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Jason Henderson, editor
GREAT DANES HAVE EXCITING PLANS
THE IAAF World Cross Country Championships began
the challenging process of recovering its reputation
last weekend as Kampala staged a vibrant event which
culminated in a thrilling end to the men’s race (see p6).
In the quest to resurrect its ailing fortunes, though,
the event is poised to make another giant step forward
in 2019 when the next edition of the championships is
held on the outskirts of Aarhus in Denmark.
The Danes are known for their Viking history, but the
organisers say they have plundered inspiration from
the British cross-country scene ahead of an event that
they promise will strike a delicate balance between old
school traditions and innovative ideas (see
News,
p34).
Among other things, Aarhus plans to
incorporate mass participation races on
a similar scale to our English ‘National’
Championships into their 2019 World
Cross programme. In addition, the course
will feature some truly testing and unique
challenges and the Danes hope they can
re-brand the art of cross country so that
it begins to rival road and trail running for
popularity and prestige.
If all their hard work and ideas pay off,
a revitalised World Cross could provide
a springboard for a successful bid to
be part of the Winter Olympics. Who
knows, perhaps the British cross-country fraternity
might also learn a trick or two about marketing to add
to their unrivalled organisational ability.
Denmark’s only problem is that it’s unlikely to provide
many of its own cross-country contenders in an event
that has become dominated by Africa to an incredible
degree (every single individual, team and relay medallist
in Kampala was born in Africa). The Scandinavian
country has not held the World Cross before and never
won a medal in the event, while their best known
endurance runner is the Kenyan-born Wilson Kipketer,
although they did produce a European cross-country
champion in 1997 called Carsten Jørgensen.
Perhaps the staging of the 2019 World Cross might
help Denmark find a new Jørgensen, especially as part
of the organisers’ plans is the staging of a nationwide
series of children’s races that will culiminate on the
World Cross weekend itself.
MARK SHEARM
AN
MARK SHEARMAN
Exhausted female junior athletes at the
World Cross Country Championships
held in Uganda last weekend – p6
ACTION
6
WORLD CROSS COUNTRY
CHAMPIONSHIPS
Geoffrey Kamworor leads Kenya to the
top of the medals table but host nation
Uganda also emerges as a big winner
Above:
Carsten
Jørgensen,
Denmark’s
1997 Euro
Cross gold
medallist
Cover: Tom
Lancashire at
the Northern
Road Relays
(David
Hewitson)
and, inset,
Geoffrey
Kamworor at
the World
Cross (Mark
Shearman)
16
AREA ROAD RELAYS
Reports, photographs and results from
the Northern, Southern and Midland
road relay championships in Blackpool,
Kent and Sutton Park
TALKING POINT
28
ROSS MURRAY
Why elite athletes are competing with
reality TV stars for sponsorship
PERFORMANCE
40
42
44
45
Sports science and training news
Killer session – Peter Elliott
Runners pick their ‘favourite things’
Vitamin C and the battle against illness
4
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MARK SHEARMAN
Peter Elliott’s
killer session
– p42
NEWS
34
35
36
Aarhus 2019 promises true test
Hawkins set for Manchester
Highgate 10,000m seminar speakers
DAVID HEWITSON
SPOTLIGHT
30
HISTORY OF THE WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIPS
Steve Smythe looks back at the IAAF
event in Seville in 1999
38
LONDON 2017 HOPES
Why Olympic shot put champion
Michelle Carter is looking forward to
the IAAF World Championships
RESULTS & FIXTURES
46
57
61
62
Results round-up
What’s On events guide
REGULARS
Weekly athletics quiz
Dip Finish
Area Road
Relays – p16
A T H L E T I C S
W E E K L Y
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