Track and Field News magazine (Palo Alto, California) on 9 January announced its annual world top-10 rankings for 2025. A total of nine Golazo-managed athletes received such distinction in their respective events, based on voting by an international 34-member panel of track & field experts, with the primary criteria being: (1) honors won, (2) win-loss & head-to-head records, and (3) quality of performances. The complete rankings are also published in the January-2026 issue of the magazine.
Once again, Winfred Yavi was the highest-ranked Golazo athlete, coming in at no. 2 in the women’s 3000m Steeplechase. Highlights of her outstanding steeplechase season included her victory at the Eugene Diamond League meeting, where her time of 8:45.25 was less than a second off the world record, while also topping the 2025 steeplechase performance list; her silver medal at the Tokyo World Championships; and her world best time of 4:40.13 in the Mile Steeplechase at the Brussels Diamond League meeting.
The other Golazo-managed athletes earning Top-10 world rankings for the ’25 season were: Reynold Kipkorir (4th – men’s 1500m); Tsige Duguma (5th – women’s 800m); Freweyni Hailu (6th – women’s 5000m); Ejgayehu Taye (6th – women’s 10000m); Prudence Sekgodiso (7th – women’s 800m); Sutume Asefa (7th – women’s marathon); Tshepiso Masalela (7th – men’s 800m); Sarah Moraa (8th – women’s 800m); and Freweyni Hailu (8th – women’s 1500m).
The full 2025 rankings for events featuring Golazo athletes are shown below.
WOMEN’s World Top-10 rankings:
800 Meters
1. Keely Hodgkinson (Great Britain)
2. Georgia Hunter Bell (Great Britain)
3. Lilian Odira (Kenya)
4. Audrey Werro (Switzerland)
5. Tsige Duguma (Ethiopia)
6. Anaïs Bourgoin (France)
7. Prudence Sekgodiso (South Africa)
8. Sarah Moraa (Kenya)
9. Sage Hurta-Klecker (US)
10. Halimah Nakaayi (Uganda)
1500 Meters
1. Faith Kipyegon (Kenya)
2. Nelly Chepchirchir (Kenya)
3. Gudaf Tsegay (Ethiopia)
4. Jessica Hull (Australia)
5. Nikki Hiltz (US)
6. Dorcus Ewoi (Kenya)
7. Georgia Hunter Bell (Great Britain)
8. Freweyni Hailu (Ethiopia)
9. Linden Hall (Australia)
10. Beatrice Chebet (Kenya)
3000m Steeplechase
1. Faith Cherotich (Kenya)
2. Winfred Yavi (Bahrain)
3. Sembo Almayew (Ethiopia)
4. Norah Jeruto (Kazakhstan)
5. Peruth Chemutai (Uganda)
6. Marwa Bouzayani (Tunisia)
7. Doris Lemngole (Kenya)
8. Lexy Halladay-Lowry (US)
9. Angelina Napoleon (US)
10. Kaylee Mitchell (US)
5000 Meters
1. Beatrice Chebet (Kenya)
2. Nadia Battocletti (Italy)
3. Gudaf Tsegay (Ethiopia)
4. Faith Kipyegon (Kenya)
5. Agnes Ngetich (Kenya)
6. Freweyni Hailu (Ethiopia)
7. Shelby Houlihan (US)
8. Josette Andrews (US)
9. Birke Haylom (Ethiopia)
10. Medina Eisa (Ethiopia)
10,000 Meters
1. Beatrice Chebet (Kenya)
2. Nadia Battocletti (Italy)
3. Gudaf Tsegay (Ethiopia)
4. Agnes Ngetich (Kenya)
5. Janeth Chepngetich (Kenya)
6. Ejgayehu Taye (Ethiopia)
7. Ririka Hironaka (Japan)
8. Joy Cheptoyek (Uganda)
9. Yenawa Kefale (Ethiopia)
10. Miriam Chebet (Kenya)
Marathon
1. Tigst Assefa (Ethiopia)
2. Peres Jepchirchir (Kenya)
3. Joyciline Jepkosgei (Kenya)
4. Hawi Feysa (Ethiopia)
5. Sharon Lokedi (Kenya)
6. Hellen Obiri (Kenya)
7. Sutume Asefa (Ethiopia)
8. Winfridah Moraa (Kenya)
9. Sifan Hassan (Netherlands)
10. Brigid Kosgei (Kenya)
MEN’s World Top-10 rankings:
800 Meters
1. Emmanuel Wanyonyi (Kenya)
2. Djamel Sedjati (Algeria)
3. Marco Arop (Canada)
4. Josh Hoey (US)
5. Mohamed Attaoui (Spain)
6. Max Burgin (Great Britain)
7. Tshepiso Masalela (Botswana)
8. Bryce Hoppel (US)
9. Cian McPhillips (Ireland)
10. Donavan Brazier (US)
1500 Meters
1. Niels Laros (Netherlands)
2. Phanuel Koech (Kenya)
3. Isaac Nader (Portugal)
4. Reynold Kipkorir (Kenya)
5. Yared Nuguse (US)
6. Timothy Cheruiyot (Kenya)
7. Azeddine Habz (France)
8. Jake Wightman (Great Britain)
9. Robert Farken (Germany)
10. Josh Kerr (Great Britain)