Kamworor eyes third cross country title in Australia

Three-time world half marathon champion and a two-time world cross winner Geoffrey Kamworor fought hard to book his ticket to Bathurst, Australia where he will represent Kenya at the World Athletics Cross Country Championships in February. 

In an event hosted at Kenya Prisons Training College in Ruiru on Saturday 10 December, the 30-year old clocked the three-time World Half Marathon champion 28:34.6 to finish in sixth place and barely make the team as that was the cut point for an automatic slot. 

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The race won by Sebastian Kimaru in 28:22.5 saw Daniel Simiu and former world half marathon record holder Kibiwott Kandie take second and third place. 

"I had not trained well for the trials. I was just out to test my body and it was really a tough race for me. I am, however, elated to have made the team, coming off an injury that kept me out for two months. I will have enough time to prepare for the championship before February so the battle for my third title begins now," offered Kamworor who will be on the world stage a fifth time for the cross country championship. 

In 2011, Kamworor won the junior world cross title and was ot the Kenyan junior team that won gold in the team event. He won his first senior title in the event in 2015 when the competition was hosted in Guiyang, China. 

He returned to the stage in 2017 when the championship was hosted in Kampala, Uganda to win his second title. In 2019 in Denmark, Kamworor was third in the individual race and helped Kenya win silver in the team event.