The World Cross Country Championships of the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) has come and gone, but, the memory lingers for Kenyan athletes who were the big winners at Sunday’s championships.

According to Ceoafrica, although, the press in Uganda focused on a Ugandan as the winner in the morning, but Sixteen-year-old Jacob Kiplimo came first in a time of 22 minutes 40 seconds, three seconds ahead of Ethiopia's Amdework Walelegn.

Kenya took the top two spots in the men's senior race and totally dominated the women's senior race coming first, second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth.

The championships are held annually and organised by IAAF, it was inaugurated in 1973, when it replaced the International Cross Country Championships.

 It was an annual competition until 2011, when the IAAF changed it to a biennial event.

Traditionally, the World Cross Country Championships consisted of four races: one each for men (12 km) and for women (8 km); and one each for junior men (8 km) and for junior women (6 km). Scoring was done for individuals and for national teams.

In the team competition, the finishing positions of the top six scorers from a team of up to nine are summed for the men and women, respectively, and the lowest score wins. For the junior races, the top three from a team of up to four are scored.

The year 1998 saw the introduction of two new events at the World Cross Country Championships, a short race for men and a short race for women. The last time these 4 km races were held was 2006, and there are no public plans to bring them back.