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Mahamed striving for Cardiff Cross Challenge glory this time around

Southampton athlete Mahamed Mahamed (Peter Haynes) returns for this weekend’s Cardiff Cross Challenge looking to go one better in the Senior Men’s race, after finishing 2nd behind Sam Stabler in 2017.  Mahamed, who hails from Ethiopia originally, is one the UK’S leading cross-country runners and represented Great Britain at the European Cross-Country Championships in Slovakia … Continued

Kidger hoping for strong opener on home soil

Wales’ Beth Kidger (Brighton Phoenix; Joel Kidger) enters this weekend’s Cardiff Cross Challenge event off the back of her most successful track season yet. Kidger qualified for the Women’s 1,500m Final at the British Athletics Championships in July, clocking a new lifetime best of 4:17 in the process, and was a bronze medallist at the … Continued

Welsh team Burgos selection up for grabs at Cardiff

Welsh Athletics will use the Cardiff Cross Challenge to make it’s selections for Cross de Atapuerca, Burgos – 11th November 2018. The Cross de Atapuerca International is classified as an International Overseas Fixture. Up to four senior men and up to four senior women will be selected based on performance at the Cardiff XC event, taking … Continued

European stars heading to Cardiff

Less than a week after the roads of Cardiff play host to the Commonwealth Half Marathon, one of the cities iconic parks, Llandaff Fields, will see top level athletes from across Europe take on the season opening cross country race. Sophia Duarte and Imana Truyer have been announced for the Cardiff Cross Challenge on October … Continued