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World and Olympic medallist Nadia Battocletti retained her Campaccio title while Burundi&rsquo;s Egide Ntakarutimana claimed a commanding victory at the World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold meeting on Sunday (25).
Light rain and heavy mud in San Giorgio su Legnano created testing conditions on one of the sport&rsquo;s most iconic cross-country courses.
The women&rsquo;s 6km race unfolded over three laps, with a compact pack settling into a measured tempo on the opening circuit. Battocletti, 2024 Campaccio winner Francine Niyomukunzi, Elvanie Nimbona and Giulia Zanne and were prominent early as the field assessed the slippery conditions.
The race began to take shape on the second lap when Battocletti made a decisive surge, while Niyomukunzi, Nimbona and Britain&rsquo;s Emily Collinge struggled to respond. A slip in one of the course&rsquo;s most technical muddy sections briefly cost the Italian a few seconds, but she quickly regained control and continued to press on.
Battocletti powered away on the final lap to secure a convincing victory in 21:10. Niyomukunzi finished second in 21:32, edging out Burundian compatriot Nimbona (21:33). Collinge and Italy&rsquo;s Lucia Arnoldo rounded out the top five.
&ldquo;There was so much mud in some corners, you almost sank into it &ndash; I even crashed on the second lap,&rdquo; said Battocletti. &ldquo;We started quite slowly, but in the technical sections I realised it was difficult to stay together, so I decided to push on for safety. Winning Campaccio for the second year in a row is really special. It&rsquo;s a great way to start my 2026 season.&rdquo;
The men&rsquo;s 10km contest, contested over five laps, remained tightly packed through the early stages before the decisive moves came in the closing kilometres. Burundi&rsquo;s Celestin Ndikumana and Egide Ntakarutimana, along with Uganda&rsquo;s Dolphine Chelimo, formed a leading trio from the fourth lap. Much to the delight of the home crowd, Italy&rsquo;s Luca Alfieri maintained contact with the leaders for much of the race.
At the start of the final lap, Ndikumana and Ntakarutimana began to assert themselves, gradually dropping Chelimo. Midway through the lap, Ntakarutimana launched a powerful solo attack and continued to increase his advantage, crossing the line first in 30:38.
Chelimo recovered strongly in the closing stages to claim second in 30:45, narrowly ahead of 2025 runner-up Ndikumana, who finished third in the same time. Alfieri rallied late to finish sixth.
&ldquo;I&rsquo;m very happy with how I ran today,&rdquo; said Ntakarutimana, who was 10th here last year and fourth in 2024. &ldquo;After some ups and downs, I&rsquo;ve regained confidence and form thanks to my training group. I&rsquo;ll continue with the cross-country season and try to keep representing my club at my best.&rdquo;
<h3>Leading results</h3>
Women (6km) 1 Nadia Battocletti (ITA) 21:10 2 Francine Niyomukunzi (BDI) 21:32 3 Elvanie Nimbona (BDI) 21:33 4 Emily Collinge (GBR) 21:34 5 Lucia Arnoldo (ITA) 21:52 6 Chiara Munaretto (ITA) 22:05
Men (10km) 1 Egide Ntakarutimana (BDI) 30:38 2 Dolphine Chelimo (UGA) 30:45 3 Celestin Ndikumana (BDI) 30:45 4 Mohamed Amin Jhinaoui (TUN) 31:00 5 Abrham Sime (ETH) 31:04 6 Luca Alfieri (ITA) 31:06 
<h2>Kiprop and Van Lent dominate in Hannut</h2>
Fresh from earning team bronze at the World Athletics Cross Country Championships Tallahassee 26, Uganda&rsquo;s Keneth Kiprop enjoyed a moment of individual glory at the Lotto CrossCup &ndash; a World Athletics Cross Country Tour Gold meeting &ndash; in Hannut on Sunday (25).
He had Eritrean teenager Saymon Amanuel for company most of the way, with both men featuring in a larger lead pack earlier in the race, but Kiprop managed to break free in the closing stages and went on to win comfortably in 24:21.
Amanuel finished second in 24:33 with France's Bastien Augusto in third (24:45).
In her first race since clocking a 10km PB of 30:10 &ndash; which briefly stood as a European record earlier this month &ndash; Belgium&rsquo;s Jana Van Lent was a clear winner of the women's race, also held over 8km.
Kenya&rsquo;s Sheila Jebet, the defending champion, and Uganda&rsquo;s Charity Cherop, the world U20 cross-country bronze medallist, ran alongside Van Lent for the first half. Cherop&rsquo;s challenge faded slightly while Jebet stayed with the Belgian for a little longer, but Van Lent proved strongest on the final lap.
She went on to win in 27:30 while Jebet secured her sixth successive podium finish in a World Cross Country Tour Gold meeting, taking second place in 27:46, five seconds ahead of Cherop.

