page_title: Almond Blossom Cross Country
section_title: Past senior race winners
hierarchical_section_title: Almond Blossom Cross Country / Past senior race winners
caption_attribution_description: English: Charles Kamathi, Kenyan long-distance runner, at the Berlin-Marathon 2008 Deutsch: Charles Kamathi, kenianischer Langstreckenläufer, beim Berlin-Marathon 2008
context_page_description: The Almond Blossom Cross Country is an annual international cross country running competition which takes place in Albufeira, Portugal, in early March. It is one of the IAAF permit meetings which serve as qualifying events for the IAAF World Cross Country Championships. It is held in co-operation with the Associação de Atletismo do Algarve. The race gets its name from the white blossom which appears on the almond trees native to the Algarve region during the spring.
context_section_description: Key: Portuguese championship race (12 km and 8 km races)
  Distances: 8 km and 5 km races 4 km race  (10 km for men and 6 km for women where not stated)
caption: Charles Kamathi of Kenya was the 2000 men's champion
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