/ 20 March 1999

KENYAN CROSS COUNTRY TEAM NAMED

KENYAN athletics authorities named a 33-strong squad on Tuesday for the world cross country championship in Belfast after two weeks of high-altitude training. Four-time champion Paul Tergat leads the squad as he attempts to win a fifth consecutive world title and equal compatriot John Ngugi’s record. Also in the team are Richard Limo, the winner of the Cross Zornotza in Amorebieta, Spain, in January and John Kosgei, who was not in the provisional list compiled following the Nairobi cross challenge last month. World 3000m steeplechase record-holder Bernard Barmasai, who finished third in the Nairobi race, has been left out of the squad. The championships will take place on March 27-28.