Agnes Ngetich ensures the Gold returns to Kenya

Agnes Jebet Ngetich ensured that Kenya defended its 10km Senior Women’s title at the ongoing 2026 World Athletics Cross Country Championships after a well-calculated race at the Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee, Florida, United States.

The 24-year-old led from gun to finish as made sure the women coveted crown returned to Kenya when she won the title in 31:28, a head of Uganda’s Joy Cheptoyek and Ethiopia’s Senayet Getachew