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Bekele and Dibaba to chase world cross doubles in Fukuoka on sunday

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2006-03-29

Kenenisa Bekele at last year's World Cross Country Championships in France.
© Victah Sailer

Bekele and Dibaba to chase world cross doubles in Fukuoka on sunday

Kenenisa Bekele and Tirunesh Dibaba will again chase long and short course doubles in next weekend's IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Fukuoka. The world's two most gifted distance runners will spearhead the Ethiopian challenge to continue its domination of the races in Japan, where they will also be aiming to defend all four team titles.

Chasing the fifth double

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