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Vincent Keter will be making his first appearance over the cross-country at the Cardiff Cross Challenge and he will not have an easy run.
The 2021 World Under-20 1500m champion Vincent Keter will lead a strong men’s field for the Cardiff Cross Challenge, a World Athletics Cross-Country Tour Gold event, on Saturday, November 11.
The 9.6km for men will take place on a relatively flat and winding course at Llandaff Fields, near the centre of the Welsh capital.
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Keter will line up for the race with a Personal Best time of 3:31.28 for his specialist track discipline, but this weekend’s event will be one of the longest races he has ever contested.
The Kenyan will enjoy the company of compatriot Vincent Mutai, the winner of the Cardiff Half Marathon in October and at the Athletics Kenya Cross Country opening leg in Machakos two weeks later.
Burundi’s Egide Ntakarutimana, a 13:03.83 performer over 5000m, was the winner of the Cross Della Vallagarina in February and will be a real threat in Cardiff.
Another potential threat to the throne is Uganda’s Keneth Kiprop who was sixth in the U20 race at the World Cross Country Championships. More recently, he placed 15th in the road mile at the World Road Running Championships last month.
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Denmark’s Joel Ibler Lillesø, 19, made waves last year when he broke Jakob Ingebrigtsen’s European U20 indoor 3000m record with 7:48.34 and also won the senior Danish cross-country title last year.
Yves Nimubona of Rwanda, Fabien Palcau of France, and Ethiopian duo Abele Bekele Alemu and Yohanes Asmare, the recent Northern Ireland International Cross-Country winner, will also be fighting for top honours in the race.
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World indoor 3000m bronze medallist Marc Scott, winner in Cardiff in 2019, will return to the Welsh capital on Saturday. But compatriot Zak Mahamed appears to be the leading Brit heading into the race, following his recent victory at the Great South Run.
Meanwhile, Ethiopia’s Likina Amebaw, winner of this year’s Cross-Country Tour Gold meetings in Albufeira and Amorebieta, will be one of the leading contenders in Cardiff.
She recently finished fourth in Atapuerca, despite struggling with stomach pains, so Saturday’s race will be an opportunity to bounce back.
Burundi’s Francine Niyomukunzi won the Cross Della Vallagrina earlier this year and more recently finished ninth over 5km at the World Road Running Championships in Riga and she will also be contesting for top honours.
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Ethiopia’s Meseret Yeshaneh, the world U20 steeplechase bronze medallist, will also be in the mix. Jessica Warner-Judd, winner in Cardiff in 2017, is the leading British entrant. She placed eighth in the 10,000m at the World Championships in Budapest and followed it with a 14:51.53 PB over 5000m in Brussels.
European U23 5000m champion Megan Keith finished fifth at the recent Cross Internacional de Atapuerca and will be hopeful of another top-five finish in Cardiff.
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