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Leonard Barsoton

Leonard Barsoton

March 26, 2017

Geoffrey Kamworor Defends His World Cross Country Crown and Denies Host Uganda A Fairy Tale Ending

Kamworor cemented his status as the biggest young talent in the sport with by coming from 12 seconds down on the final lap to overcome a heroic effort by Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei.
March 24, 2017

The World's Greatest Footrace - 2017 World XC Champs Senior Men's Preview: Can Geoffrey Kamworor Lead Kenya to Team Gold? Can the Americans Medal?

Geoffrey Kamworor is looking to become the 1st man since 2006 to successfully defend his world cross country crown. Can he do it? If he falters, who is likely to win? Can the Americans possibly pick up their first individual medal since Alberto Salazar's silver in 1982? They've certainly got a good chance, particularly if Olympic 5000 silver medallist Paul Chelimo, who is in Uganda ready to race the 10k (but currently only on the 4 x 2k relay), ends up running.