Chepkurui Again Top 5 at World Cross, Dominates Crescent City
Lineth Chepkurui once again found herself among the best of the best, when the results came in at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships. After taking fourth in 2009, the native of Bomet, Kenya came fifth in Poland in 2010, the third scorer on the title-winning Kenyan team. Leading the field through the two initial two-kilometer loops, Chepkurui fell back on the penultimate circuit, but held on for a strong fifth-place result in 24:40, just two-seconds behind the most decorated female distance runner on the planet, in Tirunesh Dibaba.
A good week’s work for most, but Chepkurui bounced back from World Cross to cross the Atlantic and defend her title as Crescent City Classic Champion in impressive fashion, just six days later. Read the full article



