The Jan Meda International Cross Country is an annual

cross country running Cross country running is a sport in which teams and individuals run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain such as dirt or grass. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open cou ...

competition held at the Jan Meda Race Course in

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, Ethiopia. Typically held in January or February, the event serves as the national championship for Ethiopia and doubles as the national trials for the

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. Matching the world programme, the Jan Meda International holds four races, with senior and

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(under-20) races for both sexes. Similarly, the event featured a senior men's and women's short race over 4 km from 1998 to 2006, when that was a World Championship distance. The same race course venue is used for the municipal Addis Ababa championships and the national cross country clubs championships. The 2004 and 2009 editions of the national championships doubled as the East African Cross Country Championships.East African Cross Country Championship
WantedInAfrica (2009-02-16). Retrieved on 2016-08-26. The 2021, 2022 and 2023 editions were held in Sululta.

Past senior race winners

Short race

References

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Past senior race winners

Short race

See also

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