Bronze medallist in 2013 and silver medallist in 2010, Eritrea&rsquo;s Teklemariam Medhin hopes to complete the set at this month&rsquo;s IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Guiyang 2015.Eritrea has made it on to the medals table at eight of the past nine editions of the World Cross. During that time, Medhin has picked up six medals in total, but none of them have been gold.This winter, Medhin has been getting better with every race. After a fourth-place finish in Atapuerca and a second-place finish in Soria in November, he won in Seville and Elboibar in January against quality fields.Joining him on the team is Eritrean cross-country champion and 2012 world junior 5000m silver medallist Abrar Osman, 2009 world youth 3000m bronze medallist Goitom Kifle and 19-year-old Tsegay Tuemay, who finished fourth in the junior men&rsquo;s race at the 2013 World Cross.African junior cross-country bronze medallist Afewerki Berhane leads the junior men&rsquo;s team. National trials winner Aron Kifle is also in the squad.Multiple national record-holder Nazret Weldu will be the sole senior woman entrant for Eritrea, while trials winner Hibret Debesay leads the junior women&rsquo;s team.IAAF<h3>Eritrean team for Guiyang 2015</h3> Senior men: Goitom Kifle, Teklemariam Medhin, Abrar Osman, Hiskel Tewelde, Berhane Tsegay, Tsegay TuemaySenior women: Nazret WelduJunior men: Berhane Amanuel, Afewerki Berhane, Abraham Habte, Yemane Haileselassie, Aron Kifle, Mogos ShumayJunior women: Nebyat Abraham, Fanus Alem, Hibret Debesay, Yohana Gezae, Lucia Segid, Lemlem Teweldebrhan

Bronze medallist in 2013 and silver medallist in 2010, Eritrea’s Teklemariam Medhin hopes to complete the set at this month’s IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Guiyang 2015.

In pursuit of elusive gold, Medhin leads Eritrea’s World Cross team

Victor Chumo was perhaps the least-heralded of the contingent of Kenyan runners who stood on the start line, but he produced the best race of his life to come out on top at the 43rd edition of the famous Corrida Pedestre International de Houilles, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race on Sunday (28).Clearly feeling good despite the chilly conditions which saw most of the leading runners in long-sleeved t-shirts, and many of them in gloves and beanies, Chumo broke away from the leading pack early in the second half of the 10km race with only Eritrea&rsquo;s 2012 world junior 5000m silver medallist Abrar Osman for company.After staying on the heels of Chumo for most of the final few kilometres, Osman briefly took the lead about 400 metres from the finish but Chumo responded quickly and found another gear with the finish line in sight about 100m from home to finish in an official personal best of 28:04.It was the third successive win over 10km on the French roads in his past three races for Chumo, and three times he has reduced his personal best: running 28:16 in Languex in June and 28:12 in Rennes in October.His performance in Houilles wasn't the quickest 10km he has ever covered, though. When acting as a pacemaker for the 2013 Rome-Ostia Half Marathon, Chumo covered the first 10km in 28:02.Osman tossed in the towel in the final metres but still finished just one second in arrears, crossing the line in 28:05.In the duel for third, 2014 Frankfurt Marathon winner Mark Kiptoo showed that there was still a bit of zip in his legs despite now being 37 and held off Ethiopia&rsquo;s Hailemariam Amare, both men being given the same time of 28:34.The 2013 winner, Kenya&rsquo;s Cornelius Kangogo, was not able to put up much of a fight in the defence of his title and came home fifth in 28:38 while three-time winner Micah Kogo, who was also second in 2012 and 2013, this time had to settle for eighth place in 28:53.Like Chumo, Kenya&rsquo;s women&rsquo;s winner Peris Jepchichir clearly has an affection for French road races.She showed good form when winning the Montbeliard half marathon in a personal best of 1:09:12 back in September and set a personal best of 31:34 in the Parisian suburb on Sunday, just five seconds outside the course record set by her compatriot Margaret Wangari Muriuki in 2011.Jepchirchir was a comfortable winner over Bahrain&rsquo;s world junior steeplechase champion Ruth Jebet, who was second in 32:18 in the longest official race of her career so far.Yemenu Tewabech, making her debut in a European race after some promising performances at altitude in her native Ethiopia, was third in 32:20.Phil Minshull and organisers for the IAAF

Victor Chumo was perhaps the least-heralded of the contingent of Kenyan runners who stood on the start line, but he produced the best race of his life to come out on top at the 43rd edition of the famous Corrida Pedestre International de Houilles, an IAAF Silver Label Road Race on Sunday (28).

