World Cross CountryChampionships

Matthew Kisorio running in Eldoret in the 2009 Discovery XC

Matthew Kisorio on his way to winning the senior men's race at the Fifth Athletics Kenya Cross Country meeting in Nyahururu

Florence Kiplagat overtakes Linet Masai to lead a Kenyan 1-2 in the senior women's race

Kenya’s 8km senior women’s champion Florence Kiplagat (centre) with her husband and 12km champion Moses Mosop and junior women’s 6km Kenya champion Mercy Cherono at lunch in Nairobi

Wilson Kiprop winning in Villa Lagarina

Wude Ayalew winning the Ethiopian World Championships trials

Pauline Korikwiang wins the senior women’s 8km race the Sixth Athletics Kenya Cross Country Series meet in Eldoret

Pauline Korikwiang (right) on the way to winning the senior women’s 8km race the Sixth Athletics Kenya Cross Country Series meet in Eldoret

Pauline Korikwiang (red vested, far left of the front trio) running the 8km XC in Machakos, Kenya

Pauline Korikwiang winning the 8km XC in Machakos, Kenya

Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam translates his junior victory from seven years ago into senior success at the World Cross Country Championships

Sara Moreira (POR) wins the 2008 Torres Vedras Cross Country

Ayele Abshero, winner of the junior mens' race at the World Cross in Amman

Angela Bizarri of Illinois on hre way to 2009 NCAA XC women's title

Gebre-egziabher Gebremariam out-sprints Moses Kipsiro, Leonard Komon and Zersenay Tadese to take the senior mens title

Tariku Bekele wins 2008 XC in Llodio, Spain