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Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda wins 2026 Tallahassee World Cross Country Championships in a depleted field

January 10, 2026

The 2026 Tallahassee World Cross Country Championships men’s race was won by Jacob Kiplimo of Uganda. While he was the favourite going into the race, the field was missing many nations. It is his third consecutive win at the event.

Finishing in second place was Ethiopian Berihu Aregawi, and third was Daniel Ebenyo from Kenya. They finished 18 and 27 seconds adrift, respectively. Kiplimo controlled the race from the gun.

THREE IN A ROW 👑👑👑

🇺🇬’s Jacob Kiplimo cruises with ease to his third consecutive win at the #WorldCrossCountry Championships 🤩

🇪🇹’s Berihu Aregawi takes silver for the third time and 🇰🇪’s Daniel Simiu Ebenyo completes the podium with bronze 🥉 pic.twitter.com/FTf1iPZy21
— World Athletics (@WorldAthletics) January 10, 2026

Depleted fields

As reported in Athletics Weekly and Let’s Run, missing are Germany, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Austria, Czechia, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Ukraine, Turkey and Switzerland from Europe, alone. Belgium has sent one athlete, so no team for them.

Never mind the immigration mess with Ethiopia. But some athletes from the East African nation competed today.

While the US is currently in a state of chaos with overmanagement and overpolicing of immigration, Ethiopia had trouble getting accepted.

The Ethiopian Athletics Federation is at fault, too. The organization applied just four, three and one week before the event. Best practice is to apply months in advance. Considering the state of the US (chaos) and the holiday season, Athletics Ethiopia should have applied in October.

Serbia is out, and due to the war in Ukraine, Russia and Belarus are banned.

Bolivia, Estonia have one athlete, while Sweden sent two.

The top 10 athletes were all East African, from Uganda, Ethiopia and Kenya.

