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Kamworor and Obiri to lead national team against 67 countries in Denmark on Saturday

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Geoffrey Kamworor during The National Police Service Cross Country Championship at Ngong Race Course. [Standard]

Two-time world cross country champion Geoffrey Kamworor and world 5,000m champion Hellen Obiri will lead Kenyan onslaught at the 43rd IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Aarhus, Denmark, today.

Anxiety is certainly building among the 582 athletes from the 67 countries present in the Danish city as Kenyan charges seek to defend senior men's and women's races and battle to reclaim the under-20 titles they lost at the previous edition in Kampala, Uganda, in 2017.

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