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FISU Technical Committee Chairs

Carlos Cardoso Technical Committee Chair
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Thelma Wright Substitute Technical Committee Chair
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The History of Cross Country in FISU

Between 1968 and 1976, five World University Cross-Country Championships were organised in Europe. The first of them was held in Lausanne, Switzerland. There, FISU gave a boost to the expansion of this sport. Already at the second edition in Coleraine, Great Britain, 90 contestants from 8 countries were in the line-up; whereas in Darmstadt, Germany, in 1982, there were 139 athletes from 23 countries. The figures have kept increasing from one edition to the other, but more important was the continual improvement in performance. Prominent athletes such as Ionescu and Ghican, from Romania, Vaquero and Serano, from Spain or the Australian Moneghetti and Kenyan Muturi all competed in FISU WUC Cross Country.