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Edinah Jebitok notched up her third Gold-level victory in this season&rsquo;s World Athletics Cross Country Tour while Yves Nimubona became the first Rwandan man to win at the Energyvision CrossCup Hannut on Sunday (21).
The two races played out in contrasting fashion, Jebitok taking the women&rsquo;s title by a 39-second margin, and Nimubona holding off a strong challenge from Eritrea&rsquo;s Merhawi Mebrahtu to win the men&rsquo;s race by one second.
In freezing conditions with snow covering the 9km course, Jebitok didn&rsquo;t hang around. Fellow Kenyans Pamela Kosgei and Faith Chepkoech did their best to stay with her in the first kilometre, but Jebitok soon made a break from her opponents and set off on a solo run.
With Jebitok pushing the pace out in front, the rest of the field soon became strung out behind her. Kosgei held on to second place throughout, but Britain&rsquo;s Megan Keith reeled in Chepkoech after 20 minutes to move into third place.
Jebitok was away and clear, though, and crossed the line in 31:01. Kosgei was a comfortable runner-up in 31:40, eight seconds clear of Keith. Chepkoech placed fourth in 32:34.
In the men&rsquo;s race, a five-man pack emerged on the first lap comprising Nimubona, Mebrahtu, Kibet Kandie, Guillaume Grimard and Rogers Kibet.
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Eventual winner Yves Nimubona leads the pack in Hannut (&copy; AFP / Getty Images)
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At the half-way point, Nimubona, Mebrahtu and Kandie had broken away to form a lead trio. Further back, Urugray&rsquo;s Santiago Catroffe had moved past Grimard into fourth place.
With 22 minutes on the clock, Mebrahtu moved into lead. Kandie had dropped back by this point, but Nimubona stayed on Mebrahtu&rsquo;s shoulder.
At the bell, Kandie was no longer in contention for victory but still had a comfortable lead over the rest of the field. With less than two minutes of running remaining, Nimubona regained the lead. Mebrahtu stayed close behind, but Nimubona kicked once the finish line was in sight and won in 28:29.
Mebrahtu finished one second behind, while Kandie took third place in 28:42, just holding off a fast-finishing Catroffe by one second.
<h3>Leading results</h3>
Women (9km) 1 Edinah Jebitok (KEN) 31:01 2 Pamela Kosgei (KEN) 31:40 3 Megan Keith (GBR) 31:48 4 Faith Chepkoech (KEN) 32:34 5 Jana van Lent (BEL) 33:18 6 Lili Anna Vindics-Toth (HUN) 33:46
Men (9km) 1 Yves Nimubona (RWA) 28:29 2 Merhawi Mebrahtu (ERI) 28:30 3 Kibet Kandie (KEN) 28:42 4 Santiago Catroffe (URU) 28:43 5 Guillaume Grimard (BEL) 28:56 6 Isaac Kimeli (BEL) 29:14

Edinah Jebitok notched up her third Gold-level victory in this season’s World Athletics Cross Country Tour

Jebitok and Nimubona victorious in Hannut

Weini Kelati and Cooper Teare claimed top spots at the USATF Cross Country Championships in Pole Green Park in Richmond, Virginia, where World Athletics Cross Country Championships team places were up for grabs.
Clocking 32:58.6 for the 10km women&rsquo;s race on Saturday (20), Kelati was a dominant winner as she finished 37 seconds ahead of runner-up Emma Hurley.&nbsp;
That winning performance comes just six days after Kelati ran 1:06:25 to improve the North American record on her half marathon debut in Houston.
The top six finishers in both the senior women&rsquo;s and men&rsquo;s races are in line for US team places for the World Athletics Cross Country Championships Belgrade 24 on 30 March, should they choose to accept them.
Kelati finished 21st at last year&rsquo;s World Cross Country Championships in Bathurst after placing fifth at the national event.
Following Kelati and Hurley over the finish line on Saturday was Katie Camarena, while Allie Ostrander finished just ahead of Cailie Logue to secure fourth place, and Abby Nichols was sixth.
While Kelati made her move in the first half of the race, Teare waited until the final kilometre to kick in the men&rsquo;s 10km contest and the 2022 US 1500m champion went on to triumph in 29:06.2, finishing five seconds ahead of Anthony Rotich, the 2020 champion.
Ahmed Muhumed was third and Olympic triathlete Morgan Pearson was fourth after having earlier pushed the pace along with Teare.
Defending champion Emmanuel Bor, who went on to place 32nd at the World Cross Country Championships in Bathurst, this time finished fifth and Christian Allen was sixth.
Zariel Macchia won the 6km U20 women&rsquo;s race in 20:31.0 and Kevin Sanchez claimed the title in the 8km U20 men&rsquo;s race in 24:07.1.
<a href="https://results.usatf.org/2024XC/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Results</a>

