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Wednesday 30 March 2005 Carlsbad, California, USA - Dathan Ritzenhein, the former World Junior Cross Country bronze medallist, who defeated a classy Kenyan line-up in January's IAAF cross country permit race in Belfast has joined the world class 5km road race field assembled for the 20th anniversary running of the 'Carlsbad 5000', this Sunday 3 April. Ritzenhein, who was recently profiled in the 21 March issue of Sports Illustrated in a feature titled "Ready to Take on the World," joins Ethiopia's two-time defending champion Dejene Berhanu, three-time former champion and course record holder Sammy Kipketer of Kenya, and Craig Mottram, Australia's World Cup 3000m winner. However, Ritzenhein, 22, who lives and trains in Boulder, Colorado, will have his work cut out especially after a sub-par performance at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships on 20 March where he finished 62. The women's field is expected to feature an exciting duel between defending champion Isabella Ochichi of Kenya and Ethiopian youngster Tirunesh Dibaba, 19, fresh from her double gold medal performance at the World Cross Country. Ochichi comes to Carlsbad following an impressive victory at the Crescent City 10K in New Orleans (March 26) where she beat Briton's World record holder for the distance Paula Radcliffe in the second fastest time ever run (30:27). Ochichi also had top five finishes in both the long (5th) and short (3rd) World Cross races less than a fortnight ago. ENDS
