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It has a secret entry process, climbs the equivalent of conquering Everest twice and clocks in at 100 miles long - the Barkley Marathons could be the world's toughest race.

For the second time running, Joshua Cheptegei finished the senior men's race at the World Cross-Country Championships not knowing where he was.

They may not have matched their unprecedented top-six sweep from 2017, but Hellen Obiri ensured the senior women's crown stayed with Kenya, winning at the IAAF/Mikkeller World Cross Country Championships Aarhus 2019.

In one of the closest finishes in the history of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Kenya's world U20 5000m champion Beatrice Chebet added the world U20 cross country title to her growing list of honours.

A storming final leg run from Fantu Worku in the mixed relay at the IAAF/Mikkeller World Cross Country Championships Aarhus 2019 gave Ethiopia the first gold medal of the day.

Stealing clothes, sharing a bed, cereal for dinner... from Shaun Ryder and Bez to the boys from Busted, former housemates remember their first houseshare Shaun Ryder and his Happy Mondays bandmate Bez first lived togethe...

Callum Hawkins feels he will have a point to prove when he steps on the start line at the London Marathon.

Join cross country legends Paul Tergat, Lynn Jennings, John Treacy and Paula Radcliffe as well as some of this year's competitors including Joshua Cheptegei, Courtney Frerichs and Matt Baxter for the inaugural episode of...

The IAAF/Mikkeller World Cross Country Championships Aarhus 2019 will be live streamed on the IAAF's YouTube channel.