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Let us cheer our stars in Australia for global glory

Ezekiel Kemboi crosses the finish line to win gold in the Men's 3000 metres steeplechase final during the 15th IAAF World Athletics Championships Beijing 2015. [Getty Images]

The 44th World Cross Country Championships gets underway at Mount Panorama in Bathurst, Australia, this morning. Some 30 Kenyans are among the more than 400 athletes from the globe chasing glory.

This is the first athletics outing for Kenyan national team this season - coming after hosting a successful Kip Keino Classic, the Nairobi World Athletics Continental Tour last year.

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