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The World Cross Country Championships take place in Serbia on Saturday and you can watch it live on the BBC.<\/b><\/p>\n
A team of 22 athletes will represent Great Britain and Northern Ireland, aiming for individual and team medals.<\/p>\n
The senior women’s team will be led in Belgrade by European bronze medallist Abbie Donnelly and includes Jessica Warner-Judd, who came eighth in the 10,000m at the World Championships last August.<\/p>\n
Will Barnicoat, the Under-23 European Cross Country champion, will make his senior debut for the men’s team. <\/p>\n
The mixed relay team includes Adam Fogg, Thomas Keen, Alex Millard and Bethan Morley, who will be looking for the first medal in the event at the tournament. <\/p>\n
European champion Innes Fitzgerald leads the women’s under-20 side.<\/p>\n
Kenya’s Beatrice Chebet, who won the 2023 senior women’s competition, returns to defend her title.<\/p>\n
Uganda’s defending champion Jacob Kiplimo will also bid for a repeat in the men’s competition, and face his compatriot and 2019 champion Joshua Cheptegei. <\/p>\n
Olympic 10,000m and 5,000m champion Sifan Hassan has dropped out of the championships to focus on representing Netherlands at the Paris Olympics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n