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The Chiba International Cross Country is an annual cross country running competition which takes place in Chiba, Japan in mid-February. It is one of the IAAF permit meetings which serve as qualifying events for the IAAF World Cross Country Championships.〔(IAAF Cross Country Permits ). IAAF (2010). Retrieved on 2010-02-12.〕 Initiated in 1966,〔(Chiba International Crosscountry ). Association of Road Racing Statisticians (2009-02-15). Retrieved on 2010-02-12.〕 the Chiba Cross Country is held in Showa-No-Mori Park and features a competition schedule of eight races.〔Nakamura, Ken (2001-02-18). (Chiba International Cross Country ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-02-12.〕 These include a senior men's long course (12 km), a senior women's course (6 km), and a senior men's short course (4 km). Furthermore, there are three races for junior athletes which are of shorter distances, as well as two 3 km races for high school runners.〔Nakamura, Ken (2010-02-12). (Chiba Cross Country to determine Japanese World Cross teams – Preview ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-02-12.〕 Four of the races act as qualifiers for the World Cross Country Championship: the men's 12 km and the women's 6 km allow athletes to enter the senior world competition while the junior men's 8 km and junior women's 5 km enable runners to qualify for the junior section of the championships.〔Nakamura, Ken (2008-02-08). (Chiba International Cross Country - PREVIEW ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-02-12.〕 The competition is one of three in which Japanese athletes can qualify for the World Championships; the others being the annual Fukuoka International Cross Country and the biennial Asian Cross Country Championships.〔(Tulu versus Johnson in Chiba - Preview ). IAAF (2004-02-13). Retrieved on 2010-02-12.〕 Over a thousand runners compete at the meeting each year, although the attendance record set in 1991 featured nearly twice as many participants.〔 A select number of international athletes are invited to compete each year, although the majority of the field typically comprise a mix of Japanese runners and Japan-based Kenyan athletes.〔 Previous winners include Olympic gold medallists Samuel Wanjiru and Derartu Tulu, eight-time European cross country champion Serhiy Lebid, and Tegla Loroupe – twice winner of the New York City Marathon.〔 The competition is televised on the NHK BS-1 channel by the Japan Broadcasting Corporation, the country's public broadcaster.〔(大会情報 ) . JAAF. Retrieved on 2010-02-12.〕 After the International Chiba Ekiden, the Chiba International Cross Country is the prefecture's premier athletics event.〔Nakamura, Ken (2009-02-15). (Karoki and Shimizu the winners at Chiba Cross Country ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-02-12.〕 The Chiba International Cross Country has also hosted the Asian Cross Country Championship race on two occasions (1995, 1997).〔 ==Past senior race winners== *''Note: Race data unavailable prior to 1987.''〔 Key: ''(All other men's races 12 km and women's races 6 km)'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chiba International Cross Country」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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