Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo left little doubt on Saturday afternoon, cementing his standing amongst cross-country operating’s all-time greats with a dominant victory on the 2026 World Cross Nation Championships in Tallahassee, Fla.
Kiplimo claimed his third consecutive males’s world XC title, breaking away over the ultimate kilometres to win the 10K race by 18 seconds on the technical course. He managed the race from the entrance early, patiently letting the sector skinny earlier than asserting his authority on the ultimate lap.
Over the closing two kilometres, Kiplimo stretched the hole on Ethiopia’s Berihu Aregawi and Kenya’s Daniel Ebenyo, turning into simply the fourth man in historical past to win three straight World XC titles. Aregawi earned silver in 28:36, whereas Ebenyo took bronze in 28:45.
With the victory, Kiplimo joins the elite distance operating firm, matching the achievements of John Ngugi, Paul Tergat and Kenenisa Bekele as the one males to win three consecutive world cross-country titles.
The 25-year-old Ugandan’s vary is insane. He additionally has the world document within the half-marathon distance, and has already began dominating the marathon scene, profitable the 2025 Chicago Marathon in October.
Kenya’s Ngetich wins ladies’s XC title
On the ladies’s facet, Kenya’s Agnes Ngetich ensured her nation’s dominance continued regardless of the absence of defending champion Beatrice Chebet. Ngetich delivered probably the most commanding efficiency of the day, profitable the ladies’s 10K race by 42 seconds to safe her first world XC title.
The world 10K document holder crossed the road in 31:28, recording the second-largest profitable margin within the historical past of the World Cross Nation Championships. Uganda’s Pleasure Cheptoyek claimed silver, whereas Ethiopia’s Senayet Getachew earned bronze.
Chloe Thomas of Hamilton, Ont., was the highest Canadian finisher within the ladies’s race, putting thirty first. Within the males’s occasion, Evan Burke of London, Ont., led the Canadian contingent, ending thirty eighth in 30:31. Canadian distance star Moh Ahmed began the race, however didn’t end, stepping off the course shortly after the three-kilometre mark with a reported calf concern.
For full outcomes from the 2026 World XC Championships, see right here.
