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Cherop formed part of an 11-stong lead group after around six minutes of running
Charity Cherop held off a late challenge from Kenya’s Sheila Jebet to triumph at the Cardiff Cross Challenge on November 9.
Uganda’s 17-year-old Cherop had looked a clear winner before her fellow teenager Jebet launched a late attack.
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Cherop, the world U20 5000m bronze medallist in Lima in August, picked up her pace over the final stretch and held off her rival, clocking 20:15 to finish one second clear of Jebet, who finished fourth in the U20 race at the World Cross Country Championships in March and fifth in the 5000m at the World U20 Championships.
Cherop formed part of an 11-stong lead group after around six minutes of running, with Jebet leading the chase pack. Kate Axford, a former GB hockey international, led the front group alongside her compatriot Izzy Fry, with home favourite Cari Hughes just behind them and Cherop sitting back in the pack.
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Cherop took over at the front a few minutes later, stretching out the field, and she led a breakaway group of four as the leaders completed the first of the two laps of the course. She was joined by Fry, Axford and Hughes, with Cherop and Axford side by side as they reached the twisting segment of the course.
Fry and Hughes were close behind, with Amelia Quirk running off the back of the pack. Jebet then made a move, passing Quirk to surge into fifth place around 14 minutes into the race. Cherop made her break with roughly 1500m remaining, chased by Axford, with a charging Jebet closing on Fry and Hughes.
Cherop continued to extend her advantage, while Jebet caught up with Axford with just over a minute of the race left to run. Cherop was away as they reached the final curve into the finishing straight, but Jebet kicked past Axford and launched an attack.
She left her finishing sprint a little too late, however, and Cherop was able to respond to the challenge, winning in 20:15 to Jebet’s 20:16. Axford held on for third place in 20:21, ahead of Hughes and Fry.
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