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Wildschutt, Xaba lead SA charge
Cape Times
|January 12, 2026
ADRIAAN Wildschutt achieved the best result by a South African in the senior men’s race at the World Athletics Cross Country Championships in Tallahassee, Florida on Saturday, but his time of 29:32 in the 10km was only good enough for 13th place.
ADRIAAN Wildschutt secured the best finish by a South African in the men's senior 10km race at the World Cross Country Championships in Tallahassee, Florida, on Saturday.
(AFP)
Uganda's Jacob Kiplimo crossed the line in 28:18 to become the fourth man in history to win three consecutive world cross-country titles.
Wildschutt’s achievement improved on the 15th-place finishes by Shadrack Hoff in the senior men’ race in Stellenbosch in 1996, and Stephen Mokoka in Punta Umbria, Spain, in 2011.
Wildschutt, who is based in the US and previously competed for Florida State University, led the SA men’s squad to ninth position in the men’s team competition.
This story is from the January 12, 2026 edition of Cape Times.
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