Addawlah Ninth In The World Cross-Country Race [Archives:2000/16/Sports]
The Yemeni athlete Ismaeel Addawlah came ninth in the world cross-country race held recently in Sudan despite the high temperature of 40¡ celsius prevalent there.
About 3500 athletes from Ethiopia, Kenya, Eritrea, France, Djibouti, Chad, Palestine, Syrian, Yemen and Sudan participated in the race.
Mohammed Yacob (Sudan) came first, Kore Paul (Sudan) second, Vortnato (Eritrea) third. Luck, this time, was not on the side of the international Ethiopian athlete Kibara who came fourth.
Mohammed Addawlah participated for the first time outside Yemen after wining the Republic Championship.
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