Athletics Kenya has selected Eldoret as the venue to host the seventh edition of the World Cross country Tour that will be held on February 12, 2022.
The Eldoret which is in Uasin Gishu County, hosted the 2019 World cross country national trials comes just days to the World Cross Country Championships in Bathurst, Australia.
The AK president Gen (Rtd) Jackson Tuwei, said that Eldoret is the best place for the event during the World Athletics Council meeting since Mombasa had hosted the 2007 World Cross Country Championships with Nairobi staging both the 2017 World Under-18 and 2021 World Under-20 Athletics Championships.
“Eldoret Tour and the world event will be separated by a week and the national team will already be in camp preparing to leave for Australia,” said Tuwei, adding that a team will be put in place to plan for the event.
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