2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships

46th World Athletics Cross Country Championships
Organisers	World Athletics
Edition	46th
Date	10 January
Host city	Tallahassee, Florida
Events	5
Distances	~10 km – Senior men and women ~8 km – Junior men ~6 km – Junior women ~4×2 km – Mixed relay
Participation	485 athletes from 52 nations
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The 2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships was an athletics meeting organized by World Athletics, held on January 10, 2026 at the Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. ^{[1] [2]}

Jakob Kiplimo and Agnes Ngetich won the senior races, while Ethiopia won both team titles. Australia won the mixed relay.

Tallahassee was revealed as the location of the event, in July 2022. ^[3] The date was announced by World Athletics President, Sebastian Coe, in Nanjing on 25 March 2025. ^[4] The logo, including oranges, palm trees and a bright sun, was revealed in July 2025. ^[5]

Schedule

The junior races preceded the senior races, and the senior men's event concluded the program.

The 46th edition of the World Athletics Cross Country Championships was held on 10 January 2026. The schedule consisted of five events– 10 km men and women, 8 km under-20 men, 6 km under-20 women, and 4 x 2 km mixed relay. ^[6] In each of the races, each nation was allowed to field a maximum of up to six athletes.

The mixed relay team consisted of teams of two women and two men each running one loop of the course in a specified order, starting with a male and alternating between genders. Athletes were to carry a wristband that was to be transferred to the next athlete within the takeover zone.

Date	Time (EST)	Events
10 January	09:45	Mixed Relay
	10:20	U20 race women
	10:55	U20 race men
	11:35	Senior race women
	12:20	Senior race men

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Broadcast

Country	Broadcast Company/Network
Worldwide	World Athletics Inside Track
Europe/Israel	Eurovision Sports
Australia	World Athletics Inside Track
United States	NBC/Peacock
Canada	CBC
United Kingdom	Eurovision Sport/BBC
Spain	Tele Deportes
Italy	Rai Sports
South America	TYC Sports
Turkey	TRT
Norway	NRK
Japan	U-NEXT TV
Kenya, Ethiopia	SuperSport Variety 1

Live Results

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Course Map

2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships Course Map

Senior Races Prize Money

Rank	Championship
	Individual	Team	Mixed relay (per team)
Gold	US$30,000	US$20,000	US$12,000
Silver	US$15,000	US$16,000	US$8000
Bronze	US$10,000	US$12,000	US$6000
Fourth	US$7000	US$10,000	US$4000
Fifth	US$5000	US$8000	—
Sixth	US$3000	US$4000

Participation

A total of 485 athletes are entered for the championships, with 52 federations being represented. ^[13]

•   Algeria (7)
•   Argentina (4)
•   Australia (30)
•   Bangladesh (2)
•   Belgium (1)
•   Bolivia (2)
•   Burundi (7)
•   Canada (39)
•   China (23)
•   Estonia (2)
•   Ethiopia (21)
•   Fiji (2)
•   France (12)
•   French Polynesia (2)
•   Ghana (1)
•   Great Britain (30)
•   Guam (1)
•   Honduras (1)
•   India (7)
•   Ireland (4)
•   Israel (3)
•   Ivory Coast (1)
•   Japan (24)
•   Jordan (3)
•   Kenya (35)
•   Kyrgyzstan (1)
•   Latvia (2)
•   Lebanon (9)
•   Macau (1)
•   Mexico (12)
•   Morocco (6)
•   Namibia (1)
•   Netherlands (1)
•   New Zealand (24)
•   Northern Mariana Islands (2)
•   Palestine (1)
•   Papua New Guinea (2)
•   Peru (10)
•   Philippines (1)
•   Senegal (2)
•   Seychelles (1)
•   Singapore (5)
•   South Africa (29)
•   Spain (20)
•   Sudan (1)
•   Sweden (4)
•   Tanzania (9)
•   Uganda (26)
•   United States (37)
•   U.S. Virgin Islands (2)
•   Venezuela (3)
•   Zimbabwe (8)

