Geoffrey Kipsang Kamworor, of Kenya, has won the gold medal in the senior men's group in the World Cross Championships for 2015 of the International Association of Athletics Federation in the city of Guiyang, Guizhou province, while Agnes Jebet Tirop, also from Kenya, defeated all competitors to clain first place in the senior women's group.

In the junior races, Ethiopia's Yasin Haji took first place for men, while Letesenbet Gidey, also Ethiopian, outperformed all other women, and Cairen Suolang, from Tibet, claimed third in the junior men's race, the only Chinese athlete to win a medal.

In commenting on the win, Cairen Suolang said, "I'm a student from Tibet and got my training in Tibet, and this is my first time to take part in the world cross country championships, and I love the running."

Athletes from Kenya and Ethiopia took 11 out of 12 medals in total, with Ethiopians claiming the first three places in the junior women's group, after which Etagegn Woldu, who took third, exclaiming, "We're very happy, it is also important to our nation."

Ding Changqin, born and raised in Guizhou, came in 16th in the senior women's group and said disappointedly, "Actually I'm not quite satisfied with my result because I expected to be among the top 15,but I tried my best to make my country proud."

Ding also said that, in the first half year of 2015, she'll do more training and have a stronger body for the championships in August and hopes that more Chinese athletes can win in the cross country competition.

This was an important race because it was the IAAF World Cross Country Championships' first time in China and the second time in Asia after the 2006 championships in Fukuoka, Japan. The IAAF World Championships for 2015 will be held in Bejing.

Some Chinese companies, such as Sinolube, are putting a lot into promoting sports and the IAAF World Championships, and it has been named the official lubricant of the IAAF and has plans to arrange more staff to help support the athletes at Beijing's Bird's Nest stadium this year.