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, finishing seventeenth in 2005, eighth in 2006 and eighth in 2007...
of Eritrea
Eritrea
Eritrea , officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa. Eritrea derives it's name from the Greek word Erethria, meaning 'red land'. The capital is Asmara. It is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast...
and 2009 silver medallist Moses Ndiema Kipsiro of Uganda
Uganda
Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...
were medal possibilities, while the 2009 European Champion
2009 European Cross Country Championships
The 2009 European Cross Country Championships was a continental cross country running competition that was held on 13 December 2009 in Dublin, Ireland. Dublin was selected as the host city in 2007 and the event was the first time that a major European athletics championships took place in Ireland...
Alemayehu Bezabeh
Alemayehu Bezabeh
Alemayehu Bezabeh Desta is an Ethiopian-born athlete who represents Spain internationally. He competes in middle- and long-distance running on the track, and also in cross country...
headed an improved Spanish
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
team.
In the women's race, Linet Masai
Linet Masai
Linet Chepkwemoi Masai is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in track and cross country running events...
(2009 silver medallist) and Tirunesh Dibaba
Tirunesh Dibaba
Tirunesh Dibaba also known as Tirunesh Dibaba Kenene is an Ethiopian long distance track athlete and the outdoor 5000 metres world record holder. She is the current Olympic 5000 metres and 10,000 metres champion...
(the 2008 champion) were strong favourites for the women's medals. The defending champion, Florence Kiplagat
Florence Kiplagat
Florence Jebet Kiplagat is a Kenyan long-distance runner. She is a two-time world champion having won at the 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships and the 2010 IAAF World Half Marathon Championships....
, was not in attendance but 2009 fourth placer Lineth Chepkurui
Lineth Chepkurui
Lineth Chepkurui is a Kenyan long distance runner.At the 2008 World Cross Country Championships she finished eleventh in the individual race, however this was not enough to be a part of the Kenyan team, who won silver medals in the team competition...
was another Kenyan contender for the medals. Ethiopia entered a strong team, including Dibaba, 2003 champion Werknesh Kidane
Werknesh Kidane
Werknesh Kidane , is an Ethiopian long distance running athlete who competes in both 5000 and 10,000 metres. She has won numerous medals at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships and represented Ethiopia at the Summer Olympics in 2000 and 2004...
and multiple past medallist Meselech Melkamu
Meselech Melkamu
Meselech Melkamu is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, who specializes in the 5000 metres, 10,000 metres and cross-country events...
. Non-African runners in good form were 2004 champion Benita Willis of Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and 2009 European champion Hayley Yelling
Hayley Yelling
Hayley Higham is a British runner. She is the sister-in-law of fellow British runner Liz Yelling. She married Jamie Higham in 2009....
. The United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
had entered strong women's teams, led by national champions Shalane Flanagan
Shalane Flanagan
Shalane Flanagan is an American distance runner. She currently holds the American record times in the 3000 m , 5000 m , and 10,000 m...
and Ana Dulce Félix
Ana Dulce Félix
Ana Dulce Félix is a long distance runner who competes in track, cross country, and road running events.Born in Azurém, Guimarães Municipality, Portugal, Félix began her career as a junior at the 2000 and 2001 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, although she did not break the top 60 runners on...
respectively, which were given good medalling possibilities.
Venue and conditions
The course for the race was flat with a number of turns and was grassy and reasonably dry underfoot. An unusual addition to the relatively straight-forward course was the placement of large wooden logs on the course as hurdles. This aspect came under criticism from Jason Henderson of Athletics WeeklyAthletics Weekly
Athletics Weekly is the world's only weekly athletics magazine.It is published in the United Kingdom by Athletics Weekly Limited and covers news, results, fixtures, coaching and product advice for all aspects of athletics, including track and field, cross-country, road racing and race walking.-...
, who commented that the course "seems to be some kind of children’s play park, runners also have to run past a bizarre-looking wooden crocodile." A mix of unseasonably warm weather, followed by a cold, overcast day prior to the championships, suggested the event would be held in less than ideal conditions. However, the race day itself was sunny and (at 10° Celsius) the temperature was well-suited to the runners.