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual
Senior men details	Jacob Kiplimo   Uganda	28:18	Berihu Aregawi   Ethiopia	28:36	Daniel Simiu Ebenyo   Kenya	28:45
Senior women details	Agnes Ngetich   Kenya	31:28	Joy Cheptoyek   Uganda	32:10	Senayet Getachew   Ethiopia	32:13
U20 men details	Frankline Kibet   Kenya	23:18	Emmanuel Kiprono   Kenya	23:20	Andrew Alamisi   Kenya	23:28
U20 women details	Marta Alemayo   Ethiopia	18:52	Wosane Asefa   Ethiopia	19:18	Charity Cherop   Uganda	19:19
Team
Senior 4x2km Mixed Relay details	Australia Oliver Hoare Linden Hall Jack Anstey Jessica Hull	22:23	France Alexis Miellet Sarah Madeleine Antoine Senard Agathe Guillemot	22:26	Ethiopia Wegene Adisu Gela Hambese Milkesa Fikadu Hirut Meshesha	22:34
Senior men details	Ethiopia Berihu Aregawi Tadese Worku Biniam Mehary Nibret Kinde Bereket Nega Mezgebu Sime	30 pts	Kenya Daniel Ebenyo Ishmael Kipkurui Denis Kipkoech Kevin Chepsergon Chesang Shadrack Kipngetich Koech Robert Kiprop	34 pts	Uganda Jacob Kiplimo Dolphine Chelimo Keneth Kiprop Emmanuel Kibet Deogracius Musobo Dan Kibet	39 pts
Senior women details	Ethiopia Senayet Getachew Asayech Ayichew Aleshign Baweke Alem Tsadik Shure Demise Lemlem Nibret	19 pts	Kenya Agnes Ngetich Maurine Chebor Caren Chebet Rebecca Mwangi Joyline Chepkemoi Brenda Kenei	36 pts	Uganda Joy Cheptoyek Rispa Cherop Sarah Chelangat Rebecca Chelangat Martha Chemutai Kereen Chemusto	37 pts
U20 men details	Kenya Frankline Kibet Emmanuel Kiprono Andrew Alamisi Andrew Kiptoo Brian Kiptarus Edwin Elkana	10 pts	Uganda Abraham Cherotich Daniel Chelogoi Solomon Andiema Dan Kipyeko Jeremiah Kwemoi	31 pts	United States Tyler Daillak Jackson Spencer Daniel Skandera Aidan Torres Salvador Wirth Dylan Maloney	75 pts
U20 women details	Uganda Charity Cherop Bentalin Yeko Felister Chekwemoi Peace Chebet Nancy Chepkwurui	29 pts	Kenya Cynthia Chepkirui Joan Chepkurui Mercy Chepngeno Miriam Kibet Lonah Cherono Caren Chepngeno	29 pts	Japan Yui Onotora Wakana Fukuyama Mona Utsunomiya Mei Hosomi Michi Kawanishi Airi Mashiba	87 pts

Medal table

  *   Host nation (United States)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Kenya  (KEN)	3	4	2	9
2	Ethiopia  (ETH)	3	2	2	7
3	Uganda  (UGA)	2	2	3	7
4	Australia  (AUS)	1	0	0	1
5	France  (FRA)	0	1	0	1
6	Japan  (JPN)	0	0	1	1
	United States  (USA)*	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		9	9	9	27

Results

See also: 2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships – Senior men's race

Senior 4x2km Mixed Relay

Team race

Rank	Team	Points
	Australia Olli Hoare 5:14 Linden Hall Jack Anstey Jessica Hull	22:23
	France  [ it ] Alexis Miellet 5:14 Antoine Senard Sarah Madeleine Agathe Guillemot	22:26
	Ethiopia  [ it ] Wegene Adisu 5:16 Gela Hambese Milkesa Fikadu Hirut Meshesha	22:34
4	Kenya Reynold Cheruiyot 5:13 Winfred Mbithe Daniel Munguti Purity Chepkirui	22:42
5	United States Ethan Strand 5:12 Sage Hurta-Klecker Wes Porter Gracie Morris	22:43
6	South Africa  [ it ] Luan Munnik 5:17 Karabo More Christopher Swart Carina Viljoen	23:04
7	United Kingdom  [ it ] George Couttie 5:18 India Weir Adam Fogg Alexandra Millard	23:11
8	Uganda Silas Chemutai 5:21 Sylvia Chelangat Daniel Comboni Brenda Chekwemoi	23:43
9	Canada  [ it ] Foster Malleck 5:19 Kate Current Jean-Simon Desgagnés Regan Yee	23:43
10	Japan  [ it ] Takumi Shiobara 5:32 Yuzu Nishide Kiyoto Ono Momoa Yamada	24:08
11	Tanzania Daniel Sinda 5:21 Elizabeth Boniphance Ilanda Ambrosi Amma Regina Deogratius Mpigachai	24:11
12	India Ajay Kumar Saroj 5:45 Pooja Olla Yoonus Shah Ankita Dhyani	24:13
13	China  [ it ] Sun Ningkai 5:47 Xu Hui Yu Shuiqing Liu Huiru	24:38
14	New Zealand Christian De Vaal 5:32 Tillie Hollyer David Lee Boh Ritchie	24:48
15	Mexico Israel Tinajero Álvarez 5:33 Maria Fernanda Medina Roberto Márquez Veronica Angel	25:11

