Belgrade Hosts IAAF Global Cross Country Seminar

The IAAF Global Seminar
on Cross Country Running will take place on December 9 in the Serbian capital, Belgrade.
The seminar will discuss the major issues facing Cross Country participation and Cross Country running in general, according to world athletics governing body IAAF.
The event, which will be chaired by IAAF Vice-President, Sebastian Coe, has an impressive line-up of speakers, including five gold medallists at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships Benjamin Limo of Kenya.
Organisers said the seminar would be of great importance to Africa, which has produced and continues to produce some of the best distance runners, especially from Kenya and Ethiopia.
Ethiopia has produced former Olympic 10,000m champions Kenenisa Bekele and Haile Gebrselassie, while five-time world cross country champions Paul Tergat and  Charles Ngugi are from Kenya.