Ethiopian teenager Senayet Getachew upset the pre-race favourites to win a close and arduous U20 women’s race staged in searing 36C heat at the World Athletics Cross Country Championships Bathurst 23. Getachew, 17, who finished third in her national junior cross country trial, claimed gold in the rough-and-tumble 6km encounter. For her part, Eisa can add her silver medal to the 5000m gold she won at the 2022 World U20 Championships. Kosgei, meanwhile, gets to take home bronze after previously placing fifth in the world U20 steeplechase. What’s more, no athlete outside of Kenya or Ethiopia has won the U20 women’s world cross –country title for 28 years.

Source: Ethiopian News February 19, 2023 00:01 UTC