No Fionnuala McCormack as eight-runner Irish team named for World Cross Country Championships

The World Cross Country Championships take place in Belgrade on March 30th.

NATIONAL CHAMP: Fiona Everard running at the 2023 European Cross Country Championships. Picture: ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy

Ireland will send a team of eight athletes to the World Cross Country Championships in Belgrade on March 30, though two-time European champion Fionnuala McCormack will not be among them.

The 39-year-old was Ireland’s top performer at senior level at the European Cross Country Championships in Brussels last December, finishing fourth just seven days after clocking a 2:26:19 marathon in Valencia.