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Joshua Cheptegei, the Ugandan three-time world champion has been ruled out of the 5000m men’s event at the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. The Team Uganda’s captain who clinched the 10,000m gold a few days ago has apparently pulled out due to a foot injury. Benjamin Njia, the national coach, confirmed to reporters that the 26-year-old gold medalist ...

Uganda’s long distance runner Joshua Cheptegei has made history by clinching his third consecutive World Championship medal in the 10,000m in Budapest. Cheptegei put up one of the best final laps as he further cemented his name in the track field history books. It should be noted that he has barely competed in 25 aps over the past three years. ...

Two Ugandan athletes have dominated in the ongoing world athletics championship. These are world-renowned athletes, Joshua Cheptegei and Jacob Kiplimo. The duo bossed the 10,000m clinching the gold and bronze medal respectively. Cheptegei posted a time of 27:27:43 while Kiplimo posted 27:27:93. Kenyan Stanley Mburu came in the second position. The competition is going down in Eugene, Oregon in the ...