World and Olympic medallist Nadia Battocletti retained her Campaccio title while Burundi’s Egide Ntakarutimana claimed a commanding victory

Battocletti and Ntakarutimana triumph at Campaccio

Stella Chesang broke away in the closing stages of the Osaka Women&rsquo;s Marathon on Sunday (25) to triumph convincingly in 2:19:31, becoming the first Ugandan woman to win a World Athletics Platinum Label marathon.
The national record-holder waited until the final two kilometres to make her decisive move, leading three other women inside 2:20.
Chesang, the 2018 Commonwealth 10,000m champion, ran as part of a sizeable lead group through the early kilometres, with defending champion Workenesh Edesa, Ethiopia&rsquo;s Bedatu Hirpa, Japan&rsquo;s Mizuki Matsuda, Mao Uesugi, Nanaka Izawa and marathon debutante Mikuni Yada all together through 5km in 16:44 and 10km in 33:16.
Izawa began to drift off the back of the pack just before 15km, while Matsuda started to lose contact shortly before 17km. By 20km (1:06:30), six athletes remained at the front with Izawa still clinging on and Matsuda already 31 seconds adrift. The leading six reached halfway in 1:10:13, with Uesugi and Izawa briefly dropping off before regaining the group.
Izawa then lost touch for good before 25km, leaving a leading quartet of Yada, Edesa, Chesang and Hirpa at 25km in 1:22:59, with Uesugi and Izawa chasing. The pacemakers stepped aside at 30km (1:39:21), after which Yada helped lift the tempo.
The front pack began to break up after about 38km, and by 40km Chesang had edged to the front, passing that checkpoint in 2:12:23 with Hirpa, Edesa and Yada stacked tightly behind. Yada soon swept past Hirpa and Edesa, but Chesang reasserted control and led a trio at 41km before closing strongly to secure the win.
Chesang, who finished 12th in the marathon at last year&rsquo;s World Championships, crossed the line in 2:19:31, with Hirpa second in 2:19:54 and Edesa third in 2:19:56. Yada finished just one second further back in 2:19:57, the fastest marathon debut ever by a Japanese woman, elevating her to sixth on the national all-time list.
With help from Ken Nakamura
<h3>Leading results</h3>
1 Stella Chesang (UGA) 2:19:31 2 Bedatu Hirpa (ETH) 2:19:54 3 Workenesh Edesa (ETH) 2:19:56 4 Mikuni Yada (JPN) 2:19:57 5 Mao Uesugi (JPN) 2:23:07 6 Rie Kawauchi (JPN) 2:24:16 7 Mizuki Matsuda (JPN) 2:16:16 8 Nanaka Izawa (JPN) 2:27:45

Stella Chesang broke away in the closing stages of the Osaka Women’s Marathon on Sunday (25) to triumph convincingly in 2:19:31, becoming the first Ugandan woman to win a World Athletics Platinum Label marathon.

