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Italy\u2019s Nadia Battocletti retained the women\u2019s overall title in the\u00a02025\/26 World Athletics Cross Country Tour, while Kenya\u2019s Mathew Kipchumba Kipsang won the men\u2019s title.<\/strong><\/p>\n Athletes are ranked according to their best three cross-country performance scores achieved between September 2025 and March 2026, of which at least two had to come from World Cross Country Tour meetings.<\/p>\n Battocletti opened her cross-country season with a victory in Atapuerca. One week later, she finished runner-up in Alcobendas, but then returned to winning ways at the European Cross Country Championships in Lagoa. She was also victorious in her first cross-country race of 2026, winning on home soil at the Campaccio meeting in San Giorgio su Legnano.<\/p>\n Ethiopia\u2019s Likina Amebaw, winner in Soria and Amorebieta, finished second in the standings while Kenya\u2019s Sheila Jebet was third, replicating her position from the previous season.<\/p>\n Kipsang notched up three victories at Gold level meetings on the tour, winning in Cardiff, Soria and Atapuerca.<\/p>\n He ended the season level with Burundi\u2019s Rodrigue Kwizera at the top of the standings. The two athletes were also tied on points in the cross country world rankings. While Kwizera had the edge when it came to the total number of cross-country tour races contested, Kipsang had the head-to-head edge, having beaten Kwizera in their two clashes this season.<\/p>\n In line with the principles of the tour regulations, the tie was split based on overall world ranking position, which gave Kipsang the victory ahead of Kwizera.<\/p>\n Eritrean teenager Saymon Amanuel was third in the men\u2019s standings.<\/p>\n Final standings<\/strong><\/p>\n Women<\/strong>
1 Nadia Battocletti (ITA) 3600
2 Likina Amebaw (ETH) 3565
3 Sheila Jebet (KEN) 3540
4 Dorcus Chepkwemoi (KEN) 3510
5 Elvanie Nimbona (ITA) 3495
6 Megan Keith (GBR) 3480
Final standings<\/a><\/p>\n