World Cross Country Championships Reactions: Jacob Kiplimo Wins 3rd Straight Title, Agnes Ngetich Dominates + More Highlights
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🗓️ 10 January 2026
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Join Chris Chavez, Aisha Praught-Leer and Eric Jenkins as they unpack all of the action at the 2026 World Cross Country Championships in Tallahassee.
Uganda’s Jacob Kiplimo continued his reign at the World Cross Country Championships, cruising to a third consecutive title in commanding fashion. Ethiopia’s Berihu Aregawi claimed silver for the third time in his career, while Kenya’s Daniel Simiu Ebenyo rounded out the podium with bronze.
In the women’s race, Agnes Ngetich delivered a statement performance, powering to victory to extend Kenya’s streak to 10 straight World Cross Country titles. The 10km world record holder broke clear early and won by 42 seconds, the second-largest winning margin in the history of the championships.
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| 0:32.7 | Sidious Magh live at the 26th World Athletics Cross Country championships presented by a6 chris chavez joined by |
| 0:41.7 | aisha pratt lear and eric jenkins after what ended up being an awesome day of race is a beautiful day |
| 0:48.3 | weather-wise so we're going to kick it off with a vibe check i mean the crowds 10 000 is the number |
| 0:53.9 | that i think was like floated around on the pa by pa mean, the crowds, 10,000 is the number that I think was like |
| 0:54.6 | floated around on the PA by Paul Swangard afterwards. 10,000 fans of spectators today. And they |
| 1:01.4 | were all over the course. The excitement was palpable. So would you guys make of just sort of the |
| 1:06.3 | atmosphere here? It's electric. I feel like I'm at the Masters, but a lot more athletic. It's very fun. |
| 1:12.9 | Amazing day. Sebco yesterday said Tallahassee could be the cross-country capital of the world, |
| 1:21.3 | and he honestly might be right. It's a great day out here, Super fun event. Tons of people. So much fun. |
| 1:28.7 | He also said this is bigger than the Super Bowl. Yeah, he said a lot of stuff. But honestly, |
| 1:34.4 | such a such a fun event. Yeah. All right. So all in all, quick recap and overview of what went down. |
| 1:41.8 | We saw a lot of the heavy favorites take the individual wins with |
| 1:46.2 | Agnes and Geddish taking the win on the women's side, absolutely dominating that race. |
| 1:51.3 | It was Jacob Hiblimo on the men's side, just in that final lap, absolutely throwing down the |
| 1:58.4 | hammer and completing the three-peat on the team side of |
| 2:02.8 | things. |
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