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Agnes Tirop and Geoffrey Kamworor lead Kenya cross domination in China

World Cross Country Championships
Coach David Leting with Bedan Karoki and Geoffrey Kamworor after the men's 12km senior men's race in Guiyang, China

Kenyan athletes dominated the World Cross-Country Championships in China on Saturday, with Geoffrey Kamworor taking the men's crown, while Agnes Tirop became the youngest senior women's winner for 30 years.

Kamworor completed the 12 kilometre course in Guiyang, in China's southwestern province of Guizhou, in 34 minutes 52 seconds - eight seconds ahead of Kenyan 5,000m specialist Bedan Karoki, while Ethiopia's Muktar Edris finished third on 35 minutes six seconds.

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