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Both Kenenisa Bekele and
Tirunesh Dibaba remain on target for further IAAF World Cross Country double
performances after winning their races on the first day's schedule in
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<st1:place>Fukuoka</st1:place></st1:city> on Saturday morning. Bekele now
ready to chase a tenth individual gold medal in Sunday's 12K event, set up his
challenge by claiming the short course four kilometres title in a time of
10:54 minutes.
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The 23-year-old Ethiopian
bided his time until unleashing a searing finish which carried him clear of
Kenya's Isaac Songok for a one second victory, with Morocco's Adil Kaouch, last
summer's World 1500m silver medallist third in 10:57. "We have never
before finished so close together," admitted