COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Agathe Guillemot of France surged past Ethiopia’s Freweyni Hailu in the closing meters Saturday to win the women’s Road Mile at the World Athletics Road Running Championships Copenhagen 26 in a world-leading 4 minutes, 22.74 seconds.
Hailu, the silver medalist in the event at the 2023 World Road Running Championships in Riga, controlled much of the race but could not hold off Guillemot’s late move. Hailu finished second in 4:24.35, with Kenya’s Mirriam Cherop third in 4:25.71. Guillemot lowered the 2026 world-leading mark of 4:23.25 set by Britain’s Jemma Reekie in Düsseldorf on Sept. 6, while moving up to fourth on the world all-time list. Reekie did not compete in Copenhagen.
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Denmark’s Annemarie Nissen placed fourth in 4:26.78, setting a personal best in front of the home crowd. Kenya’s Naomi Korir was fifth in 4:29.15, followed by Jamaica’s Adelle Tracey in 4:29.30, with both also producing personal bests.
Australia’s Linden Hall was seventh in 4:29.36, a national record. Canada placed two runners in the top nine: Lucia Stafford was eighth in 4:29.51 and Gabriela Debues-Stafford ninth in 4:30.59. Both recorded personal bests.
The race saw personal bests for Nissen, Korir, Tracey, the Stafford sisters of Canada, Gabriela Debues and Lucia, as well as Australia’s Sarah Billings, Ireland’s Sarah Healy, Sweden’s Vera Sjöberg, and South Africa’s Karabo More, among others.
World Athletics Road Running Championships Copenhagen 26
Women’s Road Mile
Sept. 19, 2026
- Agathe Guillemot, France, 4:22.74, WL
- Freweyni Hailu, Ethiopia, 4:24.35, SB
- Mirriam Cherop, Kenya, 4:25.71, SB
- Annemarie Nissen, Denmark, 4:26.78, PB
- Naomi Korir, Kenya, 4:29.15, PB
- Adelle Tracey, Jamaica, 4:29.30, PB
- Linden Hall, Australia, 4:29.36, AR
- Lucia Stafford, Canada, 4:29.51, PB
- Gabriela Debues-Stafford, Canada, 4:30.59, PB
- Addison Wiley, United States, 4:31.02
- Gracie Hyde, United States, 4:31.92
- Sarah Billings, Australia, 4:32.68, PB
- Sarah Healy, Ireland, 4:32.98, PB
- Vera Sjöberg, Sweden, 4:33.05, PB
- Karabo More, South Africa, 4:33.27, PB
- Katie Snowden, Great Britain, 4:33.44
- Weronika Lizakowska, Poland, 4:34.27, NR
- Delia Sclabas, Switzerland, 4:35.48, PB
- Wilma Nielsen, Sweden, 4:35.73, PB
- Vera Bertemes-Hoffmann, Luxembourg, 4:36.16
- Laura Nicholson, Ireland, 4:36.64, PB
- Fatima Ezzahra Birdaha, Morocco, 4:36.74, PB
- Joceline Wind, Switzerland, 4:38.17
- Kristiina Sasínek Mäki, Czech Republic, 4:38.39, PB
- Mariska Parewyck, Belgium, 4:39.43, NR
- Augustine Haquet, France, 4:40.14, PB
- Sarah Calvert, Great Britain, 4:40.98, PB
- Ludovica Cavalli, Italy, 4:41.55, PB
- Birke Haylom, Ethiopia, 4:42.28, PB
- Patience Cherop, Uganda, 4:43.22, PB
- Carina Viljoen, South Africa, 4:43.28, SB
- Kanari Estifanos, Eritrea, 4:45.35, PB
- Felister Chekwemoi, Uganda, 4:47.48, PB
- Claire Uwitonze, Rwanda, 4:48.50, PB
- Soukaina Hajji, Morocco, 4:49.23, PB
- Alison Andrews-Paul, New Zealand, 4:50.77, PB
- July Ferreira da Silva, Brazil, 4:53.71, SB
- Marine Joblin, Luxembourg, 4:54.95, PB
- Mia Ivana Cabrera, Mexico, 4:55.11, PB
- Jaqueline Beatriz Weber, Brazil, 4:57.14, SB
- Mia Helene Mørck, Denmark, 4:59.53, SB
- Kelly Nevolihhin, Estonia, 5:06.16
- Julieta Firpo, Uruguay, 5:15.41, SB
- Alessandra Rodriguez, Puerto Rico, 5:18.73, PB
- Līga Velvere-Krūmiņa, Latvia, 5:28.35, SB
