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Uganda&rsquo;s Rogers Kibet and Kenya&rsquo;s Sheila Jebet were clear winners at the Cross Cup de Hannut, a World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold meeting, on Sunday (26).
Kibet went one better than his runner-up finish in Hannut in 2022, claiming a dominant victory in the men&rsquo;s race ahead of Burundi&rsquo;s Celestin Ndikumana and Kenya&rsquo;s Gideon Rono.
Jebet turned the tables on Ethiopia&rsquo;s Yenenesh Shimket and Uganda&rsquo;s Charity Cherop in the women&rsquo;s race, claiming the top spot after finishing second to Shimket at the Cinque Mulini and Cherop in Cardiff in November.
Kibet made his presence felt early on in the men&rsquo;s race. He was among the early leaders and was to the fore as they completed the first of the six loops.
He strung the lead group out during the second lap and made a decisive move on the third loop, kicking away to leave Ndikumana and Rono among his chasers.
Kibet continued to move away on the slippery muddy course and led ahead of Ndikumana, Rono and Belgium&rsquo;s Robin Hendrix with two laps to go.
While the top two spots looked decided, Rono and Hendrix were locked in battle for a place alongside them on the podium. As Kibet strode away to victory and Ndikumana followed, Rono finished strongly to clinch third place ahead of Hendrix and his Belgium compatriot Nicolai Sake, who slid on his stomach over the finish line.
Kibet won his season opener in 27:03, 20 seconds ahead of Ndikumana who claimed another runner-up finish after placing second at the Campaccio on 6 January. Rono was third, a further six seconds back.
In the women&rsquo;s race it was Belgium&rsquo;s Roxane Cleppe who took an early lead and she was followed by her compatriot Chloe Herbiet and a group featuring Jebet and Shimket near the front.
Jebet, who finished fourth in the U20 race at the World Cross Country Championships last year, then led an attack and held the lead by the end of the second lap. Shimket was the only one who managed to go with her and they were followed by her fellow 17-year-old Cherop, Kenya&rsquo;s Glorious Jepkirui and Cleppe.
Jebet and Shimket were well away by the fourth loop but Jepkirui&rsquo;s race came to an end as she pulled up after appearing to lose a shoe.
Jebet looked comfortable as she moved away from Shimket and the 19-year-old had a clear lead with one loop remaining. Jebet glanced over her shoulder but couldn&rsquo;t sense any immediate danger and pushed on, eventually finishing six seconds clear.
Her winning time was 31:01 and she was followed by Shimket in 31:07 and Cherop in 31:22. Herbiet and Cleppe completed the top five.
<h3>Leading results</h3>
Women 1 Sheila Jebet (KEN) 31:01 2&nbsp;Yenenesh Shimket (ETH) 31:07 3 Charity Cherop (UGA) 31:22 4&nbsp;Chloe Herbiet (BEL) 31:38 5&nbsp;Roxane Cleppe (BEL) 31:41
Men 1&nbsp;Rogers Kibet (UGA) 27:03 2&nbsp;Celestin Ndikumana (BDI) 27:23 3 Gideon Rono (KEN) 27:29 4&nbsp;Robin Hendrix (BEL) 27:41 5&nbsp;Nicolai Sake (BEL) 27:44

Uganda’s Rogers Kibet and Kenya’s Sheila Jebet were clear winners at the Cross Cup de Hannut

