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Ethiopian athletes won 20 of the 30 individual titles between 2004 and 2009, but the balance of power is firmly back with Kenya, whose athletes took a clean sweep of both the individual and team titles in Bydgoszcz last year. Despite the absence of reigning champions Joseph Ebuya and Emily Chebet, who were both non-finishers at their domestic trials, the Kenyan team still boasts an amazing array of talent. They will be chasing a total prize fund of $280,000 in the senior races. This is also the final time the event will be held before it becomes biennial. The course is said to be flat and fast with a couple of artificial climbs plus several man-made hurdles to break up the athletes' rhythm. With Punta Umbria also situated in southern Spain - about 100km south-west of the nearest Spanish airport of Seville - the weather is almost certain to be mild or even warm.