IAAF Athletics
28 March 2009
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When will the event take place?
The event will take place on the 28th March 2009
Where will the event be held?
Amman, Jordan - The world’s biggest winter outdoor athletics event will be held in Jordan when the Kingdom hosts the 37th IAAF World Cross Country Championships.
The latest addition to the list will be held in stunning countryside just 15 kms from the capital city of Amman at the Bisharat Golf Club. The same venue was used in 2007 for the Asian Cross Country Championship, and the club’s grounds will again be converted from a nine-hole course into a challenging route capable of testing the world’s very best.
Who will be taking part?
Manama, Bahrain - Bahrain’s World 1500m champion Maryam Yusuf Jamal and Asian 10,000m record holder Ahmed Hassan Abdullah comfortably defended their women’s and men’s titles respectively at the 10th Asian Cross Country Championships in Manama, Bahrain on Sunday (01).
In a championship dominated by the host nation, Alemu Bekele and Shitaye Eshete were the winners of the men’s and women’s junior races.
