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Terwijl er in Mombassa feest wordt gevierd door de Nederlanders...........

Championships victory last October stunning her fans - in both Europe and Africa - after an emphatic victory in the women's eight kilometres race at the 35th IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Mombasa, Kenya, which earned her a prize of US$30,000.
It was a glorious success for the Kenyan-born star on home soil, but sadly the victory saw the announcement she doesn't in the future plan attempting to retain or regain her title.
"This is my last my last cross country race," insisted the 32-year-old Dutch star, who switched allegiance to the European nation after marrying husband and Coach Pieter Langerhorst.
"I'm shifting my focus to road racing and the marathon," her next major target being the Flora London Marathon on 22 April.

Voer ik een discussie met wat collega’s of dit nou ook een nederlandse overwinning is......

MOMBASSA – Qatar's athletic team finished fifth in the World Cross Country Championship 2007 held in Mombassa, Kenya on Saturday.

Mijn Qatarese vakbroeders hebben meer oog voor hun ‘landgenoten’ die eigenlijk gewoon uit Afrika komen (net als sommige van hun voorouders trouwens en dat terwijl de een zelf uit Somalie komt…..
De beste Qatari nu op zeven: Richard Yatich (Kenia) to Mubarak Hassan Shami (Qatar)
Elfde: Albert Chepkurui to Adbullah Ahmad Hassan from KEN to QAT: August 12, 2003.
39e! de eerste Qatari volgens de IAAF maar……… ook hij uit Kenia!
Geen enkele Qatari in het team te bekennen!

Als we in het winkelcentrum zijn zien we cricket......

NEW DELHI: Hundreds of cricket fans across India burnt effigies, defaced posters and held mock funeral processions of the national team, a day after their defeat to Sri Lanka in the World Cup match in the Caribbean.Winners in 1983 and finalists in the last tournament, India suffered a 69-run defeat in their crunch Group B match against Sri Lanka and their slim hopes of progressing now hinge on an unlikely defeat for Bangladesh by debutants Bermuda on Sunday.Cricket is taken very seriously in India, where players are treated as huge celebrities, paid big money to endorse major commercial brands and put on pedestals by cricket-crazy fans.But on Saturday, television pictures showed furious cricket fans in towns and cities across India taking to the streets to show their outrage at their national team’s defeat.

Bij Starbucks lezen we in de krant:
Melbourne: Shanghai has been chosen to host the 2011 world championships, swimming's governing body FINA said yesterday.The Chinese city fought off a rival bid from the Qatar capital Doha for the right to stage the 14th edition of the event."They were two very, very good bids," FINA president Mustapha Larfaoui told a news conference."They were very, very good presentations. I would like to take this opportunity to thank them for their bidding."Chinese bid officials said the championships were likely to be staged in July that year, 12 months before the 2012 London Olympics.The 12th edition of the championships are taking place in Melbourne and continue until April 1. The 2009 event will be held in Rome from July 19-August 2)

Maar we hadden een heerlijk uitje georganiseerd door onze Qatari collega’s (1x Somalie/ 1 x Bahrein/ 1 x Tunisie) voor 2 x duitsland, 1 x Brazilie, 1 x Hong Kong, 1x Oezbekistan, 1 x Tsjechie, en 1 x Nederland – Brabant/Groningen.
Zie de foto’s op bugbitten.