which was abandoned during the World War II and left to rot
was turned into graffiti art on the beach in Leffrinckoucke
The bunker was covered in pieces of broken mirrors by an anonymous artist
The bunker is one of the impenetrable cement bunkers built in a long row extending the length of the fort before the mid 1950s
street artists use the bunkers as canvases and turn them into massive graffiti projects
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Linet Masai has struggled with illness and injury in recent years but the 2009 world 10,000m champion is rounding into some good form again
she travelled about 200km south and decimated an international line-up at the 34th edition of the Cross Internacional de la Constitucion in Alcobendas on Sunday (29)
A three-time runner-up at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships
Masai showed glimmers of that form on the park circuit in Madrid’s northern suburb as she dominated the senior women’s race in 28:41 to regain the title she won seven years ago when she was a junior
Ireland’s two-time European cross country champion Fionnuala McCormack (nee Britton) was second in 29:17 while Spain’s Trihas Gebre – the leading non-African finisher at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships Guiyang 2015 this March – was an isolated third in 29:52
Britton and Gebre will face each other again in two weeks’ time at the European Cross Country Championships in Hyeres
France where they will both be in the hunt for medals
A week after winning the Great Ethiopian Run on the roads over 10km in Addis Ababa
Tamirat Tola showed his versatility by claiming victory in the senior men’s 9.28km race ahead of reigning champion Timothy Toroitich from Uganda and world cross-country bronze medallist Muktar Edris
whose repertoire also includes a 27:22.64 10,000m and a best time of 2:06:17 for the marathon
had the company of Toroitich until the seventh kilometre but the latter faded badly in the closing stages
The Ethiopian broke the tape in 29:28 to become the first Ethiopian winner of the men’s race in Alcobendas since Gebre Gebremariam defended his title in 2009
with Toroitich losing some 37 seconds on the winner in the last two kilometres
the 24th edition of the Cross Hiru-Herri which took place in Burlada on Sunday
produced home wins for Abdelaziz Merzoughi in the 9.8km men’s race in 28:55 and Paula Gonzalez in the 6km women’s race in 19:47
At the Cross de l’Acier in Leffrinckoucke
East African juniors dominated the senior races
Kenya’s world junior cross-country bronze medallist Alfred Ngeno beat the Ethiopian duo of Leul Gebrselassie and Yihulign Adane to win in 30:06 while Guiyang silver medallist Dera Dida led an Ethiopian clean sweep in the 6.65km women’s race
African junior 5000m silver medallist Sintayehu Lewetegn and Bezunesh Getachew
came home four and five seconds adrift respectively
Up-and-coming Belgian distance runner Louise Carton took the spoils at the CrossCup van West-Vlaanderen in Roeselare on Sunday
The 21-year-old won the 6.25km race in 22:21
nine seconds ahead of Sweden’s 20-year-old Sarah Lahti
Comprising the podium in the senior women’s race was the 42-year-old Veerle Dejaeghere
Having recently sealed the Olympic qualifying time for the marathon
Dejaeghere returned to her favoured surface to finish third in 22:38 ahead of strong cross-country exponents such as compatriot Almensh Belete (22:48) and Jip Vastenburg (22:51) from the Netherlands
Kenya’s Alex Kibet won the men’s 10km race in 30:23
two seconds ahead of the local star Isaac Kimeli
who was second in the European under-23 5000m this summer
At the Carsolina Cross in Trieste on Sunday
Patrick Nasti won the senior men’s race in 25:49 with 2012 European cross-country champion Andrea Lalli a non-finisher just four weeks after finishing 11th at the New York Marathon
Barbara Bressi won the women’s senior race in 23:54
Cleophas Ngetich claimed his second victory of the AK/KCB Cross Country Series in Nyahururu on Saturday (28)
A fortnight after winning the second leg in Embu
Ngetich ensured back-to-back wins on the domestic circuit with a decisive victory over 10km in 30:30
He defeated a solid field including Kenyan junior cross-country champion Dominic Kiptarus and 2007 world youth 1500m champion Fredrick Musyoki
who were second and third in 30:43 and 30:51
Four weeks after winning the opening race of the series
Caroline Chepkoech also continued her fine form with her second win on home soil in the space of a month
The 21-year-old ran away from Margaret Chelimo
who finished 13th at this year’s IAAF World Cross Country Championships
to win the senior women’s race in 35:01 and by 17 seconds
who won the world youth 1500m title at the age of 14 a decade ago
Gemma Steel claimed her third title in a row at the Liverpool Cross Challenge on Saturday
which doubled up as the British trial race for the European Cross Country Championships in two weeks’ time
In a repeat of last year’s race continental championship in Samokov
where Steel outlasted Kate Avery for the title on a frozen course
Steel ground out another win over 8km in Liverpool’s Sefton Park
She broke the tape in 27:31 with Avery two seconds in arrears
Steph Twell comprised the podium in 27:47 while Laura Muir – who enjoyed an outstanding summer on the track capped by a 3:58.66 1500m personal best in Monaco – finished fifth in 27:57
The latter will contest the under-23 title at the European Cross Country Championships
Ross Millington claimed a comfortable win in 30:09 ahead of Dewi Griffiths in 30:22
At the Canadian Cross Country Championships staged in Kingston
Canadian 10,000m record-holder Natasha Wodak retained her title in the senior women’s 8km in 27:14
coming home three seconds ahead of marathon specialist Rachel Hannah
Steven Mills (with assistance from Kip Evans) for the IAAF
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