Men’s results

Pos.	Athlete	Nat.	Time
1	Jacob KIPLIMO	UGA	28:18
2	Berihu AREGAWI	ETH	28:36
3	Daniel Simiu EBENYO	KEN	28:45
4	Tadese WORKU	ETH	28:49
5	Ishmael Rokitto KIPKURUI	KEN	28:53
6	Biniam MEHARY	ETH	29:03
7	Dolphine CHELIMO	UGA	29:07
8	Thierry NDIKUMWENAYO	ESP	29:16
9	Denis Kipkoech Kemboi KIPKEMOI	KEN	29:18
10	Keneth KIPROP	UGA	29:20
11	Yann SCHRUB	FRA	29:22
12	Parker WOLFE	USA	29:28
13	Adriaan WILDSCHUTT	RSA	29:32
14	Wesley KIPTOO	USA	29:34
15	Jimmy GRESSIER	FRA	29:36
16	Brian FAY	IRL	29:37
17	Kevin Chepsergon CHESANG	KEN	29:39
18	Nibret KINDE	ETH	29:40
19	Graham BLANKS	USA	29:41
20	Gabriel Gerald GEAY	TAN	29:45
21	Emmanuel KIBET	UGA	29:46
22	Abdessamad OUKHELFEN	ESP	29:49
23	Emanuel DINDAY	TAN	29:54
24	Ky ROBINSON	AUS	29:56
25	Edward MARKS	AUS	29:58
26	David MULLARKEY	GBR	30:00
27	Shadrack Kipngetich KOECH	KEN	30:01
28	Simon SUNDSTRÖM	SWE	30:01
29	Benjamin RATSIM	TAN	30:07
30	Aarón LAS HERAS	ESP	30:12
31	Morgan MCDONALD	AUS	30:12
32	Etienne DAGUINOS	FRA	30:13
33	Sanele MASONDO	RSA	30:13
34	Valentin GONDOUIN	FRA	30:14
35	Bereket NEGA	ETH	30:19
36	Nico YOUNG	USA	30:19
37	Fabien PALCAU	FRA	30:25
38	Evan BURKE	CAN	30:31
39	Isaac HEYNE	AUS	30:38
40	Gulveer SINGH	IND	30:39
41	Deogracius MUSOBO	UGA	30:41
42	Musawenkosi MNISI	RSA	30:45
43	Robert Kiprop KOECH	KEN	30:49
44	Inyasi Nicodemus SULLEY	TAN	30:50
45	Seth O’DONNELL	AUS	30:53
46	Ahmed MUHUMED	USA	30:53
47	Toby GUALTER	NZL	30:54
48	Xavier PERRAS-PHANEUF	CAN	31:05
49	Godwin KATAKURA	ZIM	31:09
50	Bennett SELOYI	RSA	31:12
51	Ryuto IGAWA	JPN	31:13
52	Yuma SHIMOO	JPN	31:14
53	Matthew RAMSDEN	GBR	31:15
54	Haftu STRINTZOS	AUS	31:19
55	Assaf HARARI	ISR	31:30
56	Jaime MIGALLON	ESP	31:34
57	Matt TALBOT	CAN	31:34
58	MacCallum ROWE	NZL	31:36
59	Jayde ROSSLEE	RSA	31:37
60	Sawan BARWAL	IND	31:37
61	Philippe MORNEAU-CARTIER	CAN	31:38
62	Hiroto YOSHIOKA	JPN	31:39
63	Tomas VEGA	ARG	31:39
64	Oliver Simon DIAZ	VEN	31:46
65	César Daniel GOMEZ PONCE	MEX	31:47
66	German VEGA	ARG	31:57
67	Arturo Israel REYNA	MEX	31:58
68	Derebe AYELE	ISR	31:59
69	Adisu GUADIA	ISR	32:02
70	Wenliang MA	CHN	32:05
71	Jacob CANN	GBR	32:07
72	Paul RAMIREZ	PER	32:18
73	William LITTLE	NZL	32:28
74	Omar RAMOS	PER	32:36
75	John Nahhay WELE	TAN	32:37
76	Yacine GUERMALI	PHI	32:39
77	Daiki OZAWA	JPN	32:44
78	Haoran TANG	CHN	32:49
79	Rory LEONARD	GBR	32:50
80	Luis Alberto ORTA	VEN	32:51
81	Divan DU PLOOY	NAM	32:52
82	Karel HUSSAR	EST	32:54
83	Yeshnil KARAN	FIJ	32:55
84	Mario LÓPEZ	MEX	32:58
85	Abhishek PAL	IND	33:01
86	Jhon Andres ATACHAGUA	PER	33:03
87	Bradley MAKUVIRE	ZIM	33:05
88	Zayed AL SAYD	LBN	33:09
89	Zhongping CHEN	CHN	33:11
90	Kristers KUDLIS	LAT	33:22
91	Manuel ROJAS	ARG	33:24
92	Santiago GAITAN	CAN	33:37
93	Xing LIU	CHN	33:46
94	Chris MHLANGA	RSA	33:49
95	Munir KABBARA	LBN	33:50
96	Taonga MBAMBO	NZL	33:53
97	Sadio FENNER	CIV	33:55
98	Diego Adolfo GARCIA	MEX	33:55
99	Zade KAYYALI	JOR	34:06
100	Nelson ITO CCURO	PER	34:09
101	Wenjie WANG	CHN	34:15
102	Victor Hugo AGUILAR MAMANI	BOL	34:30
103	Dilu Goiye BOB	PNG	34:31
104	Weizheng TIAN	CHN	34:56
105	Gabriel GUZMAN	VEN	35:51
106	Gaylord SILLY	SEY	35:57
107	Felice COVILLON	PYF	36:18
108	Ethan YAN	SGP	36:19
109	Seng Tou IP	MAC	36:48
110	Iván ZARCO	HON	36:51
111	Benjamin ASHKETTLE	FIJ	37:07
112	Charbel SEJAAN	LBN	37:16
113	Michel Simon DARAZI	LBN	37:43
114	Hugh KENT	GUM	38:23
	Uriel Rodrigo MUÑOZ	ARG	DNF
	Mohammed AHMED	CAN	DNF
	Mezgebu SIME	ETH	DNF
	Oliver CHIGNELL	NZL	DNF
	Connor MELTON	NZL	DNF
	Omer ELFADI	SUD	DNF
	Dan KIBET	UGA	DNF
	Wayne KABONDO	ZIM	DNF
	Rocky HANSEN	USA	DNS

Depleted fields

Men’s results

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