2024 World Cross Country Championships: Preview, Timetable, News & Where to Watch
29th March 2024
Beatrice Chebet will be seeking to defend her title in the senior women's category.
- The 2024 edition of the World Athletics Cross Country Championships will take place at the Park of Friendship in Belgrade, Serbia.
- Three Kenyan runners did not travel with the team due to Vvsa issues.
The much-awaited 2024 World Athletics Cross Country
Championships will finally go down on Saturday, March 30 in Belgrade, Serbia.
Most of the teams including the East African countries Kenya
and Ethiopia have already arrived in the Southeast European nation.
However, some of the runners who were selected to represent Kenya in the event which will be staged at the Park of Friendship did not make the trip due to visa-related reasons.
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Team Kenya News
The trio of Gideon Kipngetich, Nancy Cherop and Diana
Chepkemoi were left behind after failing to secure their travel documents from
the Serbian Embassy domiciled in Nairobi.
According to Athletics Kenya (AK) director Barnaba Korir,
they did their best to get visas for these junior athletes who are all aged 17
but their efforts failed to bear any fruit.
“We approached our ministry of foreign affairs to intervene
but all was in vain,” Korir was quoted by Nation.
Meanwhile, Netherlands runner Sifan Hassan pulled out of the
championship a few days ago to prepare for upcoming events such as the Wanda
Diamond League and the 2024 Paris Olympic Games.
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Her absence has increased the chances of Kenyan women
sweeping the podium clean on Saturday.
The star-studded senior women’s squad is made up of the
defending champion Beatrice Chebet, Agnes Jebet Ngetich, Lilian Kasait,
Emmaculate Anyango, Margaret Chelimo and Cintia Chepngeno.
Sabastian Sawe and Nicholas Kipkorir headline the senior
men’s team which also has Samwel Chebolei, Benson Kiplangat, Gideon Rono and
Ishmael Kipkurui.
Timetable
The World Athletics released the timetable of the event and
gave their followers a glimpse of the Park of Friendship course on Thursday
evening.
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Based on the timetable, the women’s U20 race will kick start
the event at exactly 1 PM Kenyan time.
The Men’s U20 category will then follow at 1:35 PM Kenyan
time before the start of the mixed relay discipline at 2:15 PM.
The senior women’s and men’s 10K races will completed this
year’s edition at 2:45 PM and 3:45 PM respectively.
Where to watch
Athletics fans from different regions of the world will
livestream the event on the World Athletics Inside Track website or the World
Athletics YouTube channel.
The links to the above platform can easily be accessed on the internet. Moreover, some broadcasters are expected to show the event either delayed or live.
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