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Sunday, 27 March 2005
Two venues, one long Ethiopian party
27 March 2005 - Hours after Kenenisa Bekele and Tirunesh Dibaba completed their short and long course doubles at last weekend’s 33rd IAAF World Cross Country Championships in St-Etienne/St-Galmier (19/20 March), the Ethiopian athletics team was already celebrati...
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'This double means more than the others put together,' says Kenenisa Bekele
21 March 2004 - If Kenenisa Bekele's short course victory in the IAAF World Cross Country Championships on Saturday was a triumph of the human spirit, then his successful defense of the long course crown 24 hours later susp...
Dibaba – surpassing even her illustrious family tradition
20 March 2005 – St-Etienne, France - A generation ago, Derartu Tulu’s gold medal at 10,000 metres at the Barcelona Olympic Games was heralded as a breakthrough moment for East African women athletes.-
IAAF editorial and reporting team in St-Etienne/St-Galmier
20 March 2005 - St-Etienne, France - The IAAF internet news, reports and features coverage of the 33rd IAAF World Cross Championships Championships, St-Etienne/St-Galmier was brought to you by the following: 
Invincible Bekele reigns supreme – Men’s Long Race Report
20 March 2005 – St-Galmier, France – Kenenisa Bekele completed his fourth consecutive World Cross Country golden double to become the most medalled athlete in the history of these championships, when winning the Men’s Long Race at the 33rd ed...
Dibaba doubles – Women’s Short Race Report
20 March 2005 – St-Etienne, France – On the final day of the 33rd edition of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships in St-Etienne/St-Galmier, Ethiopia not content with producing a distance runner who bestrides men’s cross-country running like a colossus...
Kenyan perfection, large crowds and hot temperatures – Junior Men’s Race Report
20 March 2005 – St-Galmier, France – A crowd of 28,000 witnessed Augustine Choge lead an impressive Kenyan sweep of the Junior Men’s race taking the individual medals and team title on the second and final day of the 33r...Bekele - “I ran with two things in my heart: both grief and joy”
20 March 2005 – St-Etienne, France - On a tide of emotion, Kenenisa Bekele swept to the greatest victory of his sensational career when he collected a fourth consecutive IAAF World Cross Country Championships short race title on St-Gal...
Spirited Bekele unbowed by tragedy takes gold again - Men’s Short Race Report
19 March 2005 – St-Galmier, France – Despite much publicised recent tragedy the spirit and heart of the Ethiopian lion, the national animal of Ethiopia, remained unbowed in the resilient performance shown by the peerless K...
Dibaba overcomes all barriers – Women’s Long Race Report
19 March 2005 – St-Galmier, France - Tirunesh Dibaba today extracted some family revenge, the 19-year-old leading her Ethiopian training partners in a dominant display to team gold and collecting the $30,000 individual first prize in the women...