Men's race
The men's race started at a middling-pace and 20 runners (mostly Kenyans, Ethiopians and Eritreans) had formed a leading pack by the third lap. Defending champion Gebregziabher Gebremariam was not among them and it soon became obvious he would not reach the podium for a second year running. Samuel Tsegay and Teklemariam MedhinTeklemariam Medhin
Teklemariam Medhin Weldeslassie is an Eritrean long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres....
of Eritrea began to increase the pace at the beginning of the fourth lap. This disrupted the pack and by the end of the lap Medhin was leading, shortly followed by Joseph Ebuya and Moses Kipsiro, who was a little further behind. Ebuya took the lead and he continued the quicker pace for the fifth and final lap. Medhin stayed close to Ebuya, however, while Leonard Komon and Kipsiro were battling for the bronze medal
Bronze medal
A bronze medal is a medal awarded to the third place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The practice of awarding bronze third place medals began at the 1904 Olympic Games in St...
position.
As the race drew to a close, Ebuya pulled away from Medhin to beat the Eritrean by six seconds, becoming the first Kenyan senior men's champion since Paul Tergat
Paul Tergat
Paul Kibii Tergat is a Kenyan professional long distance runner. He held the world record in the marathon from 2003 to 2007, with a time of 2:04:55, and is regarded as one of the most accomplished long-distance runners of all time.Now concentrating exclusively on the marathon, Tergat won many...
in 1999
1999 IAAF World Cross Country Championships
The 27th IAAF World Cross Country Championships were held 27-28 March 1999 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.- Individual :- Team :- Individual :- Team :- Individual :- Team :- Individual :- Team :- Individual :- Team :- Individual :...
. Komon and Kipsiro engaged in a sprint
Sprint (race)
Sprints are short running events in athletics and track and field. Races over short distances are among the oldest running competitions. The first 13 editions of the Ancient Olympic Games featured only one event—the stadion race, which was a race from one end of the stadium to the other...
finish in the final straight
Straight (racing)
In many forms of racing, the straight is that part of the race track in which the competitors travel in a straight line, as opposed to a bend. The term is used in horse racing, motor racing and track and field athletics....
and, although they recorded the same time, it was Kipsiro who took the honours. Tsegay and Hasan Mahboob
Hasan Mahboob
Ali Hasan Mahboob is a Bahraini long-distance runner. He became naturalized in Bahrain and switched from his birth country Kenya ahead of the 2006 season to participate....
took fifth and sixth places and a Kenyan trio of Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong, Paul Tanui, and Hosea Mwok Macharinyang ensured that Kenya took the team gold as well. Eritrea took the team silver medal, pushing Ethiopian into third place on the team podium. Chakir Boujattaoui
Chakir Boujattaoui
Chakir Boujattaoui is a Moroccan is a long distance runner who specialises in cross country running, and the 5000 metres and steeplechase on the track....
(in 12th place) helped Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
to fourth in the rankings while Saudi-Arabian-born runner Simon Bairu
Simon Bairu
Simon Bairu is a Canadian long distance runner born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. After a short stint in Athens, Greece, he moved with his family to Canada at the age of three and was raised in Regina, Saskatchewan....
, representing Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, was the first non-African to cross the line.
Later that year, Boujattaoui's performance was erased from the record as he failed a pre-race drug test for MIRCERA
Methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta
Methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta is the active ingredient of a drug marketed by Hoffmann-La Roche under the brand name Mircera. Mircera is a long-acting erythropoietin receptor activator indicated for the treatment of patients with anaemia associated with chronic kidney disease. It is the...
(an EPO
Erythropoietin
Erythropoietin, or its alternatives erythropoetin or erthropoyetin or EPO, is a glycoprotein hormone that controls erythropoiesis, or red blood cell production...
variant). This meant that Bairu was elevated into the top twelve while Uganda moved ahead of Morocco by one place in the final team rankings.
Women's race
Linet Masai, the previous year's silver medallist, made a strong start to the race and began to set the pace for the race alongside her Kenyan teammates. After the first lap around fifteen runners had formed a leading pack comprising mainly Kenyan and Ethiopian runners, although Benita Willis, Shalane Flanagan, and Hilda Kibet remained among them. The group stayed together until the third lap at which point the pace became too much for some runners. By the mid-point of the lap, former champion Tirunesh Dibaba had slipped out of contention and was ten seconds behind the three leading athletes: Masai, Emily ChebetEmily Chebet
Emily Chebet is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres and cross country running...
and Meselech Melkamu.
