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NEW MARSKE Harrier Katy Livingston has virtually booked her place in the Great Britain Modern Pentathlon team for the Beijing Olympic Games by winning the gold medal in the second World Cup meeting in Cairo.

It was the Teessiders second World Cup medal after winning silver in Moscow last year.

She had already achieved the Olympic qualifying standard when she finished sixth in last years European Championships.

Livingston went into the final round of the shoot-fence-swimride- run event in Egypt lying second behind Frances Amelie Caze.

But she quickly passed her French rival in the 3K run and went on to beat silver-medallist Victoria Terreshuk by 17 seconds for a total score of 5704 points C 68 points clear of the Ukrainian.

Livingston, one of The Northern Echos Dreams of Gold hopefuls for the 2012 London Olympics, is the daughter of New Marske stalwart and leading veteran runner Tony Livingston.

ö Two young athletes saved the day for the North-East by producing medal-winning performances in the National Cross Country Championships at Alton Towers.

Richmond and Zetlands Northern and Yorkshire champion Fergus Roberts won the under-13 boys race by a massive 18 seconds, while Gatesheads Inter Counties and English Schools gold medallist Ross Murray was runner-up in the under- 17 event, five seconds behind the winner.

Otherwise it was a day to forget for the region, with no team medals to show for the runners efforts.

Sunderland Harrier Mark Hood, the double North-East cross country champion, was the regions first finisher in the senior mens race in 21st position, three places better than his previous best placing in 2006.

Teessider Paul Lowe (North York Moors) was the regions next man home in 127th place.

New Marskes World Junior Cross Country Championships international Ricky Stevenson was eighth in the under-20s, two places ahead of Morpeths Nick Swinburn, while Loftus and Whitby runner Alec Duffield was a creditable 14th.

Jon Taylor (21st), Ross Floyd (60th) and Jonathon Young (86th) helped Morpeth finish fourth in the team event.

The womens race, won by Liz Yelling, saw Chester-le-Streets Fiona Burnie first home for the region in 51st position, 12 places ahead of Teesdales North-East 10K road race champion Claire Robson.

Other North-East finishers included Tracy Laws (Chester-le- Street) 66th, Sarah Graham (Morpeth) 68th, Jess Trowbridge (Gateshead) 76th and Tamsin Clarke (Richmond & Zetland) 82nd.

Gatesheads Northern champion Mary Ferrier was tenth in the junior womens race, while Kate Avery (Shildon), the Durham Schools champion, was 15th in the under-17 race, finishing two places ahead of her great rival, Laura Weightman (Morpeth), the Northumberland Schools champion.

ö Chester-le-Streets Freya Murray finished third behind Susan Partridge (Victoria Park Glasgow) and Catriona Morrison (Edinburgh) in the Scottish Cross Country Championships at Falkirk. Clubmate Maxine Czarnecka was seventh.

9:31am Monday 25th February 2008

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