Results Men’s 1500m final – Musagala 11th Sunday Men’s Marathon final 3.30pm Solomon Mutai, Jackson Kiprop and Stephen Kiprotich Musagala’s final Ronald Musagala’s ended his Olympic campaign with 11th place in 3:51.68 in the 1,500m final. The race ended with an upset, with American Matthew Centrowitz winning the gold, with …
Read More »Cheptegei and Kiprotich carry Uganda’s last medal hopes
Saturday August 20 Men’s 1500m final (3.00am Sunday) Men’s 5000m final (3.30am Sunday) Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei Sunday August 21 Men’s Marathon final 3.30pm Solomon Mutai, Jackson Kiprop and Stephen Kiprotich Tweets about Cheptegei The Ugandan team in Rio is in exactly the same position they were at the last Olympic …
Read More »It’s over – Bolt makes dreaded Olympic farewell
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | AFP |Â Â The Olympics is going to miss the Lightning Bolt pose that has lit up the last three Games at a time when athletics desperately needs a hero. Â When Usain Bolt crosses the finish line and starts pounding his chest, it resonates …
Read More »Awuzu wins third ticket to Formula One grand prix
Wilson Awuzu will be joining a lucky few individuals in a once-in-a lifetime-trip to the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi to watch the Formula One grand prix in November. Awuzu becomes the third winner since the City Tyres/Pirelli promotion kicked off months ago. Awuzu was picked by Andrew Mwenda, …
Read More »Olympics: Kenya to investigate missing Rio kits
Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |Â The Kenyan government announced on Thursday it had opened an investigation over the alleged disappearance of Olympic kits worn by athletes at the Rio Games. Each Kenyan athlete was supposed to receive three different kits from the country’s equipment supplier, with one for training, another …
Read More »Uganda’s Musagala into Olympics 1,500m final, Nakaayi out
Rest of Uganda’s schedule Saturday August 20 Men’s 1500m final 3.00am (Sunday) Men’s 5000m final 3.30am (Sunday) Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei Sunday August 21 Men’s Marathon final 3.30pm Solomon Mutai, Jackson Kiprop and Stephen Kiprotich Ronald Musagala’s 1,500m Olympic dream remained alive when he qualified Thursday night for the final. He …
Read More »Brilliant Bolt storms to third 200 gold
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | AFP | Usain Bolt wrote another chapter of improbable Olympic history with a third consecutive 200m crown on Thursday as Ashton Eaton led an American gold rush by clinching back-to-back decathlon titles. Bolt, who just days earlier had become the first man in history to …
Read More »Araptany crashes out, Kemboi disqualified in dramatic steeplechase
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | AFP | The Rio Olympic Games men’s 3,000m steeplechase final will be a race to forget for East Africans Jacob Araptany and Ezekiel Kemboi. Araptany looked comfortable in the leading pack when he slipped as he approached a hurdle as the race entered the finals laps. Video …
Read More »Uganda’s Cheptegei storms 5000m final
Results Men’s 5000m round 1 Jacob Kiplimo 13:30.40, Phillip Kipyeko 13:24.66 and Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei 13:25.70 Women’s 800m round 1 – 4.55pm Halimah Nakaayi 1:59.78 (personal best) 5th heat 4 – advances to semifinals Winnie Nanyondo  6th 2:02.77 Heat 5 Men’s Steeplechase final –  5.55pm Jacob Araptany (falls out of …
Read More »Can Uganda’s Araptany stop Kemboi in steeplechase final?
Today Men’s 5000m round 1 – 4.05pm Jacob Kiplimo, Phillip Kipyeko and Joshua Kiprui Cheptegei Women’s 800m round 1 – 4.55pm Halimah Nakaayi and Winnie Nanyondo Men’s Steeplechase final –  5.55pm Jacob Araptany If Jacob Araptany did not burn himself out by running a season best 8:21.53 in the heats …
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