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Thursday, 29 March 2007
Linet Chepkwemoi Masai – setting the example in Mombasa
29 March 2007 - Kenya struck back in their annual battle for cross country supremacy against old foes Ethiopia on home soil in Mombasa but arguably the biggest surprise was the gold medal winning performance of Linet Chepkwemoi Masai in the ju...
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How and why the Ethiopian challenge melted away in Mombasa
28 March 2007 - The Ethiopian team for the 35th IAAF World Cross Country Championships arrived in Addis Ababa on Monday night (26) to be greeted at the airport with flowers and a welcome address by the nation’s Minister of Sport, Youth and C...
Tadesse - powerful and poised in response to Bekele's problems
25 March 2007 - Mombasa, Kenya - Somewhat lost in the shock of Kenenisa Bekele’s departure during the waning moments of yesterday’s men’s 12 km race at the 35th IAAF World Cross Country Championships, was the power, poise and determinati...
Kiplagat ends cross country career at the very top
25 March 2007 – Mombasa, Kenya - Holland’s Lornah Kiplagat yesterday added another IAAF accolade to her World Road Running Championships victory last October stunning her fans - in both Europe and Africa - after an emphatic victory in the women's ei...
Kiplagat rampant in victory - Mombasa 2007
24 March 2007 - Mombasa, Kenya - Lornah Kiplagat leading virtually from gun-to-tape, won the Netherlands’ first ever World Cross gold medal with a dominating display ahead of her "fellow" African rivals at today’s 35th IAAF World Cross Country Championships...
Tadesse takes upset victory as Bekele registers a ‘DNF’ - Mombasa 2007
24 March 2007 - Mombasa , Kenya - As he built a sizeable lead some 20 minutes into the men’s race on Mombasa’s picturesque seaside Golf Course, at the 35th IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Kenenisa Bekele appeared to be ki...Kenya's junior monopoly - Mombasa 2007
24 March 2007 – Mombasa , Kenya – The theme for these 35th IAAF World Cross Country Championships, the first ever hosted by Cross Country powerhouse Kenya, was ‘Cross Country Comes Home’. With their overwhelming victories in the both the men’s and women’s junio...
Joy for Eritrea and Holland, defeat for Bekele; three victories for Kenyan born runners – Mombasa 2007, NEWS FLASH
24 March 2007 - Mombasa, Kenya - The reigning IAAF World Road Running champions Zersenay Tadesse (ERI) and Lornah Kiplagat (NED) took this afternoon’s senior World Cross Country Champio...
Tergat tips Bekele for sixth consecutive title
24 March 2007 - Mombasa, Kenya - Five-time World Cross Country champion Paul Tergat who is acting as one of the local Ambassadors for today’s 35th IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Mombasa, Kenya expects Ethiopia’s Kenenisa Bekele to score a recor...-
Mombasa Environmental Initiative
24 March 2007 - Mombasa, Kenya - A tree planting ceremony was held on 23 March 2007, on the occasion of the 35th IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Mombasa, Kenya (24 March).