Weini Kelati and Cooper Teare claimed top spots at the USATF Cross Country Championships, where World Athletics Cross Country Championships team places were up for grabs

Kelati and Teare take titles at US Cross Country Championships

Saint Lucia&rsquo;s double world finalist Julien Alfred got her season off to a strong start by running 22.28 to win the 200m at the Dr. Martin Luther King Collegiate Invitational in Albuquerque on Saturday (20).
The 22-year-old, who sits second on the world short track all-time list with the 22.01 she ran to win last year&rsquo;s NCAA title, held off her training partner Rhasidat Adeleke who clocked 22.49. That was a second Irish record of the day for Adeleke, who had earlier improved her own 60m mark to 7.15 when winning the invitational race. She now sits second on the season top list behind Aleia Hobbs with 7.11.
Alfred, who is also the second-fastest woman of all-time over 60m, will race that shorter sprint at the Millrose Games &ndash; a World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold meeting &ndash; in New York, where her competition will include Britain&rsquo;s 2019 world 200m champion Dina Asher-Smith.
Asher-Smith was also in action in Albuquerque on Saturday and she won the 300m in a national best of 36.77.
Her compatriot Yusuf Bizimana, the NCAA champion, won the men&rsquo;s 800m in 1:46.47, while Kenya&rsquo;s Amon Kemboi won the mile in 3:58.30.
Over at the Hokie Invitational in Virginia on Friday, Tinoda Matsatsa improved Bizimana&rsquo;s week-old US collegiate 1000m record by 0.05, clocking 2:18.05.
Also on Friday at the Corky Classic in Lubbock, Temitope Adeshina cleared a Nigerian record of 1.96m to win the high jump.
In Saturday's competition in&nbsp;Lubbock, world indoor 60m hurdles silver medallist Devynne Charlton followed up her 7.88 performance from last weekend with a&nbsp;PB of 7.75 to win the invitational race, improving her previous Bahamian record by 0.06.
<h2>M&uuml;ller leaps 6.81m in Dortmund</h2>
Germany&rsquo;s Laura Raquel M&uuml;ller was among the winners at the Sparkassen Indoor Meeting, a World Athletics Indoor Tour Bronze meeting, in Dortmund on Saturday (20).
The 19-year-old added 30cm to her PB by leaping 6.81m to win ahead of her compatriots Mikaelle Assani (6.72m) and Olympic champion Malaika Mihambo (6.65m). Splitting them to finish in third place was Servia&rsquo;s Milica Gardasevic with a leap of 6.69m.
Kuwait&rsquo;s Yaqoub Al-Youha set a meeting record of 7.58 to win the 60m hurdles ahead of Job Geerds of the Netherlands in a 7.63 PB.
Britain&rsquo;s Georgia Bell also got a meeting record in winning the 1500m in 4:03.54, while Magdalena Stefanowicz of Poland won a close 60m, clocking a PB of 7.22 to pip Alexandra Burghardt of Germany, who recorded the same time.
<a href="https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/calendar-results/7203675/result" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Results</a>

Saint Lucia’s double world finalist Julien Alfred got her season off to a strong start by running 22.28 to win the 200m at the Dr. Martin Luther King Collegiate Invitational

Meeting Name	Venue	Country	Date
Tampere Indoor Meeting	TESC,	FIN	23 Jan 2024
Aarhus SPRINT’n’JUMP	Aarhus	DEN	23 Jan 2024
Open public competition	Atletická	CZE	23 Jan 2024
Athletics Indoor Ostrava I	Atletická	CZE	23 Jan 2024
Bannister Ignition	Friidrottens	SWE	22 Jan 2024

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