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Mourhit gives best possible reward to Belgium
Sean Wallace-Jones for IAAF
25 March 2001 – Ostend - In a masterful show of strength and resistance,
Belgium’s Mohammed Mourhit gave the Belgian organisers of the World Cross Country
Championships the best possible reward for their efforts as he successfully defended the
world cross country title he won in Vilamoura last year, after running the last lap alone
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Wami wins third cross country title
Steven Downes for IAAF
25 March 2001 - Gete Wami showed that she had learned her lessons well from
defeat of the previous day when she sprinted past Paula Radcliffe in the final 100 metres
to win the IAAF women's short-course cross-country here in Ostend on Sunday. |
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American Ritzenhein creates surprise
Laura Arcoleo for IAAF
25 March 2001 - Dathan Ritzenhein's bronze medal here today,
behind Ethiopia's Kenenisa Bekele and Kenya's Duncan Lebo in the Men's Junior race at the
World Cross Country Championships in Ostend was one of the biggest surprises of this 29th
edition of the Championships. |
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Bekele draws inspiration from previous
winners
Phil Minshull for IAAF
25 March 2001 - Kenenisha Bekele drew inspiration from the three last Ethiopians
to win the world junior men's cross country title to take his first gold medal on a global
stage. |
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Radcliffe strikes Gold for Great
Britain
Steven Downes for IAAF
24 March 2001 - Ostend - The victory was only secured in the final 200 yards, but
for Paula Radcliffe, this was a title that she had been chasing for nearly a decade. |
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Kibiwot surprises herself and the
pundits
by Phil Minshull for IAAF
24 March 2001 - Ostend - With all three of the medallists from last year’s
junior women’s race still eligible and lined up at the start, it was a fair bet that
one of them would triumph but it was the 2000 bronze medallist Viola Kibiwot who was to
master the muddy conditions in Ostend |
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IAAF Internet team in Ostend
Articles and reports: Mark Butler, Steven Downes, Phil Minshull, Laura Arcoleo;
results service: Emanuele Perotti Nigra; stats and on-line biographies: Ottavio
Castellini; Co-ordinating editor: Sean Wallace-Jones |