In the final lap, Masai made her move and began to forge a lead over the other two runners. However, Chebet began to chase Masai, leaving Melkamu behind her. Masai was ahead at the final straight towards the finish but Chebet's sprint quickly reduced the gap between the two. The little-known Chebet won at the line, defeating the pre-race favourite Masai, who had to content herself with another silver having lost another sprint finish at the competition. Melkamu took third uncontested while Dibaba was fourth some twelve seconds behind the bronze medallist. Kenyans Lineth Chepkurui
Lineth Chepkurui
Lineth Chepkurui is a Kenyan long distance runner.At the 2008 World Cross Country Championships she finished eleventh in the individual race, however this was not enough to be a part of the Kenyan team, who won silver medals in the team competition...
and Margaret Wangari Muriuki took fifth and sixth to confirm their team gold and the Ethiopian women took the team silver. American runner Shalane Flanagan was twelfth and top-20 finishes from Molly Huddle
Molly Huddle
Molly Huddle in is an American athlete who competes in long distance track events. Huddle set the American record in the 5000m at the 2010 Memorial Van Damme Diamond League meet in Brussels, Belgium ....
and Magdalena Lewy-Boulet
Magdalena Lewy-Boulet
Magdalena Lewy-Boulet is an American runner from Oakland, California. Born in Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Poland, Lewy-Boulet became a U.S. citizen on September 11, 2001. Lewy Boulet finished second at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Women's Marathon, held on April 20, 2008, in Boston, Massachusetts, in...
helped the United States to a team bronze.
Junior races
The junior men's race was a straight forward affair: a Kenyan trio of Caleb Ndiku, Clement Langat and Japhet Korir monopolised first position for laps one and two. Ndiku took to the front of the leading pack on the third lap and never relinquished his position after maintaining a fast pace. As Ndiku increased his lead, Moses Kibet of Uganda attempted to follow, but he eventually fell off the pace. Langat and Korir pulled closer to their team mate in the final stages but they took second and third place respectively. Isaiah Koech overtook Kibet to head the Kenyan team to a perfect gold, occupying the top four spots. With Ethiopia, Uganda and Eritrea taking the next three team spots, the upper rankings featured almost exclusively East African runners, with Joel Mmone of South Africa (21st place) being the only exception among the first 24 runners to finish.The junior women's race marked a resounding defeat for the defending Ethiopian team and its defending champion Genzebe Dibaba
Genzebe Dibaba
Genzebe Dibaba is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She is the sister of World Champion Tirunesh Dibaba and Olympic silver medallist Ejegayehu Dibaba, and the cousin of former Olympic champion Derartu Tulu....
. The leading pack remained large during the first two laps, but on the third and final lap the Kenyan women asserted themselves. By the halfway point, Mercy Cherono
Mercy Cherono
Mercy Cherono is a Kenyan middle distance runner. She is a two-time world junior champion in the 3000 metres and has also won gold medals at the 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics and 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games...
was at the front of a group of four Kenyans comprising Purity Rionoripo, Esther Chemtai and Faith Chepngetich. Cherono pulled ahead of her compatriots and won with ease. Rionoripo just pipped Chemtai for second place in a sprint finish, shortly followed by Chepndetich in fourth place. Dibaba finished in eleventh, helping Ethiopia to the team silver. Uganda took the team bronze while the first non-African-born runner home was Gulshat Fazlitdinova of Russia.
Reception
Having won every gold medal on offer, as well as a 1–2 in the women's race and every junior individual medal, Kenya were perceived as being by far the dominant force of the championships. However, while this success was lauded as a great achievement for Kenya by commentators such as former champion John NgugiJohn Ngugi
John Ngugi Kamau , is a former Kenyan athlete, often called one of the greatest cross country runners of all time and winner of the 5000 metres at the 1988 Summer Olympics.-Career:...
, this dominance came with a fall in both interest and participation from Western countries
Western world
The Western world, also known as the West and the Occident , is a term referring to the countries of Western Europe , the countries of the Americas, as well all countries of Northern and Central Europe, Australia and New Zealand...
. Nations with distinguished histories in long distance running, such as Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
, sent no senior athletes to the championships at all, while the sole runners for Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
and the Netherlands (Atelaw Yeshetela and Hilda Kibet
Hilda Kibet
Hilda Kibet is a Dutch runner of Kenyan birth. She is the sister of Sylvia Kibet and the niece of Lornah Kiplagat. She obtained Dutch nationality in October 2007....
) were both born in East Africa.
The secretary general of the IAAF, Pierre Weiss
Pierre Weiss
Pierre-Ernest Weiss was a French physicist who developed the domain theory of ferromagnetism in 1907. Weiss domains and the Weiss magneton are named after him. Weiss also developed the Molecular or Mean field theory, which is often called Weiss-mean-field theory.Weiss was born in Mulhouse and...
