Joshua Cheptegei

How Cheptegei became face of distance running

admin | August 4, 2024

By Allan Darren Kyeyune Uganda’s success stories are never easy. On September 2,1972, John Akii-Bua ran a world record 4782 seconds in the difficult inner lane during the 400m hurdles final en route to bagging Uganda’s first-ever Olympic gold medal. Uganda’s victories do not come easy. The sweet chapters are painful […]

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Serbia leader salutes Joshua Cheptegei

Juliet Nalwooga | August 22, 2023

The president of Serbia Mr. Aleksandar Vučić has congratulated Ugandan athlete Joshua Cheptegei for winning his third 10,000-meter world crown. Cheptegei achieved his third consecutive gold medal, completing the race in 27 minutes, 51seconds and 42 microseconds, in an exceptional performance that outshone his closest competitor, Kenya’s Daniel Ebenyo, who […]

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Cheptegei wins third successive 10,000m world crown

admin | August 20, 2023

Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei delivered a devastating last lap to win a third successive World Championship 10,000 metres gold on Sunday despite barely competing over 25 laps in the last three years. The world record holder over 5000m and 10,000m has had an injury-hit year and struggled to hit his top […]