Norah Tanui arrived in Rovereto fresh from a 10km lifetime best of 31:17 in Valencia last weekend and the 22-year-old demonstrated she is an athlete for all surfaces with a dominant victory at the Cross Internazionale della Vallagarina on Sunday (22).

Tanui – who improved her 3000m steeplechase lifetime best from 9:25.07 to 9:03.70 last summer and ran 9:05 or faster three times in the space of six days in August – broke clear in the second kilometre and opened up a winning margin which increased to more than one minute ahead of a largely domestic line-up.

The African steeplechase champion covered the undulating 6.44km course in 21:05 with mountain running specialist Sara Bottarelli an isolated second in 22:29. Last year’s winner Sara Dossena had to settle for third in 22:36.

Source: https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/cross-country-rovereto-2018-tanui