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Senior women

Individual race Rank Athlete Time   Agnes Jebet Ngetich  (Kenya) 31:28   Joy Cheptoyek  (Uganda) 32:10   Senayet Getachew  (Ethiopia) 32:13 4   Asayech Ayichew  (Ethiopia) 32:44 5   Aleshign Baweke  (Ethiopia) 32:49 6   Rispa Cherop  [ de ] (Uganda) 32:52 7   Alem Tsadik  (Ethiopia) 33:00 8   Maurine Jepkoech Chebor  (Kenya) 33:06 9   Sarah Chelangat  (Uganda) 33:20 10   Ednah Kurgat  (United States) 33:28 11   Caren Chebet  (Kenya) 33:31 12   Shure Demise  (Ethiopia) 33:33 13 512 AUS Lauren RYAN 33:47 14 549 ESP Maria FORERO 33:53 15 511 AUS Leanne POMPEANI 33:53 16   Rebecca Mwangi  (Kenya) 33:55 17 708 USA Karissa SCHWEIZER 33:58 18 677 SWE Sarah LAHTI 34:00 19 642 NZL Hannah GAPES 34:01 20   Rebecca Chelangat  (Uganda) 34:06 21 593 IRL Niamh ALLEN 34:19 22   Joyline Chepkemoi  (Kenya) 34:20 23 594 IRL Fiona EVERARD 34:22 24 699 USA Katie IZZO 34:25 25 581 GBR Megan KEITH 34:25 26   Lemlem Nibret  (Ethiopia) 34:27 27   Martha Chemutai  (Uganda) 34:30 28 554 ESP Idaira PRIETO 34:32 29 588 GBR Poppy TANK 34:39 30 555 ESP Carolina ROBLES 34:42 31 533 CAN Chloe THOMAS 34:46 32 696 USA Grace HARTMAN 34:47 33 712 USA Emily VENTERS 34:48 34 672 RSA Glenrose XABA 34:51 35 575 GBR Phoebe ANDERSON 34:52 36 513 AUS Maudie SKYRING 34:54 37   Brenda Kenei  (Kenya) 35:04 38 526 CAN Makenna FITZGERALD 35:17 39 510 AUS Bronte OATES 35:24 40 700 USA Weini KELATI FREZGHI 35:25 41 584 GBR Verity OCKENDEN 35:29 42 525 CAN Grace FETHERSTONHAUGH 35:32 43 659 RSA Kyla JACOBS 35:36 44 504 AUS Holly CAMPBELL 35:38 45 666 RSA Cacisile SOSIBO 35:40 46 653 PER Sheyla EULOGIO PAUCAR 35:44 47 529 CAN Ceili MCCABE 35:47 48 599 JPN Wakana ITSUKI 35:57 49   Kereen Chemusto  (Uganda) 36:09 50 661 RSA Karabo MAILULA 36:14 51 558 ESP Angela VICIOSA 36:20 52 636 MEX Sabrina SALCEDO GARCÍA 36:21 53 600 JPN Momoka KAWAGUCHI 36:21 54 500 AUS Caitlin ADAMS 36:24 55 664 RSA Cian OLDKNOW 36:25 56 590 GHA Juliana SAKAT 36:28 57 523 CAN Florence CARON 36:31 58 645 NZL Sophie HICKS 36:50 59 531 CAN Glynis SIM 37:04 60 606 JPN Sora SHINOZAKURA 37:10 61 540 CHN Li Qingqing 37:13 62 640 NZL Katrina ANDREW 37:19 63 559 EST Liis-Grete HUSSAR 37:29 64 655 PLE Layla ALMASRI 37:33 65 517 BOL Benita PARRA SÁNCHEZ 37:36 66 654 PER Zarita SUÁREZ 37:37 67 662 RSA Zanele MAISA 37:43 68 634 MEX Arian Iveth CHIA HERNÁNDEZ 37:44 69 541 CHN Li Yuan 37:53 70 545 CHN Wang Panpan 38:11 71 713 ZIM Caroline Fungisai MHANDU 38:38 72 637 MEX Marta VAZQUEZ 38:55 73 651 PER Maribel AYQUIPA 38:57 74 543 CHN Shuanglu Pan 39:08 75 652 PER Liz Anani DURAND 39:14 76 537 CHN Chen Yuxuan 39:32 77 674 SGP Vanessa Ying Zhuang Lee 41:22 78 675 SGP Nicole LOW 41:27 79 657 PYF Louise GROSGOGEAT 41:33 80 639 NMI Nathania TAN 41:48 81 676 SGP Xuan Jie NG 41:57 82 595 ISV Rachel CONHOFF 42:25 83 656 PNG Monica KALUA 44:24 84 625 LBN Nada EL KURDI 44:31 85 716 LBN Nour AL GHOUSSAINI 44:39 86 673 SGP Faith Zhen FORD 44:57 87 627 LBN Karine SHRAIM 46:44 88 629 MAC Yangyang WU 46:56 89 628 LBN Jennifer TOMAZOU 48:09 90 715 ZIM Answer Brandietta TASARA DNF

