2026 World Cross Country Championships - OFFICIAL THREAD (+ live reaction show @ 2:30 pm ET)

That's the worst part of all this, so few countries.

I have adopted children from Ethiopia, my son was born at home in a suburb of Addis and we have no concrete proof of his exact date of birth.

Institute the MRI wrist test in all junior competitions now. It stopped the entire African Continent from rampant age cheating in soccer, it’ll work just as well in cross country and track.

Having a read around it sounds like they were never given an explanation as to why the visas weren’t approved. So sounds like it might be more nuanced than just poor paperwork from the Ethiopians. It’s a tricky time dealing with the states I suspect.

This CNBC coverage is abysmal. Worse than nothing.

Well.. it sounds like Ethiopia delayed their visa applications.

“Did Ethiopia wait too long to apply?
However, it can be argued that the Ethiopian official waited too long to apply. Typically, a minimum of four to six weeks is recommended as lead time to apply for the visas.
Applying as late as 12 days is cutting it very close and is often considered late. Many countries recommend applying 4-6 weeks or even 3 months ahead. This is recommended especially for complex visas or peak seasons. This is due to potential appointment backlogs and processing times that can range from days to weeks. While some fast-track options may work, a standard visa application with an embassy appointment two weeks out is a risk.”

US women doing well so far! Thank God Hurta wasn’t on this team to muck it all up

What news reports?

You don’t need to prove your age when you apply for a visa.

The US consulate in Addis didn’t provide any explanation for the visa denial.

This might have been mentioned already but how is there no second person on the broadcast?

Hannah England is doing a great job solo, but not having a traditional play-by-play/analyst combo, nor anyone out on the course, is very cheap from WA. It also doesn’t appear England has ever even run World XC.

Beyond the obvious and more glaring issue of the camera angles being terrible, that’s a joke.

Looks acurrate. I posted the combined results earlier but not the individual splits.

https://www.letsrun.com/forum/flat_read.php?thread=13982180&page=11#post-237

We know who you root for, and it isn’t the US or an African nation. But they claim to be a great ally, don’t they? 🤡🥸

This may have already been discussed. Is there a site to track in progress results? The WA website doesn’t, or at least I can’t find it.

Ngetich destroying the field

Lots of self-hating American distance fans on this board all the time. Just pathetic really, shows how well the Commie brainwashing really works.

Ngetich not even under 15 at 5k, proof that Jane would have won this if she bothered to race.

Peacock coverage is great.

According to Off the Rails Will Leer was going to be on the broadcast but then they told him they could only have one person for some reason

Africans are not renowned for keeping track of tome. That’s no joke. You should visit Kenya or Ethiopia, they’re in manana land. Odd as hell.

Those who think they're clever by using the term "TDS" (inappropriately I might add), don't understand the concept of proof.