Kibet and Jebet claim cross country crowns in Hannut

Ethiopia&rsquo;s Workenesh Edesa successfully defended her title at the Osaka Women&rsquo;s Marathon, a World Athletics Platinum Label road race, on Sunday (26).
The course record-holder, who ran 2:18:51 when winning last year, this time clocked 2:21:00 to take top spot ahead of Japan&rsquo;s Kana Kobayashi and Yuka Suzuki, who both ran big PBs.
Seven runners joined the pacemakers in covering the first 5km in 16:50 and they passed 10km in 33:23.
Japan&rsquo;s Mizuki Matsuda and Natsumi Matsushita plus Israel&rsquo;s Lonah Chemtai Salpeter started to fall behind after 12km. Edesa, Kobayashi, Suzuki and Japan&rsquo;s Nanaka Izawa, who was making her marathon debut, remained together, passing 15km in 50:02 and 20km in 1:06:32.
Kobayashi fell behind after 21km, only to regain contact a few kilometres later, but she was dropped again, leaving Edesa, Suzuki and Izawa to pass the 25km mark in the lead in 1:22:53.
Izawa was next to go, and by 28km Suzuki was also gone from the lead pack. Edesa passed 30km alone in 1:56:06, 17 seconds ahead of Suzuki, with Kobayashi another 34 seconds back.
Edesa continued to run solo, passing 40km in 2:13:26. Suzuki was 18 seconds behind, but Kobayashi was closing the gap and was 16 seconds behind Suzuki at that point.
Edesa&rsquo;s victory was never in doubt and she won in 2:21:00, while Kobayashi passed Suzuki with 800m to go to move into second place. Suzuki couldn&rsquo;t respond and so Kobayashi secured the runner-up spot in 2:21:19, improving on her previous PB of 2:24:59, while Suzuki was third in 2:21:33, improving her own previous best of 2:24:02.
Paris Olympic ninth-place finisher Salpeter, who was the fastest in the field thanks to her PB of 2:17:45 set in Tokyo in 2020, clocked 2:24:03 to finish fourth, while Matsushita&nbsp;was fifth in 2:26:04.
"I am happy to defend the title from 2024," said Edesa. "It was a good race, but the wind prevented me from running a faster time. I want to win the World Championships in Tokyo. I also want to run in Osaka next year, this time with faster time."
Kobayashi said: "It hasn't dawned on me yet. My goal was to clinch the World Championships marathon team berth by running 2:23. I am surprised to perform this well. Fans along the route encouraged me by saying the leaders were slowing down, which gave me a power to push on."
With thanks to Ken Nakamura
<h3>Leading results</h3>
1 Workenesh Edesa (ETH) 2:21:00 2 Kana Kobayashi (JPN) 2:21:19&nbsp; 3 Yuka Suzuki (JPN) 2:21:33&nbsp; 4 Lonah Chemtai Salpeter (ISR) 2:24:03 5 Natsumi Matsushita (JPN) 2:26:04 6 Chiharu Suzuki (JPN)&nbsp;2:26:41 7 Mizuki Matsuda (JPN) 2:27:11&nbsp; 8 Nanaka Izawa (JPN) 2:29:28
<a href="https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-label-road-races/calendar-results/7219923/result" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Results</a>

Ethiopia’s Workenesh Edesa successfully defended her title at the Osaka Women’s Marathon

Edesa retains marathon title in Osaka

World U20 1500m silver medallist Cameron Myers took almost two seconds off the world U20 indoor mile record* with his 3:53.12 victory at the Dr Sander Invitational in New York on Saturday (25).
In what was the first indoor race of his career, the Australian middle-distance runner held off a strong challenge from Kenya&rsquo;s Festus Lagat at the World Athletics Indoor Tour Bronze meeting to win by 0.37. Britain&rsquo;s Adam Fogg was third (3:53.49).
Myers&rsquo; time is a significant improvement on the previous world U20 indoor record, set by USA&rsquo;s German Fernandez back in 2009. His 1500m split of 3:37.89 is also an Oceanian U20 indoor record.
He now moves to eighth on the Oceanian senior all-time indoor list, one place behind 1976 Olympic 1500m champion John Walker.
Eighteen-year-old Myers has set numerous continental age-group records outdoors in recent years, including his 3:33.26 clocking for 1500m, his 3:50.15 outdoor mile run and, just last month, a 7:41.11 clocking over 3000m.
The women&rsquo;s mile in New York was similarly close. USA&rsquo;s Katelyn Tuohy won in 4:25.54 from Sweden&rsquo;s Wilma Nielsen (4:25.89). Elsewhere, Nia Akins won the women&rsquo;s 800m in 2:01.03, while Jeremiah Davis was a clear winner of the men&rsquo;s long jump (8.00m).
At the Nordhausen Indoor Kugelstossen, a World Indoor Tour Challenger meeting, Olympic champion Yemisi Ogunleye dominated the women&rsquo;s shot put to win with 19.77m, an early season world lead.
The German produced her best ever throw outside of a global championships to win by 1.70m from compatriot Alina Kenzel.
World indoor bronze medallist Eliott Crestan set a European indoor 600m best of 1:14.92 at the LBFA Allianz Championships in Louvain-la-Nueve. Crestan, who set a Belgian 800m record of 1:42.43 last year, now moves up to sixth on the world indoor all-time list.
At the Perche Elite Tour meeting in Rouen, Olympic bronze medallist Emmanouil Karalis was a clear winner of the men&rsquo;s pole vault with 5.85m. Slovenia&rsquo;s Tina Sutej was a similarly convincing winner of the women&rsquo;s competition with 4.66m.
Denisha Cartwright recorded the fastest women's 60m hurdles time in the world so far this season, setting a PB of 7.78 at the Larry Wieczorek Invitational in Iowa. That improved on her previous best of 7.93 from last year.
*Subject to the usual ratification procedure

World U20 1500m silver medallist Cameron Myers took almost two seconds off the world U20 indoor mile record with his 3:53.12 victory at the Dr Sander Invitational

Meeting Name	Venue	Country	Date
Supernova	AIS	AUS	26 Jan 2025
Cross Cup de Hannut	Stade	BEL	26 Jan 2025
X-ATHLETICS	Stadium	FRA	25 Jan 2025
Campionatul National Etapa 2	Sala	ROU	25 Jan 2025
Perche Elite Tour Rouen	Complexe	FRA	24 Jan 2025

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