World Road Running Championships
Global championship for road racing held annually, with 2026 in Copenhagen and 2027 in Yangzhou. Every Running Weekly story on World Road Running Championships, newest first. 6 stories since September 2026.
- US women take team silver at World Half, Hurley runs 1:06:23
Hurley, Kelati and McClain finished fifth, sixth and seventh to beat Ethiopia for the team medal behind Agnes Ngetich's world record.
- Almgren ends Africa's 30-year World Half win streak
The Swede is the first non-African man to take the world half marathon title since Stefano Baldini in 1996.
- Dawit Seare catches Ingebrigtsen in the last strides of World Road 5K
Ingebrigtsen led with 100m to go, then had nothing left, and finished flat on his back.
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- Mantz returns from two stress fractures at World Road Champs
The World Road Running Championships open Saturday with Mantz, Nuguse, Kelati and Ingebrigtsen all on the start lists.
- New Haven 20K doubled as US 2027 World Roads selection
Jonathan Gault says the winners get team spots for Yangzhou, at a championship nobody could follow in real time.
- World Road Champs return, Hicks and Rudel earn 2027 US spots
Two global road championships in seven months after a three-year gap, and the US quietly picked part of its 2027 team at a national 20K.
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