Two-time defending champion Jacob Kiplimo will lead Uganda\u2019s team for the World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Tallahassee on 10 January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kiplimo won the U20 title on home soil in Kampala in 2017 before claiming senior titles in Bathurst in 2023 and Belgrade in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He will go for a senior hat-trick in Tallahassee, where he will be joined on the men\u2019s team by Dolphine Chelimo, Dan Kibet, Emmanuel Kibet, Keneth Kiprop and Deogracius Musobo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The women\u2019s team includes Sarah Chelangat, who finished fifth in Belgrade two years ago, and Joy Cheptoyek, who finished seventh in the world 10,000m final in Tokyo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The U20 women\u2019s squad features world U20 5000m bronze medallist Charity Cherop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, multiple global medallists are on Kenya\u2019s team for the championships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
World 10km record-holder Agnes Ngetich, who claimed world cross country bronze in 2023, features on the senior women\u2019s team along with national trials winner Maurine Chebor, Brenda Jepchumba Kenei, Rebecca Mwangi, Joyline Chepkemoi and Caren Chebet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
World half marathon silver medallist Daniel Ebenyo, who won the Kenyan trials and finished sixth at the 2023 World Cross Country Championships, leads the men\u2019s team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He will line up alongside Kevin Chesang, Denis Kipkoech Kipkemoi, Shadrack Koech, Weldon Langat and Robert Koech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
World 1500m bronze medallist Reynold Cheruiyot and Purity Chepkirui, who formed part of the gold medal-winning mixed relay team in Belgrade two years ago, feature in the squad again this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
THE SQUADS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Senior women: <\/strong>Caren Chebet, Maurine Chebor, Joyline Chepkemoi, Brenda Jepchumba Kenei, Rebecca Mwangi, Agnes Ngetich Uganda<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Senior women: <\/strong>Sarah Chelangat, Rebecca Chelangat, Kereen Chemusto, Martha Chemutai, Joy Cheptoyek, Rispa Cherop Two-time defending champion Jacob Kiplimo will lead Uganda\u2019s team for the World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Tallahassee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7534,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[50,280],"class_list":["post-7533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsbeat","tag-athletics","tag-cross-country"],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Jacob_Kiplimo-Photo-by-By-Photoguy1212_compressed.jpg",2000,1125,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Jacob_Kiplimo-Photo-by-By-Photoguy1212_compressed-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Jacob_Kiplimo-Photo-by-By-Photoguy1212_compressed-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Jacob_Kiplimo-Photo-by-By-Photoguy1212_compressed-768x432.jpg",640,360,true],"large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Jacob_Kiplimo-Photo-by-By-Photoguy1212_compressed-1024x576.jpg",640,360,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Jacob_Kiplimo-Photo-by-By-Photoguy1212_compressed-1536x864.jpg",1536,864,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Jacob_Kiplimo-Photo-by-By-Photoguy1212_compressed.jpg",2000,1125,false],"morenews-large":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Jacob_Kiplimo-Photo-by-By-Photoguy1212_compressed-825x575.jpg",825,575,true],"morenews-medium":["https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Jacob_Kiplimo-Photo-by-By-Photoguy1212_compressed-590x410.jpg",590,410,true]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"Newsbeat<\/a>","tag_info":"Newsbeat","comment_count":"0","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Jacob_Kiplimo-Photo-by-By-Photoguy1212_compressed.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7533"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7535,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7533\/revisions\/7535"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinitysport.asia\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Kenya<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Senior men: <\/strong>Kevin Chesang, Daniel Ebenyo, Denis Kipkoech Kipkemoi, Robert Koech, Shadrack Koech, Weldon Langat
U20 women: \u200e<\/strong>Mercy Jelimo, Miriam Chemutai Kibet, Cynthia Chepkirui, Caren Chepngeno, Mercy Chepngeno, Lonah Cherono
U20 men: <\/strong>Andrew Alamisi, Frankline Kibet, Emmanuel Kiprono, Kelvin Kariankei, Andrew Kiptoo, Edwin Elkana
Mixed relay: <\/strong>\u200ePurity Chepkirui, Reynold Cheruiyot, Judy Kemunto, David Kipkoech, Winfred Mbithe, Daniel Munguti<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Senior men: <\/strong>Dolphine Chelimo, Dan Kibet, Emmanuel Kibet, Jacob Kiplimo, Keneth Kiprop, Deogracius Musobo
U20 women: <\/strong>\u200ePeace Chebet, Felister Chekwemoi, Nancy Chepkwurui, Charity Cherop, Bentalin Yeko
U20 men: <\/strong>Solomon Andiema, Daniel Kiprotich Chelogoi, Abraham Cherotich, Dan Kipyeko, Jeremiah Kwemoi
Mixed relay: <\/strong>\u200eBrenda Chekwemoi, Sylvia Chelangat, Silas Chemutai, Daniel Comboni<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"