DELHI HALF MARATHON TOP 8 🥇58:53 Amdework Walelegn🇪🇹CR(←59:06) 🥈58:54 Andamlak Belihu🇪🇹 🥉58:56 Stephen Kissa🇺🇬 ④59:04 Muktar Edris🇪🇹 ⑤59:10 Leonard Barsoton🇰🇪 ⑥59:22 Tesfahun Akalnew🇪🇹 ⑦59:26 Victor Kiplangat🇺🇬 ⑧59:51 Shadrack Kimining🇰🇪 New Delhi, India | THE INDEPENDENT | Long distance athletics ace Stephen Kissa has grabbed a bronze in a tough 2020 …
Read More »Uganda’s Stephen Kissa eyes Airtel Delhi Half Marathon title
Kampala, Uganda |THE INDEPENDENT | Long distance ace Stephen Kissa will lead a team of four Ugandans to race in the 2020 Airtel Delhi Half Marathon slated for November 29th in India. The winner will take home sh100 million ($27,000). The Ugandan athletes who will compete in the 16th edition of …
Read More »CHEPTEGEI: Time to set another world record
LIVE *⃣ 5,000m race (women) – 10.33pm Today *⃣ 10,000m race – 10.55pm Today *⃣ 25 laps *⃣ Current world record 26:17.53 – Kenenisa Bekele *⃣ Cheptegei best time 26:48.36 Cheptegei set to break 15-year-old world record Valencia, Spain | THE INDEPENDENT | Joshua Cheptegei aims to become the greatest distance runner of …
Read More »Kenyan runner escapes death narrowly after hippopotamus attack
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Kenyan road runner Edwin Mokua narrowly escaped death on Monday, and is currently recuperating at the hospital after being attacked by a hippopotamus while on a training run. The 27-year-old Mokua, who holds personal best of 1:02:50 in the half marathon, suffered four broken ribs …
Read More »Kiplimo wins Rome 3000m race in new national record
ROME DIAMOND LEAGUE Men’s 3000m 🥇7:26.64 Jacob Kiplimo🇺🇬 WL DLR NR 🥈7:27.05 Jakob Ingebrigtsen🇳🇴 NR 🥉7:28.02 Stewart McSweyn🇦🇺 AR ④7:38.27 Yemaneberhan Crippa🇮🇹 NR ⑤7:39.75 Mike Foppen🇳🇱 ⑥7:47.48 Isaac Kimeli🇧🇪 ⑦7:48.08 Matthew Ramsden🇦🇺 ⑧7:48.63 Osama Zoghlami🇮🇹 Rome, ITALY | THE INDEPENDENT | Jacob Kiplimo has broken Moses Kipsiro’s national record (7:30.95) in …
Read More »Uganda breaks ceiling to join top tier of long distance running nations
Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA | Ugandan star athlete Jacob Kiplimo on Tuesday won the men’s 5,000m race, out-performing Selemon Barega of Ethiopia at the Ostrava Golden Spike in Czech Republic. This win came weeks after another Ugandan star Joshua Cheptegei shattered Ethiopian legend Kenenisa Bekele’s 16-year-old 5,000m world record at …
Read More »Uganda’s Kiplimo is back!
Results ✳ Jacob Kiplimo 🇺🇬 12:48.63 PB/MR ✳ Selemon Barega 🇪🇹 12:49.08 PB * Previous Meeting record 12:48.81, Stephen Cherono (KEN), 2003 Ostrava, CZECH REPUBLIC | THE INDEPENDENT | What Joshua Cheptegei can do, Jacob Kiplimo will strive to emulate. Ugandan 19-year-old former junior world champion Kiplimo on Tuesday showed he will be the …
Read More »PICTORIAL: Joshua Cheptegei back
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Joshua Cheptegei returned home from Monaco, where two days ago he shattered the 5,000m World Record. He crossed the border from Kenya, where he landed earlier in the day on a Turkey Airways flight from Monaco. He is now headed to his training camp in …
Read More »World record holder Cheptegei back home
Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT & XINHUA | The new 5000m World record holder Joshua Cheptegei is expected back home today from Monaco. Cheptegei, Stephen Kissa, Halima Nakaayi and Winnie Nanyondo flew into Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi, Kenya early today aboard a Turkish Airlines. The athletes were received by …
Read More »Cheptegei breaks world 5k record
Monaco, Principality of Monaco | THE INDEPENDENT | With an astonishing time of 12:35.36, Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei today added the track 5,000m to the 5,000m road and 15km world records he holds. World 10,000m world champion Cheptegei ran incredibly 11 consistent laps, closing in a time of 59.64 as he set …
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