Britain's Paula Radcliffe has retained her World Cross Country title at the IAAF World Cross Country championships in Leopardstown in Dublin. The world champion crossed the line in a time of 26 minutes and 55 seconds, ahead of American Dina Drossin and South African Colleen De Reuck.
Earlier, Kenyan Viola Kibiwot won the women's junior title. Kibiwot held off a strong challenge from Ethiopian Tirunesh Dibaba and becomes the first woman to retain the title.
The 18-year-old won the race in a time of 20 minutes and 13 seconds, with Dibaba just one second behind and another Kenyan, Vivian Cheruiyot, in third place in a time of 20:22. The first non-African to finish was Yugoslavia's Snezana Kostic in eighth, just ahead of Australia's Melissa Rollison.
Filed by Tom Grealis
