Abstract :
The purpose of the study was to analyse the performances of Ethiopian and Kenyan athletes in IAAF World Cross
Country Championships. It was hypothesised that there may be significant differences in performances of Kenyan male athletes than Ethiopian male athletes in the IAAF World Cross Country Championships and there may not be significant differences in performances of Ethiopian female athletes than Kenyan female athletes in IAAF World Cross Country Championships. The data collected for this study were through secondary sources and the census sampling was considered for collecting data. In order to find the differences in performances of these two countries, descriptive statistics and t-test were employed by Excel 2016 statistical tool packages. The results of the study showed that Kenyan male athletes performances were higher than Ethiopian male athletes performances in IAAF World Cross Country Championships and the Ethiopian female athlete’s performance were higher than Kenyan female athletes performances in the Cross-Country Championships. Finally, the overall performances of Kenyan and Ethiopian athletics team showed the equal performances in IAAF World Cross Country Championships.
Author Name : Dr.S. Jayaraman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.291379
Keywords: Ethiopia, Kenya, Performances, Cross Country Race.
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