, acknowledged the lack of European teams present at the competition, but said that problem was solely with world championships participation and not the sport of cross country running
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
as a whole as the 2009 European Cross Country Championships
2009 European Cross Country Championships
The 2009 European Cross Country Championships was a continental cross country running competition that was held on 13 December 2009 in Dublin, Ireland. Dublin was selected as the host city in 2007 and the event was the first time that a major European athletics championships took place in Ireland...
had been successful. IAAF president Lamine Diack
Lamine Diack
Lamine Diack is from Senegal and was the Chairman of the Board of the National Water Company "Société Nationale des Eaux" of Senegal from 1995-2001. He is currently the president of the International Association of Athletics Federations since 8 November 1999. He was re-elected for another 4 year...
stated that European runners needed to learn from the East Africans to improve their performances. However, the decline in European interest had a direct effect on the scheduling of the world championships event, which had been changed from an annual to a biennial format by a large majority of votes at the 2009 IAAF Congress.
Senior men's race
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time (m Minute A minute is a unit of measurement of time or of angle. The minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour or 60 seconds. In the UTC time scale, a minute on rare occasions has 59 or 61 seconds; see leap second. The minute is not an SI unit; however, it is accepted for use with SI units... :s Second The second is a unit of measurement of time, and is the International System of Units base unit of time. It may be measured using a clock.... ) |
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Joseph Ebuya Joseph Ebuya Joseph Ebuya is a Kenyan runner who specializes in the 5000 metres and was the 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships champion.-Early life and career:... |
33:00 | |
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Teklemariam Medhin Teklemariam Medhin Teklemariam Medhin Weldeslassie is an Eritrean long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres.... |
33:06 | |
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Moses Ndiema Kipsiro | 33:10 | |
| 4 | Leonard Patrick Komon | 33:10 | |
| 5 | Samuel Tsegay Samuel Tsegay Samuel Tsegay is an Eritrean long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres. He was born in Kudofelasi. As a junior he competed in the junior races at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, finishing seventeenth in 2005, eighth in 2006 and eighth in 2007... |
33:27 | |
| 6 | Hasan Mahboob Hasan Mahboob Ali Hasan Mahboob is a Bahraini long-distance runner. He became naturalized in Bahrain and switched from his birth country Kenya ahead of the 2006 season to participate.... |
33:28 | |
| 7 | Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong | 33:29 | |
| 8 | Paul Kipngetich Tanui Paul Kipngetich Tanui Paul Kipngetich Tanui is a Kenyan long distance runner.Hailing from Nakuru, Kenya, he began competing in major domestic cross country races in the 2007–2008 season: in two of the junior races at the KCB/Athletics Kenya Cross Country meetings he made the top eight, and he went on to finish in sixth... |
33:30 | |
| 9 | Hosea Mwok Macharinyang | 33:31 | |
| 10 | Gebregziabher Gebremariam | 33:35 | |
| 11 | Ahmad Hassan Abdullah | 33:36 | |
| 12 † | Simon Bairu Simon Bairu Simon Bairu is a Canadian long distance runner born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. After a short stint in Athens, Greece, he moved with his family to Canada at the age of three and was raised in Regina, Saskatchewan.... |
33:42 |
- † = Chakir BoujattaouiChakir BoujattaouiChakir Boujattaoui is a Moroccan is a long distance runner who specialises in cross country running, and the 5000 metres and steeplechase on the track....
of Morocco was the original 12th place finisher, but was disqualified for a doping offence.
| Rank | Team | Points † |
|---|---|---|
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Joseph Ebuya Leonard Patrick Komon Richard Kipkemboi Mateelong Paul Kipngetich Tanui |
20 |
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Teklemariam Medhin Samuel Tsegay Kidane Tadasse Kidane Tadasse Kidane Tadesse Habtesilase is an Eritrean long-distance runner who specializes in the 5000 metres and 10,000 metres.... Kiflom Sium |
44 |
| |
Gebregziabher Gebremariam Abera Kuma Abera Kuma Abera Kuma Lema is an Ethiopian long distance runner who competes in track, cross country and road running events. An African junior champion over 5000 metres, he won his first senior international medal at the 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.He was disqualified at the 2011 event for... Hunegnaw Mesfin Hunegnaw Mesfin Hunegnaw Mesfin is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in cross country and track running events... Azmeraw Bekele Azmeraw Bekele Azmeraw Bekele Molalign is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in road running and cross country running competitions.... |
66 |
| 4 | 87 | |
| 5 | 110 | |
| 6 | 150 | |
| 7 | 159 | |
| 8 | 169 |
- † = The disqualification of Morocco's Boujattaoui affected the points totals in the team competition, with the main result being that Uganda were moved up to fourth place ahead of Morocco.
