STREAM: How to watch the IAAF World Cross-Country Championships
All the information you need for the 2017 IAAF World Cross-Country Championships, set for Sunday in Kampala, Uganda.
The IAAF World Cross-Country Championships are Sunday and there’s good news for Canadians: the event will be streamed live through CBC Sports. Canada sends a strong team of U20- and senior-level runners featuring NACAC (North American, Central American and Caribbean) champions Sasha Gollish, Brogan MacDougall and Kieran Lumb.
The championships are being held in Kampala, Uganda in East Africa, which is considered the hub for global distance running. Canadians qualified for the national team based on placement at the 2016 Canadian Cross-Country Championships in Kingston, Ont. back in November.
The biennial event was last held in Guiyang, China in 2015. Action in Uganda gets underway at 7 a.m. on March 26. (The event occurs in the late afternoon local time.)
We've had a quick look at the @iaafkampala2017 course and it looks awesome! pic.twitter.com/sxQuPGeqqs
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) March 23, 2017
Love the course and the sunshine here in Kampala! pic.twitter.com/sUi9y39LLw
— Rory Linkletter (@ThePapaLinks) March 23, 2017
Notable international runners include Asbel Kiprop, the 2008 Olympic 1,500m champion and three-time world champion, Genzebe Dibaba, the women’s 1,500m world record holder, and 2012 Olympic marathon champion Stephen Kiprotich, who will be competing on home soil. Kiprop and Dibaba will contest the mixed relay.
Kenya and Ethiopia have dominated the world cross-country championships winning 127 of a possible 166 team titles in the event’s history. Kololo Airstrip “Independence Grounds” hosts the event in Kampala, the nation’s capital city.
The rundown
What: IAAF World Cross-Country Championships (click here for results / click here for live results)
When: Sunday, March 26 (7 a.m. EDT)
Where: Kampala, Uganda
How (to watch): CBC Sports.
Schedule (all times EDT)
7 a.m. – Mixed Relay (No Canadians)
7:30 a.m. – Women’s U20
8:10 a.m. – Men’s U20
8:55 a.m. – Women’s Senior
9:55 a.m. – Men’s Senior
Canadian roster
U20 women
(Name, Hometown, Coach)
Hannah Bennison, Vernon, B.C., Malinda Elmore
Catherine Beauchemin, Québec, Sylvain Cloutier
Hanna Johnston, Thunder Bay, Ont., Kip Sigsworth
Martha MacDonald, Toronto, Taras Radchenko
Brogan MacDougall, Kingston, Ont., Steve Boyd
Shona McCulloch, Nepean, Ont., Kirk Dillabaugh
U20 men
(Name, Hometown, Coach)
Andrew Alexander, Toronto, Taras Radchenko
Graham Baird, Pickering, Ont., Edward LaRocque
Jean-Simon Desgagnés, Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges, Que., Félix-Antoine Lapointe
Kieran Lumb, Vancouver, Chris Johnson
Andrew Shepherd, Kitchener, Ont., Tom Fitzgerald
Mitchell Ubene, Tecumseh, Ont., Dave Scott-Thomas
Senior women
(Name, Hometown, Coach)
Lisa Brooking, Orillia, Ont., Mark Bomba
Victoria Coates, Hamilton, Ont., Patrick MacKinnon
Sasha Gollish, Toronto, Ross Ristuccia
Kathryn Harrison, Toronto, Sean Cleary
Claire Sumner, Calgary, Steve Boyd
Julie-Anne Staehli, Lucknow, Ont., Steve Boyd
Senior men
(Name, Hometown, Coach)
Evan Esselink, Guelph, Ont., Dave Scott-Thomas
Nicholas Falk, Windsor, Ont., Gary Malloy
Trevor Hofbauer, Burnaby, B.C., Dave Scott-Thomas
Sami Jibril, Toronto, Hugh Cameron
Rory Linkletter, Calgary, Ed Eyestone
Thomas Toth, Lakefield, Ont., Zach Johnson
Support staff
(Name, Hometown)
Gillian Wright, Team manager, Vancouver
Lynn Kanuka, Team head coach, Surrey, B.C.
Félix-Antoine Lapointe, Team coach, Québec
Dr. Melina Thibodeau, Team physician, Victoria
Marcell Meresz, Massage therapist, Guelph, Ont.
Chris Napier, Physiotherapist, Vancouver
Views of the course
Freshly dug trough on the course awaits competitors of #IAAFKampala2017 @IAAFKampala2017 24 Mar 2017#USATF @usatf pic.twitter.com/yrqwZIQ1DP
— T&F Photo #Tokyo2021 #Tokyo2020 #東京2020 (@TaFphoto) March 24, 2017
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