Loibach leads strong Kenyan cast at Africa cross country championships
Grace Loibach wins the women's 10km race during the national trials for the World Athletics Cross Country Championships at Kenya Prisons Staff Training College, Ruiru on December 10, 2022.
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Grace Loibach, who finished fourth at the world cross country last year and steeplechaser Virginia Nyambura lead Kenya’s assault in women’s 10km
Nyambura is perhaps the most experienced on the international level, having won silver in Distance Medley at the 2015 World Relay Championships, the year she won the Diamond League Trophy in 3,000m steeplechase
African Games 5,000m champion Robert Kiprop Koech will lead Kenya’s assault in senior men’s 10km that also has Samuel Naibei Kiplimo and Vincent Lagat
Kenya is among 12 countries that will battle at the sixth edition of the African Athletics Cross Country Championships at the Citrus Golf Club Hammamet, Tunisia on Sunday.
This event brings together the best athletes of the continent, especially Kenya, who have entered 30 participants in pursuit of preserving their continental dominance.
