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Sunday, 30 March 2003
What price another double?
30 March 2003 – Lausanne - Double double, toil and trouble….The mantra of the witches from ‘Macbeth’ may be about to cast a spell over Kenyan endurance running.
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Double-double for Bekele - men's long course race in Lausanne
30 March 2003 – Lausanne - Successfully completing his back-to-back defences of his two World cross country titles at the 31st IAAF World Cross Country Championships, crowned Kenenisa Bekele as the greatest cross-country runner in the 100...
Masai sprints to successful defence - women's short course race in Lausanne
30 March 2003 – Lausanne - Edith Masai of Kenyan defended her short course (4km) title in style at the 31st IAAF World Cross Country Championships by out-sprinting Ethiopia’s Worknesh Kidane, the winner of the long course (...
Kipchoge restores Kenyan pride - men's junior race in Lausanne
30 March 2003 – Lausanne – After the Ethiopian dominance of the individual titles on the first day of the 31st IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Lausanne-La Broye, some Kenyan pride was restored with the blistering sprint finish...
Kenyan hopes drown in wake of Bekele’s victory cruise
29 March 2003 – Lausanne - In an athletics world of increasingly minute attention to training detail, diet, and precision preparation, it was heartening to learn that Kenenisa Bekele has got a life. He was sufficiently laid back and confident to...
Kidane completes Ethiopian first day triumph - women's long course race in Lausanne
29 March 2003 – Lausanne - Werknesh Kidane of Ethiopia took the senior women’s long course 8km title at the 31st IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Lausanne-La Broye when she out-sprinted long-time leader Deen...
Invincible Bekele - men's short course race in Lausanne
29 March 2003 – Lausanne - The image of Kenyan endurance invincibility was struck a further damaging blow in the men's short course race at the 31st IAAF World Cross Country Championships when the defending Ethiopian champion, Kenenisa Bekele, ...
Dibaba’s alchemy defies Chepchumba - women's junior race in Lausanne
29 March 2003 – Lausanne – A devastating attack in the last 200m of the women’s junior race at the 31st IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Lausanne-La Broye, was enough to secure the gold medal for Ethiopia’s Tirunesh Dibaba...
Bekele’s all at sea on eve of defence
28 March 2003 – Lausanne - It was an idyllic evening cruise. The kind of trip money cannot buy. The respective presidents of the IAAF and International Olympic Committee faced one another across the table. Guests of Lamine Diack and Jaques Rogge: sponsors, media...
Drossin, dancing to a different tune
28 March 2003 – The man to beat in Lausanne, Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele, is being typically cagey about his plans and prospects at these World Championships. The favourite for Saturday's women's long race, Deena Drossin of the USA, is rather more candid.