Team race Rank Team Points Ethiopia  [ it ] Asayech Ayichew 4 Aleshign Baweke 5 Alem Tsadik 7 (Shure Demise) (12) (Lemlem Nibret) (26) 19 Kenya Agnes Jebet Ngetich 1 Maurine Chebor 8 Caren Chebet 11 Rebecca Mwangi 16 (Joyline Chepkemoi) (22) (Brenda Kenei) (37) 36   Uganda Joy Cheptoyek 2 Rispa Cherop  [ de ] 6 Sarah Chelangat 9 Rebecca Chelangat 20 (Martha Chemutai) (27) (Kereen Chemusto) (49) 37 4 United States Ednah KURGAT (10) Karissa SCHWEIZER (17) Katie IZZO (24) Grace HARTMAN (32) Emily VENTERS (33) Weini KELATI FREZGHI (40) 83 5 Australia Lauren RYAN (13) Leanne POMPEANI (15) Maudie SKYRING (36) Bronte OATES (39) Holly CAMPBELL (44) Caitlin ADAMS (54) 103 6 Spain  [ es ] Maria FORERO (14) Idaira PRIETO (28) Carolina ROBLES (30) Angela VICIOSA (51) 123 7 United Kingdom  [ it ] Megan KEITH (25) Poppy TANK (29) Phoebe ANDERSON (35) Verity OCKENDEN (41) 130 8 Canada  [ it ] Chloe THOMAS (31) Makenna FITZGERALD (38) Grace FETHERSTONHAUGH (42) Ceili MCCABE (47) Florence CARON (57) Glynis SIM (59) 158 9 South Africa  [ it ] Glenrose XABA (34) Kyla JACOBS (43) Cacisile SOSIBO (45) Karabo MAILULA (50) Cian OLDKNOW (55) Zanele MAISA (67) 172 10   Peru Sheyla EULOGIO PAUCAR (46) Zarita SUÁREZ (66) Maribel AYQUIPA (73) Liz Anani DURAND (75) 260 11 China  [ it ] Li Qingqing (61) Li Yuan (69) Wang Panpan (70) Pan Shuanglu (74) Chen Yuxuan (76) 274 12   Singapore Vanessa Ying Zhuang LEE (77) Nicole LOW (78) Xuan Jie NG (81) Faith Zhen FORD (86) 322 13   Lebanon Nada EL KURDI (84) Nour AL GHOUSSAINI (85) Karine SHRAIM (87) Jennifer TOMAZOU (89) 345

