Running one of the finest races of her career, Catherina McKiernan wins her fourth silver medal in a row at the World Cross Country Championships in Durham when finishing second to Derartu Tulu of Ethiopia.

The accompanying photograph shows Catherina McKiernan on her way to winning the 1994 European Cross Country Championship. Getty Images Sport.

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