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Athletics coach Julius Kirwa bemoans planning flaws as Kenyan squad returns home

Athletics - 2019 IAAF World Cross Country Championships - Aarhus, Denmark - March 30, 2019, Uganda's Joshua Cheptegei, Jacob Kiplimo and Kenya's Geoffrey Kamworor during the men's race [Courtesy]

Athletics coach Julius Kirwa has turned the heat on Athletics Kenya for failing to plan for the challenging course in Aarhus, Denmark as the Cross Country team struggled to keep pace with Ethiopia and Uganda.

The uphill, downhill, mud and windy conditions appeared to take toll on the Kenyans with only world 5000m champion Hellen Obiri and Beatrice Chebet- the reigning world Under-20 5000m champion managing gold medals in women’s senior 10km and women’s junior 6km races respectively.

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