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Action from the English School Cross-
Country Championships held in Norfolk
last weekend – p6
Jason Henderson, editor
HOW TO SAVE THE WORLD CROSS
IMAGINE the sight of Mo Farah leading a British
men’s team of Callum Hawkins, Andy Butchart,
Tom Farrell, Ben Connor and Andy Vernon at the
IAAF World Cross Country Championships on Sunday.
Sadly, though, none are interested in racing in Kampala
in an event that was once described as the greatest
footrace in the world.
At this weekend’s event a total of 33 African nations
will outnumber the 26 non-African countries taking
part (see p54-55). Compare this with the inaugural
championship in 1973 where only two of the 21
competing nations were from Africa.
The status of the World Cross has been sliding
for years and the reasons for its demise
and many and varied. There is probably
no single solution to resurrect it, but
there are a number of obvious ideas to
reinvigorate it.
Firstly, the sport should push hard for
Olympic status at the Winter Games.
Apart from helping to increase the profile
of cross country, it would lead to the
sport receiving Lottery funding.
Every effort should be made to get
the World Cross into glamorous, big-city
venues like New York’s Central Park or
London’s Parliament Hill. Change the
date so it avoids the spring road running season and
major indoor dates. Ensure the course is tough and
challenging rather than a glorified track race on grass.
Increase the prize money if possible. Senior winners
in Kampala earn $30,000 but this is dwarfed by
potential marathon earnings.
Work hard to persuade the global stars like Farah
to compete. When the world’s No.1 distance runner
doesn’t show any interest, it sends a message to
everyone that it’s not an important race.
After Kampala, the event moves to Aarhus in 2019,
where the Danish organising team is promising to try
to innovate the event. It sounds promising and IAAF
president Seb Coe is also known to be keen to inject
fresh life into the event.
Above all, they need to get more athletes and nations
to turn up. Only then will it have a chance of being able
to call itself the greatest footrace in the world again.
MARK SHEARM
AN
MARK SHEARMAN
ACTION
6
Above: Mo
Farah is
among a
number of
British male
runners with
no interest in
the World
Cross
Cover: the
start of the
inter girls
race at last
weekend’s
English
Schools
Champs
(Mark
Shearman)
ENGLISH SCHOOLS CROSS
COUNTRY CHAMPS
Olivia Mason and Ben Dijkstra among the
winners in Norwich – 10 pages of reports,
photographs and results
SPOTLIGHT
16
LONDON 2017 HOPES
Eilidh Doyle was fazed by London 2012
but promises to be ready for anything at
the World Champs this year
18
BEN CHALLENGER
High jumper tells
AW
about his new life
coaching in an all-girls’ school
20
HISTORY OF THE WORLD
CHAMPIONSHIPS
Steve Smythe looks back at the IAAF
event in Athens in 1997
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A T H L E T I C S
W E E K L Y
@athleticsweekly
PREVIEW
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34
36
38
24
27
30
42
57
32
61
62
World Cross Country Champs
MARK SHEARMAN
Athens World
Champs – p20
PERFORMANCE
Sports science and training news
Athlete insight – Jess Martin
Product reviews – trail shoes
NEWS
Claire Duck leads GB hopes in Kampala
The rise of Alex Teuten
Daley Thompson on KJT
RESULTS & FIXTURES
Results round-up
What’s On events guide
REGULARS
Young athlete Jade O’Dowda
Weekly athletics quiz
Dip Finish
A T H L E T I C S
W E E K L Y
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