Senior women's race
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time (m Minute A minute is a unit of measurement of time or of angle. The minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour or 60 seconds. In the UTC time scale, a minute on rare occasions has 59 or 61 seconds; see leap second. The minute is not an SI unit; however, it is accepted for use with SI units... :s Second The second is a unit of measurement of time, and is the International System of Units base unit of time. It may be measured using a clock.... ) |
|---|---|---|---|
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Emily Chebet Emily Chebet Emily Chebet is a Kenyan long-distance runner who specializes in the 10,000 metres and cross country running... |
24:19 | |
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Linet Masai Linet Masai Linet Chepkwemoi Masai is a Kenyan long-distance runner who competes in track and cross country running events... |
24:20 | |
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Meselech Melkamu Meselech Melkamu Meselech Melkamu is an Ethiopian long-distance runner, who specializes in the 5000 metres, 10,000 metres and cross-country events... |
24:26 | |
| 4 | Tirunesh Dibaba Tirunesh Dibaba Tirunesh Dibaba also known as Tirunesh Dibaba Kenene is an Ethiopian long distance track athlete and the outdoor 5000 metres world record holder. She is the current Olympic 5000 metres and 10,000 metres champion... |
24:38 | |
| 5 | Lineth Chepkurui Lineth Chepkurui Lineth Chepkurui is a Kenyan long distance runner.At the 2008 World Cross Country Championships she finished eleventh in the individual race, however this was not enough to be a part of the Kenyan team, who won silver medals in the team competition... |
24:40 | |
| 6 | Margaret Muriuki Margaret Muriuki Margaret Wangari Muriuki is a Kenyan runner. She was the winner of the 2008 Cross de Atapuerca and went on to finish in eighth place at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships that year.-Achievements:-References:... |
24:42 | |
| 7 | Feyse Tadese Feyse Tadese Feyse Tadese Boru is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in the half marathon.She made her marathon debut at the 2009 Venice Marathon and finished in tenth place with a time of 2:36:57. Feyse gained her first international selection for Ethiopia at the 2010 IAAF World Cross Country... |
25:03 | |
| 8 | Mamitu Daska Mamitu Daska Mamitu Daska Molisa , also known as Mamitu Deska, is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who specialises in road running events, including the marathon. She is a two-time team silver medallist at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships... |
25:03 | |
| 9 | Werknesh Kidane Werknesh Kidane Werknesh Kidane , is an Ethiopian long distance running athlete who competes in both 5000 and 10,000 metres. She has won numerous medals at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships and represented Ethiopia at the Summer Olympics in 2000 and 2004... |
25:07 | |
| 10 | Hilda Kibet Hilda Kibet Hilda Kibet is a Dutch runner of Kenyan birth. She is the sister of Sylvia Kibet and the niece of Lornah Kiplagat. She obtained Dutch nationality in October 2007.... |
25:17 | |
| 11 | Shitaye Eshete Shitaye Eshete Shitaye Eshete Habtegebrel is an Ethiopian-born long-distance runner who competes internationally for Bahrain.She first began competing for the oil-rich Gulf state in 2009, making her debut at the Asian Cross Country Championships in Manama. She won the women's junior title while team-mate Tejitu... |
25:20 | |
| 12 | Shalane Flanagan Shalane Flanagan Shalane Flanagan is an American distance runner. She currently holds the American record times in the 3000 m , 5000 m , and 10,000 m... |
25:20 |
| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| |
Emily Chebet Linet Masai Lineth Chepkurui Margaret Muriuki |
14 |
| |
Meselech Melkamu Tirunesh Dibaba Feyse Tadese Mamitu Daska |
22 |
| |
Shalane Flanagan Molly Huddle Molly Huddle Molly Huddle in is an American athlete who competes in long distance track events. Huddle set the American record in the 5000m at the 2010 Memorial Van Damme Diamond League meet in Brussels, Belgium .... Magdalena Lewy-Boulet Magdalena Lewy-Boulet Magdalena Lewy-Boulet is an American runner from Oakland, California. Born in Jastrzębie-Zdrój, Poland, Lewy-Boulet became a U.S. citizen on September 11, 2001. Lewy Boulet finished second at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Women's Marathon, held on April 20, 2008, in Boston, Massachusetts, in... Amy Hastings |