Chumo the surprise winner in Houilles

The 43rd edition of the famous Corrida Pedestre International de Houilles, the last major road race in France for 2014 and an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, will see Kenya&rsquo;s Cornelius Kangogo defend the title he won in 2013 on Sunday (28).However, Kangogo is likely to face a strong challenge from his compatriots Thomas Longosiwa and three-time winner Micah Kogo, the latter also being the runner up for the last two years in the Parisian suburb.Kangogo, who celebrates his 21st birthday next Wednesday, was a slightly surprising winner 12 months ago in what remains his 10km personal best of 27:58 but, having had a series of good track outings during the summer and also finishing second at the African cross country championships earlier in the year, he may feel that if the conditions are favourable then a tilt at the course record of 27:47, set by Ethiopia&rsquo;s Imane Merga in 2010, might be feasible.Kogo, still only 28 although he has been on the international circuit for almost a decade, is a familiar face in Houilles and has regularly returned to the race although the last of his three consecutive wins came in 2008.His last race was a rather modest 14th place at the New York Marathon last month but in difficult conditions, with the cold and wind causing many other runners plenty of problems as well in the Big Apple, that may not be the best indicator of his current shape.Longosiwa has had a busy year and dipped well below 13 minutes for 5000m on the track when he ran 12:56.16 at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Stockholm, finishing second to Ethiopia&rsquo;s Muktar Edris who ran a world-leading 12:54.83, but has only one win to his name this year - in the Kenyan Prisons Championships 5000m - and so will be keen to finish the year on a high note.Not to be discounted either is their fellow Kenyan Mark Kiptoo, who won the Frankfurt Marathon in October, and Eritrea&rsquo;s 2012 IAAF World Junior Championships 5000m silver medallist Abrar Osman. <h3>French hopes </h3> Leading the domestic challenge is European 3000m steeplechase champion Yoann Kowal, who will be dreaming of becoming the first Frenchman to win the race since Paul Arpin in 1987, although the odds must be against him.Well-known French internationals Morad Amdouni, Abdelatif Meftah and Hassan Chahdi will also be on the start line on Sunday.Bahrain&rsquo;s Ruth Jebet is an interesting name in the women&rsquo;s elite field. The 18-year-old has never run competitively on the roads before andnot raced over anything longer than 5000m and so there must be a question mark over how well she will cope with 10km. Nevertheless, the teenager is a huge talent, running 9:20.55 for the 3000m steeplechase this summer &ndash; the second fastest junior time ever - and she also took the world junior title over the barriers so there will be a lot of curiosity about what she can do.The accepted best 10km time on record for a junior is 31:29 by Karoline Bjerkeli Grovdal in 2009 which, coincidently, is exactly the same time as the Houilles course record set by Kenya&rsquo;s Margaret Wangari Muriuki in 2011.Kenya&rsquo;s Peris Jepchichir showed good form when winning the Montbeliard half marathon in a personal best of 1:09:12 in October and could also be a factor.In addition, another woman to look out for will be Yemenu Tewabech who will be making her debut in a European race after some promising performances at altitude in her native Ethiopia.Morocco&rsquo;s Rkia El Moukim, third in last year&rsquo;s race, also returns to Houilles while the leading European names are multiple French half marathon champion Fatiha Klilech-Fauvel, Great Britain international Sonia Thomas as well as Ukraine&rsquo;s Svitlana Stanko and Olga Kovotska. &nbsp;Phil Minshull and organisers for the IAAF

The 43rd edition of the famous Corrida Pedestre International de Houilles, the last major road race in France for 2014 and an IAAF Silver Label Road Race, will see Kenya’s Cornelius Kangogo defend the title he won in 2013 on Sunday (28).

In pursuit of elusive gold, Medhin leads Eritrea’s World Cross team

Chumo the surprise winner in Houilles

Kangogo to defend title in Houilles but faces former champion Kogo