The 1975 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Rabat, Morocco, at the Souissi Racecourse on March 16, 1975. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.
Complete results for men, junior men, women, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.
An unofficial count yields the participation of 316 athletes from 26 countries.
The 1997 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 23, 1997. The races were held at the Parco del Valentino in Torino, Italy. A report of the event was given in the New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.
Complete results for senior men, junior men, senior women, junior women, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part were published.
†: Athlete marked in the results list as nonscorer.
The 1977 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Düsseldorf, West Germany, at the Galopprennbahn Düsseldorf-Grafenberg on March 20, 1977. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.
Complete results for men, junior men, women, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.
An unofficial count yields the participation of 345 athletes from 22 countries, one senior woman athlete less than the official number published.
The 2010 IAAF World Cross Country Championships were held at Myślęcinek Park in Bydgoszcz, Poland on 28 March 2010. It was the first time in over twenty years that Poland hosted the annual championships, having previously held them in Warsaw in 1987.Kenyan runners dominated the competition, taking all four individual titles and all four team titles at the competition. Kenyans took the top four spots in both junior men's and junior women's races to finish with a perfect team score.
In the absence of Zersenay Tadese and Kenenisa Bekele, the senior men's race was an opportunity for less-established runners. Joseph Ebuya won the gold (his first major medal), becoming the first Kenyan to win the men's race since Paul Tergat in 1999. Teklemariam Medhin of Eritrea took second place (also his first major medal) while Moses Ndiema Kipsiro of Uganda was third. Kenya won the senior men's team gold with ease and Eritrea won the team silver medal. Defending champion Gebregziabher Gebremariam only just made the top ten but led Ethiopia to the team bronze.
The 2009 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 28, 2009. The races were held at the Al Bisharat Golf Course in Amman, Jordan. Four races took place, one for men, women, junior men and junior women respectively. All races encompassed both individual and team competition. Amman is also only the second occasion on which Asia has hosted the World Cross Country Championships, which are the oldest IAAF World Athletics Series event, first celebrated under the IAAF banner in 1973.
The senior male team for Kenya won their 22nd team title in 24 years despite the fact that no senior male runner from Kenya has won an individual title since 1999.
Florence Kiplagat was the first Kenyan senior women’s winner since Helen Chepngeno in 1994. She was quoted saying, ‘’I would like to thank God,” she said. “Kenya has not won since 1994. We are determined to perform at the same level as Kenyan men.”
Further race reports of the event were given in the New York Times and for the IAAF.
The 1998 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 21/22, 1998. The races were held at the Menara district in Marrakech, Morocco. Reports of the event were given in the New York Times, in the Herald, and for the IAAF.
Complete results for senior men, for senior men's teams, for men's short race, for men's short race teams, for junior men, for junior men's teams, senior women, for senior women's teams, for women's short race, for women's short race teams, for junior women, for junior women's teams, medallists, and the results of British athletes who took part were published.
†: Ahmed Baday of Morocco was the original 18th place finisher in 24:18 min, but was disqualified for age falsification.
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[Hook:]
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Gettin away from your love, baby
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I know that you never change baby
[Chorus:]
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I'm not lookin back oh no
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[Verse 2:]
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Cause with you I was always the last to come
I'm livin my life the way I planned it
Without your baggage on the road
[Hook:]
Just got out on the windy city
Going through the desert
Gettin away from your love, baby
No more excuses I'm already on my way out
I know that you never change baby
[Chorus:]
Got to get outta here, far away from you
Now I'm going, cross country
I'm not lookin back oh no
All the miles in my car are keep movin on (cross country)
I'm gettin away, I'm gettin away, I'm gettin away (cross country)
Leavin it all behind, can't carry you and I (cross country)
[Bridge:]
Baby our love has ran it's course
And I'd rather lose you than myself
[Chorus: x2]
Got to get outta here, far away from you
Now I'm going, cross country
I'm not lookin back oh no
All the miles in my car are keep movin on (cross country)
I'm gettin away, I'm gettin away, I'm gettin away (cross country)
Leavin it all behind, can't carry you and I (cross country)
[Ending:]
Gotta get away.
The 1975 IAAF World Cross Country Championships was held in Rabat, Morocco, at the Souissi Racecourse on March 16, 1975. A report on the event was given in the Glasgow Herald.
Complete results for men, junior men, women, medallists, and the results of British athletes were published.
An unofficial count yields the participation of 316 athletes from 26 countries.
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