76 |
| 4 | 127 | |
| 5 | 127 | |
| 6 | 140 | |
| 7 | 150 | |
| 8 | 155 |
Junior men's race
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time (m Minute A minute is a unit of measurement of time or of angle. The minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour or 60 seconds. In the UTC time scale, a minute on rare occasions has 59 or 61 seconds; see leap second. The minute is not an SI unit; however, it is accepted for use with SI units... :s Second The second is a unit of measurement of time, and is the International System of Units base unit of time. It may be measured using a clock.... ) |
|---|---|---|---|
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Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku is a Kenyan middle- and long-distance runner.Born in Machakos, he was the son of a javelin thrower, David Ndiku, but he decided not to follow his father and focused on running instead... |
22:07 | |
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Clement Kiprono Langat | 22:09 | |
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Japhet Kipyegon Korir | 22:12 | |
| 4 | Isaiah Kiplangat Koech | 22:24 | |
| 5 | Moses Kibet | 22:27 | |
| 6 | Debebe Woldsenbet | 22:28 | |
| 7 | Gashaw Biftu | 22:31 | |
| 8 | Gideon Kipkemoi Kipketer | 22:33 | |
| 9 | Gebretsadik Abraha | 22:37 | |
| 10 | Belete Assefa | 22:41 | |
| 11 | Charles Kibet Chepkurui | 22:44 | |
| 12 | Nassir Dawud | 22:48 |
| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| |
Caleb Mwangangi Ndiku Clement Kiprono Langat Japhet Kipyegon Korir Isaiah Kiplangat Koech |
10 |
| |
Debebe Woldsenbet Gashaw Biftu Gebretsadik Abraha Belete Assefa |
32 |
| |
Moses Kibet Timothy Toroitich Thomas Ayeko Alex Cherop |
56 |
| 4 | 66 | |
| 5 | 121 | |
| 6 | 133 | |
| 7 | 157 | |
| 8 | 169 |
Junior women's race
| Rank | Athlete | Country | Time (m Minute A minute is a unit of measurement of time or of angle. The minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour or 60 seconds. In the UTC time scale, a minute on rare occasions has 59 or 61 seconds; see leap second. The minute is not an SI unit; however, it is accepted for use with SI units... :s Second The second is a unit of measurement of time, and is the International System of Units base unit of time. It may be measured using a clock.... ) |
|---|---|---|---|
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Mercy Cherono Mercy Cherono Mercy Cherono is a Kenyan middle distance runner. She is a two-time world junior champion in the 3000 metres and has also won gold medals at the 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics and 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games... |
18:47 | |
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Purity Cherotich Rionoripo | 18:54 | |
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Esther Chemtai | 18:55 | |
| 4 | Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon | 19:02 | |
| 5 | Genet Yalew | 19:03 | |
| 6 | Emebet Anteneh | 19:06 | |
| 7 | Nelly Chebet Ngeiywo | 19:06 | |
| 8 | Afera Godfay | 19:07 | |
| 9 | Alice Aprot Nawowuna | 19:14 | |
| 10 | Tejitu Daba | 19:14 | |
| 11 | Genzebe Dibaba Genzebe Dibaba Genzebe Dibaba is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. She is the sister of World Champion Tirunesh Dibaba and Olympic silver medallist Ejegayehu Dibaba, and the cousin of former Olympic champion Derartu Tulu.... |
19:21 | |
| 12 | Merima Mohammed Merima Mohammed Merima Mohammed Hasen is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who competes in road running events, including the marathon. Her personal best of 2:23:06 hours for the distance makes her the second fastest teenager ever over the 42.195 km distance. She has won marathons in Düsseldorf, Nice and... |
19:26 |
| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| |
Mercy Cherono Purity Cherotich Rionoripo Esther Chemtai Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon |
10 |
| |
Genet Yalew Emebet Anteneh Afera Godfay Genzebe Dibaba |
30 |
| |
Annet Negesa Rebecca Cheptegei Viola Chemos Linet Chebet |
81 |
| 4 | 98 | |
| 5 | 105 | |
| 6 | 123 | |
| 7 | 197 | |
| 8 | 202 |
Medal table
| 1 |  Kenya |
8 | 3 | 2 | 13 |
| 2 |  Ethiopia |
0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 |  Eritrea |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  Uganda |
0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 |  United States |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
- Note: Totals include both individual and team medals, with medals in the team competition counting as one medal.