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Africa-Press – Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>Paul Tergat has been announced as ambassador of the World Athletics Cross Country Championships Bathurst 23, with one month to go until the 44th edition of the global showpiece in Australia.<\/p>\n

Kenya\u2019s multiple world cross country gold medallist will be in Bathurst for the competition on February 18, when some of the world\u2019s current best athletes will descend on Mount Panorama looking to emulate him as a world cross country champion.<\/p>\n

Tergat is one of the greats of long-distance running and it was in cross country that his success story really began. The first of his five individual world cross country crowns was claimed in Durham in 1995 and he would go on to gain gold at the next four editions \u2014 in Stellenbosch in 1996, Turin in 1997, Marrakech in 1998 and Belfast in 1999.<\/p>\n

Cross country running paved the way for his achievements on the road and track, which included multiple world records, two world half marathon titles, two Olympic 10,000m silver medals, and three 10,000m medals \u2014 two silvers and a bronze \u2014 at the World Championships.<\/p>\n

\u201cCross country will always be a special event in my athletics career,\u201d said Tergat. \u201cIt evokes very nostalgic and fond memories, because this is really where my long athletics career was birthed, developed and blossomed, with the crowning of five straight World Cross Country Championships titles between 1995 and 1999.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn cross country running, I picked up lifelong lessons after conquering diverse conditions, twists and turns, terrains, wetlands and barriers that define the athletics event.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tergat has experience of racing in Australia; the 10,000m final at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games \u2014 where he pushed Haile Gebrselassie all the way before ultimately ending up with silver \u2014 was perhaps the most iconic race of Tergat\u2019s career.<\/p>\n

As current world-class and mass runners prepare to take on the challenging Bathurst course, Tergat \u2014 who won individual and team titles for Kenya at each of those five editions of the World Cross Country Championships \u2014 reflected on the event in 1999 as his own competitive standout.<\/p>\n

\u201cBelfast remains an iconic race for its challenging, muddy course,\u201d he explained, \u201cbut, most importantly, as the race in which I attained my historic fifth consecutive senior men\u2019s title and a 14th successive team title for my country. This is the reason I have declared that race as \u2018the toughest yet, but the best\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor these and many other reasons, I never hesitate to make any contribution towards raising the profile of cross country as a central event for every athlete, from track to road running.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Kenya. Paul Tergat has been announced as ambassador of the World Athletics Cross Country Championships Bathurst 23, with one month to go until the 44th edition of the global showpiece in Australia. 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