U20 men

Individual race Rank Athlete Time   Frankline Kibet  (Kenya) 23:18   Emmanuel Kiprono  (Kenya) 23:20   Andrew Alamisi  (Kenya) 23:28 4   Andrew Kiptoo  (Kenya) 23:42 5   Abraham Cherotich  (Uganda) 23:47 6 255 KEN Brian KIPTARUS 23:49 7 337 UGA Daniel Kiprotich CHELOGOI 23:51 8 249 KEN Edwin ELKANA 24:00 9 335 UGA Solomon ANDIEMA 24:01 10 345 UGA Dan KIPYEKO 24:02 11 133 BEL Willem RENDERS 24:13 12 188 ETH Ayele SEWNET 24:14 13 193 FRA Alois ABRAHAM 24:23 14 346 UGA Jeremiah KWEMOI 24:24 15 237 JPN Haruki NIIZUMA 24:31 16 350 USA Tyler DAILLAK 24:46 17 326 SWE Sebastian LÖRSTAD 24:56 18 360 USA Jackson SPENCER 25:00 19 359 USA Daniel SKANDERA 25:02 20 204 GBR Michael CLARK 25:13 21 236 JPN Junsei MURAKAMI 25:17 22 362 USA Aidan TORRES 25:20 23 112 AUS Harrison BOYN 25:24 24 206 GBR Luke DUNHAM 25:26 25 115 AUS Kayden ELLIOTT 25:28 26 139 CAN Brody CLARK 25:29 27 113 AUS Campbell BROOKS 25:29 28 120 AUS Lachlan MOORE 25:32 29 176 ESP Alejandro IBAÑEZ 25:35 30 363 USA Salvador WIRTH 25:39 31 232 JPN Ojiro HONDA 25:52 32 212 GBR Alex LENNON 25:53 33 175 ESP Alejandro DE LA VIUDA 25:57 34 172 ESP Adria BOYANO 25:58 35 210 GBR Jonson HUGHES 26:00 36 124 AUS Kieran SHEPHERD 26:02 37 138 CAN Chase CAPES 26:03 38 225 IRL Noah HARRIS 26:03 39 295 NZL Caleb WAGENER 26:12 40 174 ESP Teo DE FRUTOS 26:13 41 153 CAN Saul TALER 26:18 42 275 MEX Santiago DEL MORAL 26:19 43 306 RSA Benkosi MAGWARA 26:20 44 150 CAN William SCHARF 26:22 45 313 RSA Junior NOAH 26:25 46 242 JPN Kota TAMURA 26:26 47 299 PER Edwar Rely MARQUEZ 26:27 48 165 CHN Yu Jiangfu 26:39 49 296 NZL George WYLLIE 26:42 50 171 ESP Kuma BARRIOS 26:47 51 159 CHN Ma Zilong 26:49 52 266 LBN Mahmoud ABOU ZEID 27:02 53 355 USA Dylan MALONEY 27:03 54 140 CAN Oliver CROWE 27:28 55 173 ESP Xavi CABANILLES 27:29 56 288 NZL Corban HOLMES 27:29 57 157 CHN Luo Zhihui 27:31 58 309 RSA Anele MATSOSO 27:41 59 373 ZIM Jackson NYAMAZANA 27:43 60 307 RSA Olerato MASILOANE 27:48 61 294 NZL Redd SCAMPION 27:55 62 164 CHN Xie Yuhang 27:59 63 154 CAN Eli TORRIE 28:01 64 229 ISV Ayde CINTRON 28:21 65 285 NZL Bede COLBOURNE 28:30 66 318 RSA Beutin VAN DER WESTHUIZEN 29:10 67 231 JOR Danny KURAN 30:22 68 302 PER Hugo SULLCA 30:22 69 283 NMI Nash Victor Maniego SANTOS 33:28 70 121 AUS Brayden NOONAN DNF 71 234 JPN Rikuto IKEYA DNF 72 317 RSA Tshepang TSHIVULA DNF 73 235 JPN Kain INAGAKI DNF [15]

