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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TODAY ✳ M 5,000m final 10.13pm ✳ W 1,000m final 10.39pm Joshua Cheptegei -5000m Stephen Kissa (pacer) – 5000m Halimah Nakaayi – 1000m Winnie Nanyondo – 1000m Monaco, Principality of Monaco | THE INDEPENDENT | There will be three pace setters in Joshua Cheptegei’s attempt to break the 5000m World …
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The Missed Olympics ✳ July 30, 2020 10,000 m final ✳ August 6, 2020 5000m final Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Steeplechase king Conseslus Kipruto from Kenya will miss the Monaco Diamond League event that will mark the resumption of of world athletics after testing positive for COVID-19. “Unfortunately my …
Read More »Joshua Cheptegei’s 5K world record ratified
Paris, France | THE INDEPENDENT | The world athletics governing body IAAF has ratified four records, including that of Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei, that were set before the COVID-19 pandemic brought activity to a halt. Others ratified are that of Armand Duplantis, world pole vault record of 6.17m, Yulimar Rojas’s world indoor …
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Monaco, Principality of Monaco | THE INDEPENDENT & AFP | With an opening kilometer timed at 2:31, Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei on Sunday set the blistering pace that he needed to shatter the 5km world record in Monaco. The 23-year-old Ugandan followed it up with times of 2:35, 2:36, and 2:35—for the next …
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Monaco, Principality of Monaco | AFP | Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei lowered the 5km world record on Sunday with a time of 12 minutes 51 seconds. The 10,000m world champion made the most of perfect conditions in the second edition of this race to improve on Kenyan Rhonex Kipruto’s previous …
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✳ NEW 10KM ROAD WORLD RECORD ✳ CHEPTEGEI 🇺🇬 ✳ 26:38 ✳ Wins sh162million Kampala, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG | World champion Joshua Cheptegei has added the 10km road world record to his many accolades, with a stunning run today in Valencia. Cheptegei shaved off an astonishing 6 seconds off the …
Read More »Valencia confident Uganda’s Cheptegei can break world record
✳ Today ✳ 10.30 am ✳ Star to watch: 🇺🇬 Cheptegei ✳ WATCH LIVE here (click) Valencia, Spain | THE INDEPENDENT & @VCRunning | The 10K Valencia Trinidad Alfonso, which will be held in parallel with the Valencia Marathon on the Sunday December 1, will be the last edition of this event in …
Read More »Kipchoge edges Cheptegei to win Athlete of the Year award
Monaco, Principality of Monaco | AFP | Eliud Kipchoge, the first man to run a marathon in less than two hours, and 400 metres hurdles world champion Dalilah Muhammad won the World Athlete of the Year awards on Saturday. Kipchoge, 35, claimed governing body World Athletics’ year-ending prize in …
Read More »Kissa steps into Cheptegei’s shoes in Netherlands race
Kampala, Uganda | LOUIS JADWONG | Long distance ace Stephen Kissa today stepped in the shoes of Joshua Cheptegei, continuing a Ugandan tradition of winning the 15km NN Zevenheuvelenloop (Seven Hills Race) in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. He won the 36th edition of the even Hills Race in 41:49, a race Cheptegei won in …
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