As a 20 year old, Joshua Cheptegei watched Britain’s Mo Farah Defend his 10,000m Olympic Gold in Rio De Janeiro 2016. Tonight, Cheptegei will need to borrow Farah’s running shoes considering he is still the only non Ethiopian man to win Gold at this particular race ever since Haile Gebrselassie sparked Ethiopia’s dominance in Atlanta […]
2023 Reviewed: Uganda’s Triumphs in Athletics
In a remarkable display of talent and determination, the Ugandan contingent, led by the illustrious Joshua Cheptegei, clinched two gold medals at the World Athletics Championship held in Hungary this August. Cheptegei, the team captain, once again proved his mettle by successfully defending his 10,000m title, outpacing formidable rivals such as Kenya’s Daniel Ebenyo and […]
2022 Commonwealth Games: Uganda’s performance in Birmingham, England
Despite Australia’s dominance, Uganda have improved their medal tally at a single edition of the Commonwealth games This year’s games were played in Birmingham, England and Uganda collected five medals most of which were brought home by the Athletes. Victor Kiplangat in the marathon, Jacob Kiplimo who won two medals (10,000m, 5000m) and Peruth Chemutai […]
2022 Commonwealth games: Stunning Kiplimo breaks Cheptegei’s record to win 10,000m gold
Ugandan long distance runner Jacob Kiplimo has broken the 10,000m Commonwealth games record to win gold at the Commonwealth games in Birmingham. This is after he ran a fastest time of 27.09:19 to win the 10,000m race and break Joshua Cheptegei’s record of 27:19.62 he set in 2018 Gold Coast Kenyans’ Daniel Ebenyo (27:11.26)and Kibiwott […]
Jacob Kiplimo: teenager wins Gold at World Half Marathon as Cheptegei finishes fourth
Ugandan teenager Jacob Kiplimo has won the 2020 IAAF World Half Marathon Championship in Gdynia, Poland while pre-race favorite and fellow countryman Joshua Cheptegei has finished fourth. The 19-year-old has in the event won Uganda’s first-ever medal on his debut at the event, clocking a championship record time of 58:49. It was Kiplimo’s second major […]
Jacob Kiplimo: Ugandan wins 3000m Diamond league race in Rome
A week after winning the 5000m at the IAAF Golden Spike meeting in Ostrava, Ugandan Athlete Jacob Kiplimo is yet again a winner and this time in the 3000m race at the Rome Diamond league. On Thursday evening, the former junior champion clocked 7:26:64 in the race, outsprinting Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen on the home straight […]
Jacob Kiplimo: Ugandan wins 5000m WAC tour race
Ugandan athlete Jacob Kiplimo has won the 5000m race at the Golden Spike meeting in Ostrava. The 19-year old on Tuesday evening clocked 12:48:63 in the 5000m race, outsprinting Ethiopia’s Seleman Berega on the home straight and setting a personal best and meeting record in the process. Kiplimo is also the 2017 IAAF World Cross […]