Team race Rank Team Points Kenya Frankline Kibet 1 Emmanuel Kiprono 2 Andrew Alamisi 3 Andrew Kiptoo 4 Brian KIPTARUS (6) Edwin ELKANA (8) 10   Uganda Abraham Cherotich 5 Daniel Kiprotich CHELOGOI (7) Solomon ANDIEMA (9) Dan KIPYEKO (10) Jeremiah KWEMOI (14) 31 United States Tyler DAILLAK (16) Jackson SPENCER (18) Daniel SKANDERA (19) Aidan TORRES (22) Salvador WIRTH (30) Dylan MALONEY (53) 75 4 Australia Harrison BOYN (23) Kayden ELLIOTT (25) Campbell BROOKS (27) Lachlan MOORE (28) Kieran SHEPHERD (36) Brayden NOONAN 103 5 United Kingdom  [ it ] Michael CLARK (20) Luke DUNHAM (24) Alex LENNON (32) Jonson HUGHES (35) 111 6 Japan  [ it ] Haruki NIIZUMA (15) Junsei MURAKAMI (21) Ojiro HONDA (31) Kota TAMURA (46) Rikuto IKEYA Kain INAGAKI 113 7 Spain  [ es ] Alejandro IBAÑEZ (29) Alejandro DE LA VIUDA (33) Adria BOYANO (34) Teo DE FRUTOS (40) Kuma BARRIOS (50) Xavi CABANILLES (55) 136 8 Canada  [ it ] Brody CLARK (26) Chase CAPES (37) Saul TALER (41) William SCHARF (44) Oliver CROWE (54) Eli TORRIE (63) 148 9   New Zealand Caleb WAGENER (39) George WYLLIE (49) Corban HOLMES (56) Redd SCAMPION (61) Bede COLBOURNE (65) 205 10   South Africa South Africa  [ it ] Benkosi MAGWARA (43) Junior NOAH (45) Anele MATSOSO (58) Olerato MASILOANE (60) Beutin VAN DER WESTHUIZEN (66) Tshepang TSHIVULA 206 11 China  [ it ] Yu Jiangfu (48) Ma Zilong (51)Luo Zhihui (57) Xie Yuhang (62) 218 [16]

U20 women

Individual race Rank Athlete Time   Marta Alemayo  (Ethiopia) 18:52   Wosane Asefa  (Ethiopia) 19:18   Charity Cherop  (Uganda) 19:19 4   Cynthia Chepkirui  (Kenya) 19:22 5   Yenenesh Shimket  (Ethiopia) 19:35 6 614 KEN Joan CHEPKURUI 19:43 7 693 UGA Bentalin YEKO 19:50 8 616 KEN Mercy CHEPNGENO 19:52 9 683 UGA Felister CHEKWEMOI 19:53 10 681 UGA Peace CHEBET 19:54 11 621 KEN Miriam Chemutai KIBET 20:00 12 689 UGA Nancy CHEPKWURUI 20:12 13 617 KEN Lonah CHERONO 20:20 14 604 JPN Yui ONOTORA 20:25 15 615 KEN Caren CHEPNGENO 20:35 16 694 USA Blair BARTLETT 20:36 17 539 CHN Hu Jinhua 20:38 18 522 CAN Adrianna BUITELAAR 20:45 19 514 AUS Isabella VALINOTI 20:50 20 707 USA Daniela SCHEFFLER 20:53 21 678 SWE Fanny SZALKAI 20:56 22 597 JPN Wakana FUKUYAMA 20:56 23 503 AUS Helena BUTLER 21:00 24 544 CHN Rong Rong 21:01 25 607 JPN Mona UTSUNOMIYA 21:03 26 598 JPN Mei HOSOMI 21:04 27 668 RSA Lara STANDER 21:15 28 552 ESP Debris PANIAGUA 21:17 29 601 JPN Michi KAWANISHI 21:18 30 535 CAN Eleanor VOYKIN 21:19 31 602 JPN Airi MASHIBA 21:20 32 508 AUS Eliza LAWTON 21:20 33 709 USA Abigail SEWELL 21:23 34 669 RSA Andrea STEYNBERG 21:23 35 506 AUS Addison HOUSLIP 21:26 36 583 GBR Eliza NICHOLSON 21:30 37 553 ESP Demeku PANIAGUA 21:32 38 551 ESP Claudia GUTIERREZ 21:34 39 695 USA Caroline BARTON 21:35 40 534 CAN Kayley TORRIE 21:49 41 509 AUS Libby MANTAY 21:52 42 550 ESP Sandra GONZALEZ 21:54 43 519 CAN Athena ANDRECYK 22:02 44 546 CHN Wang Yuhan 22:06 45 501 AUS Piper ANDERSON 22:09 46 670 RSA Lara VAN DER MERWE 22:13 47 530 CAN Zoe MOSHER 22:14 48 650 NZL Scarlett ROBB 22:15 49 586 GBR Zara REDMOND 22:21 50 556 ESP Mara ROLLI 22:24 51 643 NZL Brynne GORDON 22:29 52 538 CHN Deng Yue 22:30 53 698 USA Norah HUSHAGEN 22:33 54 576 GBR Maisey BELLWOOD 22:48 55 641 NZL Denika CLOONEY 22:51 56 660 RSA Ithuteng KHIBA 22:55 57 557 ESP Amanda ROMAN 22:56 58 702 USA Avery MARASCO-JOHNSON 23:01 59 527 CAN Riley INNES 23:02 60 648 NZL Eleanor PUGH 23:04 61 665 RSA Leandri PRETORIUS 23:22 62 644 NZL Poppy HEALY 23:33 63 714 ZIM Tulange MUDENDA 24:18 64 658 RSA Omaatla DIKAO 24:41 65 596 JOR Noora Shihab Ahmad KURAN 27:21 66 587 GBR Kitty Rose SCOTT DNF [17]

