World Cross Country: The world is watching
Mar 25, 2017
Hundreds of athletes from different nations across the world are in Kampala for Sunday's event
Uganda is the fourth African nation to host the global athletics event. (Photos credit: Michael Nsubuga)
EVENT: World Cross Country Championship
HOST: Kampala, UGANDA
VENUE: Kololo Independence Grounds
DATE: Today (March 26)
We are only hours away to the start of the races, good people and the world is surely here - in Kampala, the capital of Uganda, the Pearl of Africa!
As many as 59 nations have sent teams here for the global event.
So as the clock ticks away steadily, let's have a look at some of the global representation here on home soil . . .
Team Canada
Team Algeria
Team China
Team Egypt
Team Lebanon
Team Kuwait
Team Kenya
Team Australia
Team Italy
Team Mexico
A one-man team from Fiji
Team Rwanda
Team Bahrain
Team Japan
Team USA train on the Kololo course
A jolly Team Morocco try out the Kololo surface
Team Uganda returned to the city from their training base in Kapchorwa
To mention but a few . . .
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