With
very less time, the national athletics team has started intensive
preparations ahead of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships slated
for March 28 in Guiyang, China.
The five-man team is camping at La Bonne Esperance, Kicukiro and holding daily training at Amahoro national stadium.
Thirty-one-year
old Eric Sebahire will captain team Rwanda at the 41st edition of the
biannual event. The last edition was staged in Bydgoszcz, Poland with
Kenyans (5 gold medals) and Ethiopians (10 medals in total) dominating
the show.
Sebahire,
the two-time reigning national men’s 10,000m champion will be making
his fifth consecutive appearance at the championships since his debut in
2009.
In
a telephone interview Sebahire told Times Sport, “It’s really a great
honor; I and my colleagues will do everything possible to represent the
country well in the competition. We’re all doing well in training and
I’m sure we will be ready in the next five weeks.”
Rwanda
is yet to win a medal at this competition and will be hoping to grab
one this time round. Sebahire was last year’s best finisher from Rwanda,
claiming the 41st position out of over 200 contenders.
The
APR Athletics Club runner holds a personal best of 28’02’ in 10,000m
and 1’02’ in half-marathon (21km). Meanwhile, Uganda (Kampala) has been
endorsed by the International Association of Athletics Federations
(IAAF) to host the 42nd edition on March 23, 2017.
Full team:
Eric Sebahire, Felicien Muhitira, Syliaque Ndayikengurukiye, Pontien Ntawuyirushintege and Jean Marie Vianey Uwajeneza.
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