Team race Rank Team Points   Uganda Charity Cherop 3 Bentalin YEKO (7) Felister CHEKWEMOI (9) Peace CHEBET (10) Nancy CHEPKWURUI (12) 29 Kenya Cynthia Chepkirui 4 Joan CHEPKURUI (6) Mercy CHEPNGENO (8) Miriam Chemutai KIBET (11) Lonah CHERONO (13) Caren CHEPNGENO (15) 29 Japan  [ it ] Yui ONOTORA (14) Wakana FUKUYAMA (22) Mona UTSUNOMIYA (25) Mei HOSOMI (26) Michi KAWANISHI (29) Airi MASHIBA (31) 87 4 United States Blair BARTLETT (16) Daniela SCHEFFLER (20) Abigail SEWELL (33) Caroline BARTON (39) Norah HUSHAGEN (53) Avery MARASCO-JOHNSON (58) 108 5 Australia Isabella VALINOTI (19) Helena BUTLER (23) Eliza LAWTON (32) Addison HOUSLIP (35) Libby MANTAY (41) Piper ANDERSON (45) 109 6 Canada  [ it ] Adrianna BUITELAAR (18) Eleanor VOYKIN (30) Kayley TORRIE (40) Athena ANDRECYK (43) Zoe MOSHER (47) Riley INNES (59) 131 7 China  [ it ] Hu Jinhua (17) Rong Rong (24) Wang Yuhan (44) Deng Yue (52) 137 8 Spain  [ es ] Debris PANIAGUA (28) Demeku PANIAGUA (37) Claudia GUTIERREZ (38) Sandra GONZALEZ (42) Mara ROLLI (50) Amanda ROMAN (57) 145 9 South Africa  [ it ] Lara STANDER (27) Andrea STEYNBERG (34) Lara VAN DER MERWE (46) Ithuteng KHIBA (56) Leandri PRETORIUS (61) Omaatla DIKAO (64) 163 10   New Zealand Scarlett ROBB (48) Brynne GORDON (51) Denika CLOONEY (55) Eleanor PUGH (60) Poppy HEALY (62) 214 [18]

Controversies

At least 14 Ethiopian athletes were denied visas to enter the United States to participate in this competition. Ethiopia was unable to field teams in the men's and women's U20 races, ending Ethiopia's record of medaling in those competitions. ^[19]

Although Ethiopia had won men's U20 team medals every year since 1982, in 2026 there was no Ethiopian U20 men's team as the US refused visas for all but one of the six men selected. Since their debut in 1990, Ethiopia's U20 women had won medals in 27 consecutive championships, including team golds at the last five events. In 2026, only three Ethiopian U20 women of six selected were granted visas. Four athletes are needed to complete a junior team at the world cross-country. According to Ethiopian officials, 23 of the original 34 visa requests were rejected. ^[20]

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External links

• Video on World Athletics on YouTube
• 2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships SENIOR RACE MEN 10 JAN 2026 12:20 Individual Results World Athletics
• SENIOR RACE MEN 10 JAN 2026 12:20 Final Team Standings World Athletics
• "Senior Race women 10 Jan 2026 11:35". worldathletics.org. World Athletics . Retrieved 2026-01-24.
• "Senior Race women 10 Jan 2026 11:35". worldathletics.org. World Athletics . Retrieved 2026-01-24.