Chesang takes commanding win in Osaka

Josh Hoey had said he was excited to take a shot at the world 800m short track record in Boston and he was right on target as he clocked 1:42.50* to improve the 28-year-old mark at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix &ndash; the first&nbsp;World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold&nbsp;meeting of the season &ndash; on Saturday (24).
Seven weeks on from setting a world 600m short track best, also in Boston, the US world indoor champion made more history as he took 0.17 off the world record of 1:42.67 set by Wilson Kipketer at the World Indoor Championships in Paris in 1997.
Hoey went into the race as the second-fastest indoor 800m runner of all time thanks to the North American record of 1:43.24 he ran at the US Indoor Championships in New York last year. But paced by his brother Jaxson, he leapt to the top of that all-time list, winning the race by more than two seconds.
Jaxson led his brother through the first 200m in 24.81 before 400m was reached in 50.21. Jaxson then stepped aside and Josh passed 600m in 1:16.19, holding on to cross the finish line in 1:42.50.
"We did a lot of pacing work," said Josh, reflecting on his preparations for the race. "Just kind of kept steadily improving, taking it week by week, block by block, and we were able to make this work.
&ldquo;This is far from the end of the journey,&rdquo; added the 26-year-old, who narrowly missed out on making the US teams for last year&rsquo;s World Championships and the Paris Olympic Games. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re actually sort of close to the beginning, so I feel excited about it.&rdquo;
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A world best had been set earlier in the programme, USA&rsquo;s 2024 world indoor 1500m bronze medallist Hobbs Kessler clocking 4:48.79 to break the 2000m short track world best of 4:49.99 set by Kenenisa Bekele almost 19 years ago.
As well as the clock, Kessler was also battling world 3000m short track record-holder Grant Fisher, who was denied the win but also dipped under the old world best, finishing second in 4:49.48.
Fisher tracked the pacemaker through the first 1000m in 2:23.57, followed closely by Kessler. Fisher remained a few strides ahead as the race wound up but Kessler was ready to strike and he kicked past his rival on the final back straight. Fisher couldn&rsquo;t respond but was rewarded with the second-fastest time in history, in a race that saw four athletes join the all-time top 10 &ndash; Belgium&rsquo;s Pieter Sisk clocking 4:52.41 in third place and Great Britain&rsquo;s Jake Wightman running 4:53.69 in fourth.
Australia&rsquo;s Cameron Myers also moved into the world all-time top 10 with his run in the 3000m. The 19-year-old, who set world U20 short track 1500m and mile records in New York last year, this time clocked a world-leading meeting record of 7:27.57 &ndash; a time that moves him to 10th on the world short track all-time list and is the fastest ever 3000m by an Oceanian athlete, indoors or outdoors.
Irish record-holder Andrew Coscoran, defending the title, finished second in 7:30.97.
Contesting her first track race since the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, USA&rsquo;s Elle St. Pierre won the women&rsquo;s 3000m in an early world lead of 8:26.54 to beat Australia&rsquo;s Linden Hall and Jessica Hull.
St. Pierre, who won the world indoor title in 2024, missed the majority of 2025 as she gave birth to her second son in May but she made a big statement on her return. She kicked away from Hall and a fading Hull to win by half a second, Hall securing the runner-up spot in 8:27.03 and Olympic 1500m silver medallist Hull finishing third in 8:36.03.
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Ireland&rsquo;s world fourth-place finisher Cian McPhillips laid down a strong marker in the 600m, leaving USA&rsquo;s 2024 world indoor champion Bryce Hoppel and 2019 world champion Donavan Brazier to chase him home as he won clear in a short track PB of 1:16.37. Brazier edged Hoppel for the runner-up spot, 1:17.20 to 1:17.24.
Kenya&rsquo;s world silver medallist Dorcus Ewoi held on to clinch a narrow 1500m win ahead of USA&rsquo;s Sinclaire Johnson, clocking a world-leading short track PB of 4:01.22. Johnson also got a PB of 4:01.30, while Klaudia Kazimierska ran a Polish short track record of 4:01.78 in third.
USA&rsquo;s Roisin Willis became another early world leader as she won the 800m in 1:59.59. The top three all set short track PBs, Willis followed by Great Britain&rsquo;s Isabelle Boffey in 2:00.14 and USA&rsquo;s Victoria Bossong in 2:00.36.
A thrilling 300m clash saw Trinidad and Tobago&rsquo;s 2022 world indoor 400m champion Jereem Richards beat USA&rsquo;s four-time world 200m champion Noah Lyles by just 0.01 - 32.14 to 32.15. Lyles had a narrow lead as they sprinted down the final straight but Richards timed his dip to perfection to clinch the win.
In a 60m hurdles battle between two two-time world champions, it was Jamaica&rsquo;s Danielle Williams who had the edge. The 33-year-old, who won her world 100m hurdles titles in 2015 and 2023, clocked an early world lead of 7.87 to pip the 2024 and 2025 world indoor 60m hurdles champion Devynne Charlton of The Bahamas by 0.05.
The men&rsquo;s 60m hurdles was won by USA&rsquo;s 2022 world silver medallist Trey Cunningham in 7.48 to match the world lead. Connor Schulman was second in a PB of 7.51.
Jamaica&rsquo;s Ackeem Blake took the men&rsquo;s 60m in 6.53, finishing 0.03 ahead of Puerto Rico&rsquo;s Eloy Benitez. Great Britain&rsquo;s Dina Asher-Smith won the women&rsquo;s race, the 2019 world 200m champion clocking 7.08 to deny Jamaica&rsquo;s 2022 world U20 200m champion Brianna Lyston, second in 7.11.
USA&rsquo;s world 4x400m silver medallist Khaleb McRae won the men&rsquo;s 400m ahead of his compatriot Quincy Wilson, the 18-year-old Olympic 4x400m gold medallist &ndash; 45.38 to 45.96.
The women&rsquo;s 400m was won by Great Britain&rsquo;s Olympic and world relay medallist Nicole Yeargin in 52.63 ahead of USA&rsquo;s world heptathlon champion Anna Hall who clocked 52.77. Hall had earlier finished fifth (5.99m) in a long jump competition won by USA&rsquo;s 2024 world indoor silver medallist Monae&rsquo; Nichols (6.64m).
USA&rsquo;s James Carter won the triple jump with his third-round leap of 16.32m.
The next Gold meeting on the World Indoor Tour is the Millrose Games in New York on 1 February, as many athletes continue their preparations for the World Athletics Indoor Championships Kujawy Pomorze 26 in two months' time.
<a href="https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-tour/calendar-results/7231935/result" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Results</a>
*Subject to the usual ratification procedure

The World Athletics Indoor Tour Gold season kicked off in style with a world record and a world best in Boston.

Meeting Name	Venue		Date
Triple Match CRO-SLO-SRB	Atletska	SRB	28 Jan 2026
International Jump-Meeting Cottbus	Lausitz-Arena,	GER	28 Jan 2026
Track & Field Live	National	IRL	28 Jan 2026
I Noite Atlética em Pista Curta	Altice	POR	28 Jan 2026
4. halová středa	Atletická	CZE	28 Jan 2026

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