Ng’etich strides into the contest as the defending champion and will be buoyed by a flying start to her 2026 campaign.
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The two stars will line up fresh from impressive performances at the World Cross Country Championships held in Tallahassee, Florida, on January 10.
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Agnes Ngetich clocked 31:28 for the 10km race to clinch her first global title ahead of Uganda’s Joy Cheptoyek and Ethiopia’s Senayet Getachew.
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World 10km record-holder Agnes Ngetich, who claimed world cross country bronze in 2023, features on the senior women’s team.
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The 24-year-old Kenyan, who already held the world record for 10km in a mixed race (28:46), was in dominant form, winning by more than a minute.
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The Kenyan 19-year-old improved the previous world record of 3:56.13 set by USA’s Hobbs Kessler at the World Athletics Road Running Championships Riga 23 in October, despite celebrating on his way to the tape.
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A total of 245 athletes (138 men, 107 women) are entered for the individual senior races, while 187 athletes (95 men, 92 women) will be in action in the U20 races.
In the mixed relay, 12 countries have been entered.
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Ngetich’s 10km time is also faster than the women's world record for the distance on the track, with Letesenbet Gidey’s world 10,000m record standing at 29:01.03.
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